Article: Regional brands expand in vegetable canning market.

Brazil, Mar 8, 2004 (Valor Economico /SABI via COMTEX)

The discontinuation of the operations of the US Heinz in Brazil and the crisis of traditional tomato-based canned products and vegetables pickles brands is shaking the Brazilian market. Heinz has given up operations in the country and the Chilean Iansa - its partner in the j.v. Alimentos Premium do Brasil - threatens to follow Heinz steps. The latest plans to sell off the controlled Sofruta. The Brazilian regional companies are filling the spaces left by the international competitors. Quero Alimentos, for instance, ...

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