Brasil Foods, also called BRF (BM&F Bovespa: BRFS3 / ) is a public company

Public company

This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...

 resulting from the 2009 merger between Perdigão S.A. and Sadia

Sadia

This Food Company was created in Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Its headquarters are also located in the same city.Sadia S.A. is a major Brazilian food producer...

, both large Brazilian-owned food corporations.
The company has 42 factories and employs 120,000 people. BRF is the world's tenth-largest food company and Brazil's second in revenue, after global giant JBS

JBS S.A.

JBS is the largest Brazilian multinational in the food industry, producing fresh, chilled, and processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in São Paulo."." JBS S.A. Retrieved on February 3, 2011...

. Sadia and Perdigão are BRF's main ongoing food brands.

Brasil Foods is present in over 110 countries. The company has 60 industrial plants in Brazil and four worldwide, 36 distribution centers and 24 global offices.

The company's main competitors are: JBS

JBS S.A.

JBS is the largest Brazilian multinational in the food industry, producing fresh, chilled, and processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in São Paulo."." JBS S.A. Retrieved on February 3, 2011...

, Marfrig

Marfrig Group

Marfrig is the third biggest Brazilian food processing company, after JBS and Brasil Foods. The company and its main competitors is headquartered in Sao Paulo....

, Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc. is a multinational corporation based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world's second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork only behind Brazilian JBS S.A., and annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of...

 and Bunge

Bunge Limited

Bunge Limited is a Bermudan food conglomerate with its headquarters in White Plains, New York. As well as being a leading global soybean exporter it is also involved in food processing, grain trading, and fertilizer...

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