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Brazil’s ‘Egg King’ shells out $1bn to acquire major US producer

Avian flu has driven prices for the versatile food to record highs in America

A Brazilian entrepreneur nicknamed the “Egg King” is expanding into America through a billion-dollar acquisition, at a time when prices have surged as Avian flu ravages the country’s flocks of laying hens.  

Global Eggs, a privately owned holding group controlled by Ricardo Faria, said it agreed to pay $1.1bn for Hillandale Farms, one of the largest US chicken egg suppliers. 

“Americans love eggs. It’s a market with high consumption,” Faria told the Financial Times. “Eggs are the fastest-growing consumer good on the shelf or in supermarket trolleys.”

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