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<description>Beverage market research products provide analysis of the latest trends, developments and market data for this industry.  Research information will help you make informed business decisions.</description>
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<title>Soy Foods and Beverages in the U.S.</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Although soy has been used in packaged food and beverage products for decades, it continues to make new inroads and increase its appeal among U.S. consumers, especially those interested in health and nutrition.  Particularly among natural food shoppers, there is a growing consensus that plant-based foods like soy, as opposed to animal-based foods, deliver unique, healthful benefits.  At the same time, soy continues to &ldquo;mainstream&rdquo; into regular supermarkets and new product categories, from smoothies and energy drinks to cereals and baked goods.  Helping to drive these trends, marketers are beginning to combine soy ingredients with other healthful ingredients, such as omega-3s and &ldquo;superfruits,&rdquo; to create unique products that are even more nutritious.  Moreover, as consumer awareness of the many health benefits of soy grows&mdash;especially its FDA-approved &ldquo;heart-healthy&rdquo; attributes&mdash;soy&rsquo;s use as an ingredient and attractiveness as a meal and snack choice can only increase.
 
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Distilleries Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Distilleries Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 312140. This 149-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data including: Revenue, Cost of Materials, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wineries Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Wineries Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 312130. This 150-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data including: Revenue, Cost of Materials, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Breweries Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Breweries Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 312120. This 151-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data including: Revenue, Cost of Materials, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Coffee and Tea Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Coffee and Tea Manufacturing Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 311920. This 154-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data including: Revenue, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Bottled Water Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Bottled Water Manufacturing Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 312112. This 148-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data including: Revenue, Cost ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Fluid Milk Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Fluid Milk Manufacturing Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 311511. This 151-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data including: Revenue, Cost ]]></description>
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<title>Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing Industry in the U.S. and its Foreign Trade</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ The Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing Industry report provides in-depth analysis of the industry's  key financial data, cost and pricing, competitive landscape, industry structure, and trends and opportunities.    Find in this new report complete 2007 data and outlook into year 2012 for the industry represented by the 6-digit NAICS code 311411. This 157-page report also includes the most recent information on the global market and overseas growth opportunities.  This detailed information resource contains at least 5 years of independently researched industry statistics cross-referenced with the relevant U.S. and international economic indicators.  All data have been verified to ensure the highest quality.  In this report, you will find industry data on the following major categories:   Executive Summary       Quick Industry Statistics: 2-page overview for the CEO on the run     Supply & Demand with Capacity Utilization     2012 Outlook domestic and international        Industry Income Statement       All relevant financial data ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Vietnam Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Yet another flurry of activity in Vietnam&rsquo;s fledgling, but high-growth beer market has been witnessed thisquarter with almost all of the industry&rsquo;s leading players announcing growth plans. In BMI&rsquo;s newlypublishedQ208 Vietnam Food & Drink Report, we examine exactly what is drawing investors to whatremains a low return market at the present time, even if the long-term outlook for the industry is bright.Since the turn of the year, Vietnam&rsquo;s beer industry has witnessed market leaders Sabeco and Habecoannounce fund-raising initial public offerings (IPOs), only for Habeco to postpone its listing afterSabeco&rsquo;s ended up only 61% subscribed. Sabeco&rsquo;s performance was not, however, perceived to indicateweaknesses in the company or the beer industry itself; rather it was viewed as a consequence of generalmarket weakness and low investor confidence. This take is certainly supported by the flood of externalinvestment the beer industry has received of late.   