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At the Market Posted by Rachel on Apr 19, 2010
While many Brazilians shop at grocery stores very similar to American grocery stores, markets are also still very popular in Brazil, even in the big cities. There are two types of markets: feiras and mercados. A feira, also called a feira livre, is a market that is set up for the day on one or…
Coca Cola Expands Brazilian Market Posted by Rachel on Feb 13, 2009
Despite the international economic crisis that has recently begun to affect Brazil, Coca Cola has been doing extraordinarily well. In 2008, it earned R$15 billion in Brazil, a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Also in 2008, Coca Cola Brasil’s sales volume increased by 7 percent, greater than the company’s average percentage worldwide. As…