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Boosted by a 36-percent surge in consolidated sales in the first four months of 2002, reaching P41.4 billion as of April, SMC’s core businesses are continuing on their aggressive volume growth strategies to maintain their positive output this year, despite a recovering business environment.


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SMPF president Enrique Gomez Jr.
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SMC chief finance officer and corporate information officer Ferdinand Constantino informed the Philippine Stock Exchange that SMC finalized the sale of its 49-percent stake in Sugarland for P1.56 billion last Friday.


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In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, SMC corporate information officer Ferdinand Constantino said the LTDI board of directors had approved the merger of Sugarland Beverage Corp., Metro Bottled Water Corp. and SMC Juice Inc. into LTDI, which will be the surviving corporation.


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SMC reports 36% increase in sales

By Christina Mendez | June 25, 2002 - 12:00am

With the consolidation of three major acquisitions last year, the San Miguel Group is slowly reaping the fruits of its efforts with the reported increases in volume and operational efficiencies across all its major...

Business

San Miguel Pure Foods Co. to expand product line

April 27, 2002 - 12:00am

San Miguel Pure Foods Co. Inc., the new corporate name of Pure Foods Corp., plans to expand its product line not just from a complete range of breakfast-to-dinner food items, but even in the highly lucrative animal...

Business

San Miguel sells Sugarland to LTDI for P1.56B

September 4, 2001 - 12:00am

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has sold its entire interest in juice maker Sugarland Beverages Corp. to its subsidiary La Tondeña Distillers Inc. (LTDI) to pave the way for the latter’s restructuring into a purely...

Business

La Tondeña to merge water, juice units

July 28, 2001 - 12:00am

La Tondeña Distillers Inc. (LTDI), the liquor and juice subsidiary of the San Miguel group, will integrate its acquired companies into a single unit in preparation for the planned spin-off under Coca-Cola...

Business