sadia transportes a reos . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message sadia s.a. type subsidiary industry food processing founded 1944 headquarters conc rdia sc brazil key people jos j lio cardoso de lucena current president products food and beverage revenue us 7.6 billion 2008 net income us 178.4 million 2008 number of employees 60 580 2008 parent brf website http www.sadia.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 . sadia was founded in conc rdia 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 lu s fernando furlan was appointed minister of industry and foreign trade by president luiz in cio 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 perdig o forming brf brasil foods technically a takeover of sadia by perdig o which already changed its corporate name to brf brasil foods s.a. . external links edit sadia s international site sadia s brazilian site company fact sheet companies portal this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this brazilian cuisine related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sadia & oldid 731609201 categories food and drink companies of brazilcompanies based in santa catarina state companies established in 19441944 establishments in brazilfood company stubsbrazilian cuisine stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from march 2016all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 12 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view