date:May 08, 2014
labor negotiations, which concluded last week.
The company said such shipments would decline in the second quarter as the wholesale sector cut inventories, which grew because sales to retailers had fallen.
AB InBev profited in Brazil, where it has a two-thirds share of the market, from a later Carnival break, extending the summer drinking season, warm weather and lower inflation.
The company expects the World Cup, starting in June, will add 1 to 2 percentage points to Brazilian beer sales thi