The European Court of First Instance ruled today (Thursday 23 October) that the practice whereby consumer goods giant Unilever provides freezers for free to shops in Ireland in exchange for only stocking Unilever products is an abuse of competition law.
The case started when Mars filed a complaint against a Unilever subsidiary called Van den Bergh Foods (formerly HB) to the European Commission in September 1991.
Van den Bergh Foods is the principal manufacturer of ice-cream produ...
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