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Argentina Food and Drink Report 2008 Provides Competitive Intelligence on the Country's Medium-Term Economic Outlook

Posted on: Monday, 28 July 2008, 06:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/28167b/argentina_food_and) has announced the addition of the "Argentina Food and Drink Report 2008" report to their offering.

This Argentina Food Drink Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Argentina's food and drink industry.

Executive Summary

While the Argentine economy continued to perform strongly throughout 2007, analysts widely agree that a benign external environment has played a pivotal role in this performance, and that 2008 will be a crucial year for the country's medium-term economic outlook. Following her success at the October 2007 presidential elections, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is now presented with a narrow window of opportunity to implement a range of necessary policy reforms. The fact that Fernandez has already expressed support for a competitive exchange rate to aid domestic industries and using price controls to stem inflation does, however, not bode well for change.

The 'voluntary' price freezes and reductions on basic foodstuffs, as well as export bans on beef and limits to wheat sales abroad, introduced by president Nestor Kirchner in 2006 with the aim of containing surging inflation have already taken their toll on food manufacturers' and retailers' margins, and Argentine consumers are increasingly faced with food shortages. Milk, meat and other basic foodstuffs were affected in particular during the first nine months of 2007. In several instances, the Center for Consumer Education, a non-governmental watchdog, was unable to carry out its weekly survey of basic food prices because many of the items regularly surveyed were not available in stores.

Key Topics Covered:

Executive Summary

Business Environment

Regional Food & Drink Business Environment Ratings

Argentina's Food & Drink Business Environment Rating

SWOT Analysis

Mass Grocery Retail

Argentina Mass Grocery Retail Industry SWOT

Food and Drink

Argentina Food And Drink Industry SWOT

Macroeconomic Outlook

Retail

Regional Overview: The Expansion of Mass Grocery Retailing

Industry Forecast Scenario

Food

Industry Developments

Food

Drink

Market Overview

Agriculture

Food

Drink

Tobacco

Industry Forecast Scenario

Company Analysis

Food

Nestle Argentina SA

Grupo Arcor

Quickfood SA

Molinos Rio de la Plata

Molfino Hermanos (Saputo Group)

Drink

Quilmes Industrial SA

Mass Grocery Retail

Carrefour

Cencosud

Food & Drink Ratings Appendix

Introduction: Revised Methodology

Ratings Overview

Ratings System

Indicators

Weighting

Our Forecast Modelling

How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts

Retail Industry

Sources

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/28167b/argentina_food_and

Source: Business Wire

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