Connect to share and comment

Brazil hopes US approval will boost cachaca sales

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 19:01
Cachaca -- a national treasure in Brazil and the world's fourth most-produced distilled spirit -- is little known abroad, except as an ingredient in popular cocktails like caipirinhas. But that could soon change now that the United States recognizes the sugar cane liquor as a distinctive Brazilian product, a move that has raised hopes of a major increase in sales to the world's biggest spirits market.

Brazil hopes US approval will boost cachaca sales

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 18:46
Cachaca -- a national treasure in Brazil and the world's fourth most-produced distilled spirit -- is little known abroad, except as an ingredient in popular cocktails like caipirinhas. But that could soon change now that the United States recognizes the sugar cane liquor as a distinctive Brazilian product, a move that has raised hopes of a major increase in sales to the world's biggest spirits market.

Brazil hopes US approval will boost cachaca sales

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 18:46
Cachaca -- a national treasure in Brazil and the world's fourth most-produced distilled spirit -- is little known abroad, except as an ingredient in popular cocktails like caipirinhas. But that could soon change now that the United States recognizes the sugar cane liquor as a distinctive Brazilian product, a move that has raised hopes of a major increase in sales to the world's biggest spirits market.

Brazil hopes US approval will boost cachaca sales

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 00:15
Cachaca -- a national treasure in Brazil and the world's fourth most-produced distilled spirit -- is little known abroad, except as an ingredient in popular cocktails like caipirinhas. But that could soon change now that the United States recognizes the sugar cane liquor as a distinctive Brazilian product, a move that has raised hopes of a major increase in sales to the world's biggest spirits market.

Sugarcane growers woes

April 3, 2013 13:02
The sugar mills have again deferred payments to the growers; the amount is as much as Rs 43 billion. Though this is an old form of exploitation, broadly speaking it remains a regular practice, in part because justice remains a scare commodity. It is not uncommon for the miller to deny a farmer his cash in order to strap him to his mill only, a stratagem to force him to keep on providing him with the crop the entire season through.The farmers’ circumstances are also often ignored.

Insight - One lump or two? Indonesian "sugar samurai" serve foreigners sparingly

March 24, 2013 23:30
By Michael Taylor and Yayat Supriatna JAKARTA (Reuters) - White sugar prices hit a record in Indonesia last summer and further spikes are expected this year even though the world is awash with the sweetener. The main cause, say critics, is a small group of traders known in the industry as sugar samurai.

EU sugar quota plan would force consumers to pay more for longer

February 20, 2013 11:15
* Plenary European Parliament vote set for March * Smaller sugar users risk going out of business * Protected regime limits production of isoglucose By David Brough LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - European consumers look set to pay a premium on sugar for longer, even while global prices bump along at 2-1/2 year lows, as the European Union debates extending the years of protection for sugar beet farmers and processors.

UPDATE 1-Primark sales rise drives AB Foods revenue higher

January 17, 2013 04:15
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Associated British Foods said group revenue in the 16 weeks to Jan. 5 was 10 percent ahead of last year, driven by a higher-than-expected 25 percent increase in sales at clothing retailer Primark. At discount retailer Primark, where new store openings also helped sales, "like-for-like growth benefited from comparison with weak sales during the unseasonably warm autumn of 2011 and good trading over the Christmas period," AB Foods said in a statement on Thursday.
Syndicate content