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Danone reduces price of Aptimil following CMA report

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Infant formula manufacturer Danone has announced that it will cut the wholesale price of its Aptamil baby powder product by 7% following a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation. Danone’s price cut currently applied to only its powdered Aptamil formulas sold to UK retailers, but…

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