| Summary: | The first Antarctica and Brahma breweries were opened in the end of the 19th century mark the beginning of large-scale brewery production in Brazil. Half a century later, the production of soda is boosted with the arrival of the multinational Coca-Cola in the country. The company launches with new ways of industrial organization such as the franchise system. Mergings and acquisitions continue to grow, these are consequences of the high costs of distribution, advertising and machinery. Thereby, few large economic groups form an oligopolistic market model with peculiar characteristics until then evident in competitive markets, such as price warfare and product homogeneity, the latter being more evident among beers. In this context, the existence of many distribution centers in the Brazilian territory contributes to making this industry an integrating agent of the territory. Simultaneously, large economic groups also show the importance of the participation of international capital in the decisions of the largest Brazilian industries. The objective of the work is detailing how the productive chain of beers and soft drinks production is inserted in the integration of the Brazilian territory, so it is important to study its main representatives, the evolution of these industries, as well as the relations. As primeiras fábricas Antarctica e Brahma inauguradas no final do século XIX marcam o início da produção em grande escala das cervejarias no Brasil. Meio século depois, a fabricação de refrigerantes é impulsionada com a chegada da multinacional Coca-Cola no país. A empresa inaugura novas formas de organização industrial como o sistema de franquias. Os processos de fusão e aquisição de empresas seguem crescentes, consequência dos altos custos de distribuição, publicidade e maquinário. Com isso, poucos grandes grupos econômicos passam a formar um mercado oligopolístico com características peculiares, até então evidentes em mercados concorrenciais, como disputa via preço e homogeneidade do produto, este último mais ...
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