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UK watchdog clears ABF’s deal to buy bread rival Hovis
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- UK watchdog clears ABF’s deal to buy bread rival Hovis Hovis bread packets. · Just Food · Steve Travelguide / Shutterstock.com.
- The decision, announced today (16 June), confirms the position of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) when it provisionally cleared the deal in March.
- In its final report, the CMA said without the deal, the “most likely outcome” would have seen Associated British Foods (ABF) quit the UK bakery market.
UK watchdog clears ABF’s deal to buy bread rival Hovis Hovis bread packets. · Just Food · Steve Travelguide / Shutterstock.com. Satarupa Bhowmik Tue, June 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM GMT+7 1 min read ABF.L The UK’s competition authority has given its approval to Associated British Foods’ acquisition of rival baker Hovis.
The decision, announced today (16 June), confirms the position of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) when it provisionally cleared the deal in March.
In its final report, the CMA said without the deal, the “most likely outcome” would have seen Associated British Foods (ABF) quit the UK bakery market.
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