Brazil Carnival’s beer contracts probed for competition violations

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's annual Carnival street parties are being probed for awarding exclusive contracts to certain breweries, possibly limiting competition and driving up revelers' beer tabs, anti-trust agency Cade said on Monday. A Finance Ministry report last year named Ambev SA, Latin America's largest brewer, and Heineken NV's Amstel among the companies that have made deals with city governments to supply beer at Carnival. The ministry said in November that the exclusivity agreements could hurt consumers by limiting competition and asked Cade to investigate further

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