February 2008, saw UK major Scottish & Newcastle ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>United Kingdom Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The battle between the UK&rsquo;s online grocery retailers fired up in 2008 after upmarket retailer Ocado, apartner of the John Lewis Group launched an advertising campaign saying it could match market leaderTesco&rsquo;s prices on all household brands. Tesco responded with its own campaign that refuted these claimsand invited consumers to check on an independent price-comparison website. Tesco claimed that it sold2,500 products at prices lower than Ocado and threatened to make a complaint to the advertisingstandards authority if Ocado did not withdraw the advert. The spat highlights the growing importance thatUK&rsquo;s retailers are placing on their online presence with the online channel now contributing a significantamount of revenue to three out of the big four supermarket operators.   Ocado is in a newly confident mood after the firm&rsquo;s directors revealed that 2008 was expected to be thefirst year that the firm operated at a profit. Founded eight years ago, the firm ]]></description>
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<title>Thailand Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Thailand represents one of the most attractive food and drink markets in the Asia Pacific region. Thecountry, ranked joint fourth alongside a more mature, but also more challenging Japanese market, offers anumber of opportunities to foreign players. However, the new government is likely to continue tolegislate against easy mass grocery retail (MGR) expansion in a bid to protect the independent sector,although the investor confidence has been boosted by the election of the new administration. Thegovernment is expecting private investment to grow by 5-6% in the course of the current year, dwarfingthe 0.5% figure achieved in 2007.  To this end, French Carrefour&rsquo;s Thai operations announced a THB3bn (US$92.3mn) investment, whichis to be used to open six or seven more hypermarkets in the country. The company quoted its confidencein the new government as the key reason for the tripled investment budget, with its local operationCenCar also planning a US$7.3mn investment in the renovation ]]></description>
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<title>Pakistan Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Pakistan continues to represent a very high risk investment opportunity for food and beveragemanufacturers within the Asia Pacific region. The market once again places last in BMI&rsquo;s Asia PacificFood & Drink Business Environment Ratings, which assess a market&rsquo;s investment potential incomparison to its regional peers; its rating primarily being due to low existing consumption levels and thehigh economic and political risks facing investors looking to drive up these consumption levels.However, as BMI&rsquo;s newly-published Q208 Pakistan Food & Drink Report discusses in more depth, thecountry does offer a glimmer of opportunity to confident and non-risk-adverse investors. Healthyeconomic growth, which is intrinsically linked to demand for non-essential food and beverage items, isone such opportunity. To 2012, BMI is forecasting average annual GDP growth of 6.7%. Coupled withhealthy population growth - BMI expects a population increase of 10.9% to 173.9mn in 2012 - and rapidurbanisation - the urban population is expected to account ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>South Korea Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[South Korea continues to top BMI&rsquo;s Asia Pacific Business Environment Ratings, the potential of this notquite developed, yet certainly past emerging food and beverage market, aided by the relative lack of risksassociated with investing to realise this potential. The past quarter has seen major industry multinationals,among them UK majors Tesco and Diageo and US giant The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), reaffirmtheir commitment to the market, while local firms, such as Nong Shim and Hite also strive to make themost of this unique regional opportunity.   However, as BMI&rsquo;s newly-published Q208 South Korea Food & Drink Report discusses, the country hastipped past that point where it attracts major ground-breaking market entry investments from industrymajors - market maturity simply does not warrant them when so many other higher-growth regionalinvestment opportunities are available. Nonetheless, the country continues to encourage furtherinvestment from its existing industry players suggesting that strong growth opportunities do exist in themarket, provided ]]></description>
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<title>Italy Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Italy has a track record of implementing extremely zealous labelling requirements for food and drinkproducts sold in the country, as discussed in BMI's newly-published Q208 Italy Food & Drink Report. In2008 this has continued with additional labelling requirements introduced for olive oil. Often theserequirements are presented as necessary to ensure food safety or to prevent fraud, however they often gobeyond what is legally allowed under European Union (EU) legislation and it could be suggested that therestrictions are simply a way of battering foreign competition and assisting local producers. Thisobsession with the safety of foreign produce makes it ironic that in March 2008 the producers of one ofItaly&rsquo;s most famous food products - buffalo mozzarella - were hit by a significant safety scare when themilk from 66 buffalo herds was found to contain unsafe levels of the cancer-causing substance dioxin.The discovery led to mozzarella imports being banned in Japan and South ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Russia Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Russia&rsquo;s consumer sector is a long way from saturation, but 2008 will see tough challenges after eightyears of rapid expansion among the country&rsquo;s leading mass grocery retail (MGR) chains. It is much thesame for multinationals and the largest domestic food processors. Costs are a major factor, includingrising domestic and world raw materials costs, overheated real-estate markets, record advertising ratesand a jump in labour costs. With retailers in particular having pushed in to regional markets in earnestsince 2005, many are finding themselves stretched and explaining to investors how they will bring downthe ballooning cost elements eating in to profits. With price tags such as the roughly US$300mn paid byWrigley for confectionery maker Korkunov last year, the price of entry is also very high.   