date:Dec 19, 2012
Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V., the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico and Latin America announced today the acquisitions of snack food companies Wise Foods, headquartered in Pennsylvania, and Industrias Alimenticias Ecuatorianas based in Ecuador. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
Wise Foods was purchased from affiliates of New York-based private investment firm Palladium Equity Partners, LLC that had acquired Wise in 2000. This transaction is still subject to customary