George Weston Foods Limited - proposed acquisition of Rabkal Pty Ltd t/as Good Stuff Bakery

Type of assessment

Informal Review

Reference

25399

Acquirer(s)

George Weston Foods Limited

Target(s)

Rabkal Pty Ltd trading as the Good Stuff Bakery

Industry

Food processing - Bakery

Outcome of assessment

Not opposed

Total review days *

Commenced public review

21^st November 2006

Date completed

13^th March 2007

Market definition

Please see Public Competition Assessment.

Competition analysis

Please see Public Competition Assessment.

Public competition assessment

Statement of issues

Review timeline

Date	Event
21^st November 2006	ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines. Market inquiries commenced.
5^th December 2006	Closing date for submissions from interested parties.
22^nd December 2006	ACCC requested information from George Weston Foods in relation to issues arising from the ACCC's market inquiries. ACCC's indicative timeline suspended pending receipt of response from George Weston Foods.
30^th January 2007	George Weston Foods provided final response to the ACCC's information request. ACCC indicative timeline recommenced.
1^st February 2007	ACCC staff met with George Weston Foods and requested further information. ACCC's indicative timeline suspended pending receipt of response from George Weston Foods.
13^th February 2007	George Weston provided response to the ACCC's information request of 1 February 2007. ACCC indicative timeline recommenced.
15^th February 2007	ACCC publishes Statement of Issues.
22^nd February 2007	Former proposed date for announcement of ACCC's findings- amended to allow for consultation on Statement of Issues.
1^st March 2007	Closing date for submissions on Statement of Issues.
13^th March 2007	ACCC announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition.

* Total Review days = Total business days less public holidays and time during which the review was suspended.

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