Dunnes / Whelan / Tipperary [2016] IECompA m16002 (18 January 2016)

Dunnes / Whelan / Tipperary [2016] IECompA m16002 (18 January 2016)

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission found that the proposed acquisition would not substantially lessen competition in the retail sale of meat and related products and therefore cleared the merger at Phase 1.

Parties
Acquirer: Dunnes Stores; Target: Whelan Food & Meat Processors; Target: Tipperary Sustainable Food Company Limited
Jurisdiction
Ireland
Judgment Date
18 January 2016
Procedural Posture
Merger Control / Clearance (phase 1)
Outcome
merger cleared
Legal Topics
Merger Control, Retail Sector, Food Industry
Competition Law Merger Control Retail Sector Food Industry

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Parties

Dunnes Stores

Acquirer

Whelan Food & Meat Processors

Target

Tipperary Sustainable Food Company Limited

Target

Procedural Posture

Merger Control / Clearance (phase 1)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the proposed acquisition would substantially lessen competition in the retail sale of meat and related products.

Ratio Decidendi

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission found that the proposed acquisition would not substantially lessen competition in the retail sale of meat and related products and therefore cleared the merger at Phase 1.

Court Disposition

merger cleared

Orders

  • The proposed acquisition by Dunnes Stores of Whelan Food & Meat Processors and Tipperary Sustainable Food Company Limited is cleared.