BMI Believes General Mills Could Be Motivated To Bid For Yoplait

UK newspaper The Sunday Times has reported that US Food Group General Mills is considering launching a bid for French Yoghurt maker Yoplait, which is co-owned by French milk cooperative Sodiaal and private equity group PAI Partners. For thirty years General Mills has held a license to produce the Yoplait brand in the US, but in early September General Mills announced that it was fighting an effort from the French group to terminate this agreement. With the owners of Yoplait having previously expressed an interest in selling the business, BMI believes this move could well have been designed to encourage

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