Choppies, Sefalana turf wars resurface
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
This time around, a deal that Choppies CEO, Ramachandran Ottapathu is pursuing in his personal capacity has emerged as the eye of a storm that has reignited the fresh battle with competitor, Sefalana Holdings.
On Monday, Sefalana Holdings implored the Competition Authority (CA) to block a transaction in which Ottapathu seeks to buy four local companies, two of which are suppliers to the former.
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