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for £43 million. In the meantime, Hillsdown under shareholder pressure had begun a break-up, spinning off its chilled convenience food subsidiary as
Terranova. In March 1999, Unigate initiated a hostile £228.5 million takeover bid for Terranova, which was accepted after the bid was raised to £274
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214:West Surrey Central Dairy Company
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443:. Wincanton Plc. Archived from
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271:Milk Marketing Board
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326:Albert Fisher Group
288:Wincanton Transport
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143:Number of employees
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311:Kraft Foods
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248:restaurants
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637:Categories
425:References
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391:Minsterley
387:Evercreech
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