Sadia

Sadia S. A. is a Brazilian corporation, a food manufacturer based in Concórdia. Customers are both retail and hospitality as well as the processing industry.

Sadia produced in 20 factories over 2.3 million tons of food annually ( chicken, turkey, pork and beef products, ready meals, pasta, margarine and desserts). With more than 60,000 employees in 2008, a turnover of 12.2 billion R $ was reached (approximately EUR 4.5 billion, a price of 2.7 BRL / EUR ). Sales in 2008 by product group:

The company was founded in 1944. With the export was started in 1967. Currently, the products are sold in over 100 countries. Exports account for about 46 % of sales. Shipping is handled by 12 terminals in Brazil, the foreign transactions carried out via subsidiaries in 14 countries. Revenue by Export Markets:

In May 2009, the competitor Perdigão announced with Sadia for new businesses Brasil Foods ( BRF) to merge, at the 68% Perdigão and Sadia will hold 32%.