Sadia

{{Short description|Brazilian processed food manufacturer}} {{about||the name|Sadia (given name)|the Brazilian airline created in 1955|Sadia Transportes Aéreos}} {{refimprove|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox company | name = Sadia S.A. | logo = Logo-sadia.svg | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{Start date and age|1944|06|06|df=yes}} | hq_location_city = Concórdia, Santa Catarina | hq_location_country = Brazil | key_people = | industry = Food processing | products = Food and beverage | assets = | revenue = {{profit}} US$ 7.6 Billion (2008) | net_income = {{decrease}} US$ 178.4 Million (2008) | parent = BRF S.A. | num_employees = 60,580 (2008) | website = {{URL|https://www.sadia-life.com/}} }}

'''Sadia S.A.''' is a major Brazilian food producer that has been a subsidiary of BRF S.A. since 2009. It is among the world's leading producers of frozen foods, and is Brazil's main exporter of meat-based products.

In Portuguese the word ''sadia'' means "healthy", but the name is also an abbreviation of "'''''S'''ociedade '''A'''nônima Indústria e Comércio Concór'''dia'''''", with the bold letters being the letters that compose the abbreviation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siglaseabreviaturas.com/sadia/ |title=O que significa a sigla Sadia|date=15 May 2015 |lang=pt}}</ref>

Sadia was founded in Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and has its headquarters there.

As of 2008, Sadia had about 20 industrial plants that together produced over 2.3 million tons of food including chicken, turkey, pork and beef, pasta, margarine, desserts, and other products. The company supplies over 70 thousand direct points of sale in Brazil and exports to over 100 countries.

Sadia's former chairman Luís Fernando Furlan was appointed Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2003.

In 2008, the company accrued enormous losses on the derivative market.

In 2009, the company announced a merger with its major competitor Perdigão, forming BRF - Brasil Foods (technically a takeover of Sadia by Perdigão, which already changed its corporate name to BRF - Brasil Foods S.A.).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Folha de S.Paulo - Perdigão e Sadia assinam acordo de fusão - 19/05/2009 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/dinheiro/fi1905200902.htm |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www1.folha.uol.com.br}}</ref>

In March 2017, BRF was revealed to have sold processed rotten meat, resulting in food scares and worldwide recalls.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/18/brazilian-firms-bribed-inspectors-keep-rotten-meat-market-plants/ |title=Brazilian firms 'bribed inspectors to keep rotten meat on market' as plants raided in corruption probe |agency=Associated Press |date=March 18, 2017 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.sadia.com Sadia's international site] *[http://www.sadia.com.br Sadia's Brazilian site] *[http://www.hoovers.com/sadia/--ID__95097--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Company fact sheet]

Category:Meat companies of Brazil Category:Seafood companies of Brazil Category:Companies based in Santa Catarina (state) Category:Food and drink companies established in 1944 Category:Brazilian companies established in 1944