AUS: Warrnambool shrugs off takeover approach

By: just-food.com | 8 December 2009

Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has dismissed a takeover approach as under-valuing the company and insisted the business is recovering after a tumultuous year.

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Australian dairy firm Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) has dismissed a takeover approach as under-valuing the company and insisted the business is recovering after a tumultuous year.

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