On top of these macroeconomic factors, Russia&rsquo;s MGR players face the extension of the &lsquo;voluntary&rsquo;price-freeze accord reached in October 2007 in a bid to bring down inflation as ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Zimbabwe Food and Drink Report 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, both for the food and drink industry and for thecountry as a whole. In what could be a major turning point for the industry, in September 2007 Americanfood company HJ Heinz sold its 49% stake in leading cooking oil producer Olivine to Cotton Companyof Zimbabwe (Cottco) for US$6.8mn. Cottco was a state enterprise until its privatisation in 1997, withthe government still holding the largest single stake in the company. The deal was facilitated by agovernment-owned investment group, leading to speculation that this could be the first major move byPresident Robert Mugabe to take over foreign-owned firms in the country.   Heinz was one of the first foreign investors in Zimbabwe following the country's independence in 1980.Olivine first ran into problems with the state in 2006 over charges that it had stopped producing cookingoil after the US government barred it from buying from formerly white-owned ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Spain Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Food price inflation in Spain is currently the highest in the Eurozone; according to Eurostat figures,between 2005 and February 2008 food prices leapt by 13%. In addition, the latest Agriculture Ministryestimates suggest that in the 12 months to February 2008, milk prices rose by 24% and chicken prices by16%. Spanish consumers spend a fairly large percentage of their income on food and therefore food has aheavier weighting in the country&rsquo;s overall measure of inflation than in most other Eurozone countries.This fact has helped push the country&rsquo;s official inflation rate close to 4.4% - the highest level for tenyears and well above the European Central Bank&rsquo;s (ECB) target of 2%.   Spain is particularly vulnerable to rising commodity prices because it is a net importer of grain. Spain&rsquo;slack of grazing land means that many meat and dairy farmers have to rely on expensive animal feedproduced from grain. However, the Spanish climate means ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Germany Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[While the German beer industry is suffering due to declining domestic demand, the country&rsquo;s wineproducers are experiencing a boom as domestic drinkers increasingly prefer wine to beer and theinternational reputation of German wine grows. This growing appreciation of German wine represents anopportunity for the nations wine industry however the beer industry may need a radical new approach tocounter declining sales as discussed in BMI's newly-published Q208 Germany Food & Drink Report.   Germans consume the second-largest amount of beer per capita in the world, behind the Czechs, howeversales of beer have been steadily declining over the past ten years. Germany&rsquo;s health-conscious populationincreasingly prefers non-alcoholic drinks or, when they are drinking alcohol, are opting for wine whichhas less calories and offers health benefits. This lower consumption of alcohol can also be attributed tothe country&rsquo;s relatively high unemployment over recent years, with many consumers not having themoney to spend on luxuries such as ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Taiwan Food and Drink Report 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Investment activity in Taiwan&rsquo;s food and drink sector throughout 2007 confirms that the market remains amixed bag for investors. High consumer spending levels, driven by sound economic fundamentals andillustrated in a per capita food consumption level of US$1,992 in 2007, are highly attractive to investors.Food consumption growth is also appealing; to 2012, BMI is forecasting food consumption growth in percapita terms of 16.4% in Taiwan. Nonetheless, as this report makes clear, sector dynamism is no longerquite what it was and consequently the country&rsquo;s leading food and drink players and increasingly lookingelsewhere for opportunities.   Two recent developments ably highlight this trend. In January 2008, local traditional snack food producerWant Want Holdings revealed that it was to pursue a US$700mn initial public offering in a bid to raisefunds for expansion on the Chinese mainland. The company is confident that its combination ofconvenient and premium snack foods and traditional concepts and flavours will ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Romania Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[International mass grocery retail (MGR) operators continue to demonstrate their commitment to the 
Romanian market with a series of aggressive expansions, as discussed in BMI&rsquo;s recently published 
