Constantino Spas will replace Alfonso Garza as Chief Executive Officer of FEMSA Negocios Estratégicos.

18-Oct-2022

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. and Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. announced today that, based on their careful and deliberate management succession planning processes and within the previously established timeframe, John Santa Maria Otazua will retire from his position as Chief ...

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17-Mar-2022

Mexican baked goods giant Bimbo has halted its sales and investments in Russia because of the Ukraine war. "We will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation depending on how circumstances develop," the company said Monday. It said the decision was made based on the international situation ...

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15-Feb-2022

The world's largest avocado producer, Mexico, says it will not be allowed to ship avocados to the United States until further notice. According to an announcement by the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, the northern neighboring country stopped imports of the green fruit after a U.S. animal and ...

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11-Jan-2022

Mexico exported more tequila last year than ever before. A good 339 million liters of the agave liquor went abroad in 2021, as Mexico's tequila regulatory authority announced on Friday. Since the beginning of the corresponding statistics in 1995, this is the largest export volume in one year. The ...

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Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest baking company, led the investment round and will partner with LiveKuna on joint product launches with traceable ingredients

10-Dec-2021

LiveKuna, a vertically integrated superfood company established in Ecuador, today announced a Series A round of funding led by Grupo Bimbo with participation from SOSV and AMADEO. Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest baking company and owner of over 100 brands including Sara Lee and Thomas' English ...

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11-Aug-2021

Today, Diageo announces it has reached an agreement to acquire Mezcal Unión through the acquisition of Casa UM. Mezcal Unión was launched in 2011 by a group of Mexican entrepreneurs with the purpose of developing the category while generating positive social impact and preserving traditional ...

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Partnership with Burger King®

04-Jan-2021

Unilever brand The Vegetarian Butcher announces today that it has expanded its successful partnership with the Burger King® brand to launch the Plant-Based WHOPPER®, powered by The Vegetarian Butcher, in Latin America, the Caribbean and China. In China, the Plant-Based WHOPPER® has today been ...

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Producers said they weren't warned or given a chance to defend themselves

15-Oct-2020

Cheese producers reacted angrily Wednesday to the Mexican government's decision to halt the distribution of some products of major manufacturers for a host of alleged labelling violations. Business groups said the move by the Economy Department could unfairly damage the reputations of ...

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The centers of infection here are always around the popular markets

29-Jun-2020

Mexico City's main wholesale market detects dozens of coronavirus cases every week. A covered food market in Venezuela was the source of one of the largest outbreaks in the country. And every single merchant in a vast market in Peru has tested positive for the virus. As the coronavirus pandemic ...

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26-Aug-2019

Coca-Cola FEMSA carried out the second edition of “Plaza de la Ciudadanía” in Villahermosa, Tabasco, an initiative that promotes social and environmental well-being by offering free health, social and recreational services that, in collaboration with foundations, private initiative, state ...

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