UK: Rival bid for Cadbury “unlikely”

By: Katy Askew | 20 January 2010

The likelihood of a competing offer Cadbury receded yesterday (19 January) after Kraft Foods won the backing of the UK confectioner's board by raising the value of its takeover bid.

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The likelihood of a competing offer Cadbury receded yesterday (19 January) after Kraft Foods won the backing of the UK confectioner's board by raising the value of its takeover bid.

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