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Porto Acre, Brazil
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Mission

• Improve health and wellbeing with premium,
  high-quality, safe forest products
• Contribute to sustainable development that
  conserves regions primary forests
• Base relationships on openness, honesty, respect
  and loyalty

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Açaí Smoothie 20oz. (568ml)(405ml Açaí, 163ml
water)

• Highest level of Anti-Oxidants
• 125mg Omega-3, 2.3g Omega-6
• Greater than 100 of RDA for Vitamins A C,
  Magnesium
• 58 of RDA Dietary Fiber
• 49 RDA Vitamin E
• 16 RDA Protein
• 373 Calories, No Cholesterol
• 20g Monounsaturated Fat

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Target MarketsSão Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

• São Paulo 2003 619 tons (US1.2 million)
• Annual growth 25
• Rio 2003 5,602 tons (US11.1million)
• Annual growth 30

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Future MarketsOther Brazilian Cities the U.S.

• Goiânia, Cuiabá, and Brasília
• Goiânia 2000 70 tons
• Annual growth 1999-2000 60
• The U.S.A.
• 1999 0
• 2003 368 tons (US987,000)
• Smoothie Sales US1 Billion

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Competitors Strengths and Weaknesses

• Strength Price
• Rio de Janeiro R1.45/kg
• Weaknesses
• Inferior type of Açaí
• Poor Freezing No Pasteurizing
• No Marketing or Brand Name

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Market Opportunity

• 90 of Testers in Rio de Janeiro found Baixo Acre
  Açaí to Be Better in Terms of Taste and Color.
• Superior Taste and Color of Baixo Acre Açaí
  Compared to 100 of Açaí sold in Supermarkets
• Receptiveness of Customers to a Branded Acaí

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Baixo Acre Açaí

• Using Exclusively the Superior Tasting Açaí of
  the Western Amazon
• Processing, Quick-freezing Packaging Near the
  Fruit Source
• Supplying Volume Capacity to Satisfy Distributor
  and Supermarket Preferences
• Developing Customer Awareness for the Companys
  Brand

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Sales Strategy

• Distributor in Rio de Janeiro
• Juice Bars (18 tons/month)
• Supermarkets (Walmart, Pão de Açùcar, Extra)
• Intermediary factory in São Paulo
• Juice Bars (20 tons/month)

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Sales Projections
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Production Strengths Scalability

• Coordinate Collection
• Fruit Transport
• Cleaning
• Softening
• Depulping
• Standardization
• Pasteurization
• Packaging

• Freezing
• Transport Packaging
• Frozen Storage
• Shipping

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Protection of 26,000 Hectares of Rainforest from

• Federal Government Agricultural Land Settlement
  Projects
• Cattle Ranching and Large-scale Farming

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Research and Development

• Premium Açaí Products
• Forest Food Products
• Seed Oil Extraction and Refinement

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Organization
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Financial Performance
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Investment Sources Uses
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Exit Possibilities

• Management Buy-Out
• Strategic Sale