date:May 21, 2014
gue, Minnesota.
Without the Antitrust Division's required divestitures, the creation of Ardent Mills would have resulted in less competition in the sale of wheat flour, resulting in customers, such as industrial bakers and food service companies, paying higher prices for wheat flour, said Renata Hesse, a deputy assistant attorney general at the Antitrust Division.
The three companies are pleased with the approval, and the new entity will begin operations around the end of May, the companies sa