CMA forces Vandemoortele to sell Worcester plant after Délifrance merger

Food group Vandemoortele will be required to sell its laminated dough production facility in Worcester and its UK sales operations in Staines-upon-Thames, following a Competition and Markets Authority investigation into its acquisition of Délifrance.

The CMA's independent inquiry group found the merger would make Vandemoortele the largest supplier of frozen viennoiserie products in the UK, such as croissants and pains au chocolat sold to supermarkets and foodservice customers for in-store baking, and co... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...