French food giant Danone has denied that it is mulling a possible takeover bid for NZ Dairy Foods, an offshoot of dairy behemoth Fonterra.
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Danone CEO Franck Riboud told French financial newspaper Les Echos: “We are not participating in current discussions.”
Peter McLure, CEO of Auckland-based Dairy Foods has said that there are five potential bidders for his business, which must be sold by Fonterra to satisfy competition regulators. Dairy Foods controls about 40% of New Zealand’s domestic dairy produce sales.
Three of the bidders have been named as National Foods, the Great Milk Company, a New Zealand farmers co-operative, and Dutch company Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods.
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