Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has completed an expansion of its coffee processing facility in Varginha, Minas Gerais, significantly boosting the site’s storage and processing capabilities.

Nestlé has announced a BRL 500 million (approx. $88.3 million) investment in Brazil through 2028 to expand its coffee production, grow its fleet of Nestlé Professional machines and accelerate innovation in response to changing consumer habits.

The Brazil Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) to adopt the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) as the official protocol for evaluating Brazilian speciality coffees.

Brazil is forecast to produce 55.7 million 60-kilo bags of coffee in the 2025 harvest, representing a 2.7% increase compared to last season’s harvest, according to the National Supply Company (Conab).

Nayax has acquired UPPay, a Brazilian telemetry provider for self-service coffee machines, for BRL 32.75 million (approx. $5.3 million).

Major coffee roasters in Brazil plan to raise prices due to climate disruptions affecting crops and increasing raw coffee costs.

Luckin Coffee has signed an MoU with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency to purchase 240,000 tons of Brazilian coffee beans.

The Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) has published its third survey on Brazil's coffee harvest for 2024.

Doritos has teamed up with Heinz to launch two new limited-edition flavours in Brazil: Ketchup and Mustard.

Brazilian restaurant group Zamp has agreed to purchase the rights to operate the Starbucks brand and some stores in the country.