Ambev , formally Companhia de Bebidas das Américas and Companhia Brasileira de Bebidas , is a Brazilian brewing company now merged into Anheuser-Busch InBev . Its name translates to "Americas' Beverage Company", hence the "Ambev" abbreviation. It was created on July 1, 1999, with the merger of two breweries, Brahma and Antarctica. The merger was approved by the board of directors of the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) on March 30, 2000. The organization's headquarters are in São Paulo, Brazil. It is one of the largest companies by market capitalization in Brazil and in the Southern hemisphere .
5-808: Ambev operates in 18 countries in the Americas and its products include beers such as Antarctica, Bogotá Beer Company, Brahma , Bohemia, Stella Artois and soft drinks like Guaraná Antarctica , Soda Antarctica, Sukita and the innovations H2OH! and Guarah. The second largest PepsiCo bottler outside the United States, it sells and distributes PepsiCo products in Brazil and other Latin American countries, includes Pepsi , Lipton Ice Tea and Gatorade by franchise agreement. According to an analyst at "Share Market Updates" in October 2016,
10-486: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Brazilian cuisine –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brahma (beer) Brahma is a Brazilian beer , originally made by the Companhia Cervejaria Brahma , which was founded in 1888. In 1914, Brahma produced their national Malzbier. After that, the company began expanding internationally. The company bought
15-604: Is pressing the world's largest brewer to remove the name of a Hindu god ( Brahma ) from its beer brand. Brahma is a beer produced primarily for the Brazilian domestic market. Brahma was named after Brahma , the Hindu god of creation. Controversially, Brahma is now brewed in the Czech Republic. This beer or brewery -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Brazilian cuisine –related article
20-557: The company operated through Latin America North, Latin America South, and Canada segments. In 2004, Ambev merged with Belgian company Interbrew to form InBev . In 2008, InBev acquired the American company Anheuser-Busch to form Anheuser-Busch InBev . Ambev S.A. is currently a subsidiary of Interbrew International B.V., which is in turn a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. This Brazilian corporation or company article
25-459: The license for distribution of the Germania brand, which later was known as Guanabara, and was one of the earliest of the Brazilian beer brands. In 1934, Brahma introduced the new bottled draft Brahma Chopp, and it became a Brazilian bestseller. In 1989, Jorge Paulo Lemann , Carlos Alberto Sicupira and Marcel Telles bought Companhia Cervejaria Brahma for $ 50 million. An interfaith coalition
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