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Heinz / HP Foods Group

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HJ Heinz Company / HP Foods merger inquiry

Provisional findings report

Published: 22/02/06

Provisional findings report

Appendices

Appendix A: Terms of reference and conduct of the inquiry

Appendix B: Financial data for Heinz and HP

Appendix C: Market definition: details of analysis

Appendix D: Disposal of HP's ethnic foods business

Appendix E: Sales data and market shares

Appendix F: Econometric analysis of competitive constraints

Appendix G: Sales negotiations, pricing and promotions

Appendix H: The counterfactual

Appendix I: Buyer power and market entry

Glossary

Note: The Competition Commission has excluded from this published version of the provisional findings report information which the inquiry group considers should be excluded having regard to the three considerations set out in section 244 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (specified information: considerations relevant to disclosure). The omissions are indicated by .

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