UNILEVER BRAZIL
Unilever PLC
25 June 2007
UNILEVER BRAZIL
Unilever today announced that it had entered into an agreement with Perdigao
to create a joint-venture to manage the Becel and Becel pro.activ heart-health
brands in Brazil. At the same time it is selling its Doriana, Delicata and
Claybom margarine brands, together with manufacturing equipment, to Perdigao.
This strategic initiative will allow Unilever to further focus on the Becel and
Becel pro.activ brands which will be licenced by Unilever to the joint-venture.
It will expand the growth opportunities of these brands through a greater
concentration of resources on such activities as research and development,
innovation and communication, while benefiting from Perdigao's very extensive
chilled distribution network.
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25th June, 2007
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