date:May 25, 2012
Julian Wild, a corporate finance partner at UK law firm Rollits, told DairyReporter.com that the proposed merger of Arla and Milk Link will raise the question as to whether Dairy Crest will be a long term player in the UK dairy market.
If approved, the Arla merger will create the UKs largest dairy industry player with combined turnover of more than 2bn and liquid milk production capacity of around 3.2bn litres per year accounting for around 24% of total UK production.
The proposed merger come