Date: April, 2002
Abstract: The ranking among the world’s top dairy companies has changed dramatically during the past year. The big New Zealand merger put the new company, Fonterra, in the number 4 position. The problems Snow Brand experienced caused a shake-up of the Japanese dairy industry, in which Snow Brand’s ranking fell and those of Meiji and Morinaga rose. And, last but not least, the huge merger wave in the US dairy industry not only projected the new Dean Foods into the number 2 position in the world...
Research Type: Industry Note