Dairy Crest Group plc / Express Foodservice business in London of Arla Foods UK Ltd

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by Dairy Crest Group plc of the Express Foodservice business in London of Arla Foods UK Limited.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 28 November 2005

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Retail and wholesale
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 28 November 2005

Affected market: Wholesale distirbution of foodstuffs to the foodservice industry; milk

No. ME/2068/05

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition of the Express Foodservice business in London of Arla Foods UK Limited by Dairy Crest Group plc does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met.  A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.

 

Published 28 November 2005