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By October 2022, the Mexican retailer Femsa (turnover of US$27 billion in 2021) wants to take over Swiss retailer Valora (2,700 automatic kiosks and stores) in a US$1.15 billion deal.
Femsa operates the Oxxo convenience stores, drugstores and petrol stations. It is also the world’s leading bottler of Coca-Cola (via Coca-Cola Femsa) and the second largest shareholder of Heineken. For this group, which has been investing US$1 billion to open 800 Oxxo stores this year, this deal would be a...