Romania Food & Drink Report for Q208. This is all the more impressive given the troubled 
macroeconomic climate in the country, and the growing concerns over the economy&rsquo;s stability. Romania's 
vast and widening current account deficit is its largest macroeconomic imbalance and the country is likely 
to be one of the first and the heaviest hit by any further downturn in global investor sentiment. Growth in 
the Romanian economy, which has averaged over 6% in the last five years, has been built on debt-driven 
consumer spending, mostly on imported goods. Although fast-developing economies often out-spend 
their incomes, Romania's external deficit is vast even by regional standards. Moreover, this consumer 
spending is fuelled by heavy loans: growth of domestic credit was still an astonishing ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Premium Company Profile: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), a specialty coffee company, has a dominant market presence in the US that has been boosted over the years through several acquisitions and organic growth strategies. The group has strengthened its competitive position in the coffee industry through innovation and new product development.   Scope   Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies    Highlights   GMCR is a leader in the specialty coffee industry. It has been ranked number one on the list of '200 Best Corporate Citizens' for past two years. Also, it has been listed on SustainableBusiness.com's SB20 list of the World's Top Sustainable Business Stocks. Coffee sales of the company are tracked through six separate channels: office coffee service, consumer direct, resellers, food service, supermarkets, and convenience stores. It is ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>United States Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[In a sign of the ongoing economic advancements in Latin America, several food and drink firms from this 
region are starting to make acquisitions in the US as discussed in BMI's newly published Q208 US Food 
& Drink Report. With the US dollar currently very weak compared to several Latin American currencies, 
including the Brazilian Real, the country&rsquo;s assets are looking increasingly affordable to firms from this 
region. So far the rate of investment has been fairly slow, however with the US representing a massive 
market with significant buying power, BMI expects that this trickle of takeovers may eventually turn into 
a flood. However, with some of the country&rsquo;s politicians expressing concern about this increase in foreign 
takeovers, especially in the sensitive area of agriculture, further large scale acquisitions may start to come 
under greater scrutiny.   
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>France Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[Rising food prices have become a political issue in France and have also triggered several spats between 
producers and retailers over who is responsible for the price increases. It is interesting to note that 
European Central Bank figures suggest that consumer food price inflation in France is actually below 
many other EU countries including Spain and Germany. However, this fact seems to have little effect on 
the public perception that certain French companies are profiteering from rising commodity prices, and a 
loss of purchasing power has become an increasingly salient political issue. In February 2008 France&rsquo;s 
Prime Minister Francois Fillon claimed that food producers and retailers were using the rise in the price 
of agricultural products to expand their profit margins, and this view was also expressed by French 
President Nicolas Sarkozy who suggested that the price increases were not normal and that he was ready 
to intervene over the ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Turkey Food and Drink Report Q2 2008</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[The Turkish alcoholics drinks industry is currently undergoing a period of significant change and 
upheaval, as discussed in BMI&rsquo;s recently published Turkey Food & Drink Report for Q208. Unlike many 
of its Muslim neighbours, Turkey has a thriving alcoholic drinks industry. For years the country's 
staunchly secular political system had kept religion at bay and fostered a tolerant attitude towards alcohol. 
However, since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK), which has its roots in political Islam, 
came to power, many wine producers have claimed that their industry is coming under increasing attack. 
In the years following AK&rsquo;s 2002 rise to power, taxes on all forms of alcoholic drinks skyrocketed. Tax 
on wine rose by a massive 400%, which now comes to EUR1.87 per litre, nearly four times the EU 
average of EUR0.48 per litre. Meanwhile, tax on beer rose by 50% and tax on raki by 26%. This has 
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Fruit Juice Drink Manufacturing in Australia - Industry Risk Rating Report</title>
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<description> <![CDATA[ Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis   This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Fruit Juice Drink Manufacturing in Australia industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be 'the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment'.  The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).  This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.   Industry Definition   The Fruit Juice Drink Manufacturing industry includes businesses that process, blend and package their own ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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