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UK: Dairy Crest milk business sale referred back to CMA

By  |  March 23, 2015

Dairy Crest Group said the sale of its dairy operations was being referred back to the UK Competition and Markets Authority by the European Commission for review.

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    Britain’s largest dairy food company said the deal to sell the operations to Müller UK & Ireland Group remained on track.

    “It has always been our preference for the transaction to be reviewed in the UK, so we welcome this referral back to the CMA as a positive step,” Chief Executive Mark Allen said in a statement.

     

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