Sadia
| SADIA SA
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| legal form | SA - Brazilian public company |
| founding | 1944 |
| Seat | Concórdia - Santa Catarina - Brazil |
| Number of employees | 60,580 (2008) |
| sales | BRL 12.2 billion (2008) |
| Branch | Food |
| Website | www.sadia.com.br |
As a Brazilian joint-stock company, Sadia SA is a food manufacturer with its headquarters in Concórdia . Customers are retail and gastronomy as well as the processing industry.
Sadia produces over 2.3 million tons of food annually in 20 factories ( chicken , turkey , pork and beef products , ready meals , pasta , margarine and desserts ). With more than 60,000 employees, sales of approx. R $ 12.2 billion were achieved in 2008 (approx. EUR 4.5 billion, exchange rate of BRL 2.7 / EUR). Sales in 2008 by product group:
| product | total | Brazil | export |
|---|---|---|---|
| finished products | 48% | 79% | 12% |
| Poultry parts | 22% | 5% | 41% |
| Whole poultry | 18% | 4% | 33% |
| pig | 6% | 4% | 9% |
| Beef | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| other | 3% | 6% | 1 % |
The company was founded in 1944. Export started in 1967. The products are currently sold in over 100 countries. The export share is approx. 46% of sales. The dispatch takes place through 12 distribution centers in Brazil, the foreign business takes place through branches in 14 countries. Share of sales by export region:
| region | Share 2008 |
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| Europe | 22% |
| middle East | 27% |
| Eurasia | 16% |
| North - South America | 16% |
| Asia | 19% |
In May 2009, the competitor Perdigão announced that it would merge with Sadia to form the new company Brasil Foods (BRF), in which Perdigão will hold 68% and Sadia 32%.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Christiane Barbieri: Perdigão e Sadia assinam acordo de fusão. In: Folha de S.Paulo . May 19, 2009, accessed May 30, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).