date:Jun 26, 2013
Sodiaal, France's largest dairy cooperative with 4.1 billion litres of milk handled and 4.4 billion euros in sales last year, will merge with its smaller peer in a deal that could be completed at the end of the year, the groups said in a statement on Tuesday.
This tie-up ... will allow them to join forces in a context of changes expected in the dairy sector from 2015 with the end of production quotas, the statement said.
The scheduled scrapping of European Union production limits is expected t