Florida Ice and Farm Company no longer makes beer. After 118 years, Costa Rica's most iconic consumer company sold its entire beverages, food, and retail empire to Heineken for $3.201 billion. What the five public filings reveal about what was sold, what remains, and what comes next.
Before Holcim Costa Rica's 2025 financials arrive, its last public filing tells the story of a cement giant remaking itself under competitive pressure, with zero debt, ₡17 billion in profit, and a construction services bet still waiting to pay off.
Costa Rica's economy expanded 4.7% in February 2026, but the drivers are changing. Construction surged 11.8%, free trade zone growth cooled, and exports to Asia jumped over 50%.
Costa Rica’s consumer prices remained in negative annual territory in April, extending a prolonged deflationary cycle that continues to shape the country’s monetary and consumption outlook. Data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) showed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached 108.06 in April,
Costa Rica’s recent economic data continues to support the view that the country is in a low-inflation, slowing-growth environment that justifies the Central Bank of Costa Rica’s ongoing interest-rate reductions. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from Costa Rica’s National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC)
