Big players get a taste for SE Asian food companies

An unprecedented wave of deals for Southeast Asian food and drink companies has traders betting the next targets will include chocolatier Petra Foods and instant-coffee and cracker maker Viz Branz.

Buyers from Coca-Cola Femsa SAB to Heineken announced a record US$10.4 billion of food and beverage purchases in the region last year, according to data.

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