12 November 2013
Murray Goulburn boss Gary Helou is confident the co-operative’s $420 million bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter will be successful, saying the rival offers would lead to “status quo, scattered, sub-scale, inefficient production” in Australia’s dairy industry.
Source, Canberra Times, Nov 8
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