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The white giant
Decrease in milk sales, price pressure from foreign competitors, angry farmers: The milk business is getting harder and harder. The consulters from Arthur D. Little see only one solution for the Austrian dairies: expansion. “It would be economically reasonable for them to look to new markets in the eastern countries” Stefan Höffinger, Managing Director of Arthur D. Little Austria, says.
Decrease in milk sales, price pressure from foreign competitors, angry farmers: The milk business is getting harder and harder. The consulters from Arthur D. Little see only one solution for the Austrian dairies: expansion. “It would be economically reasonable for them to look to new markets in the eastern countries” Stefan Höffinger, Managing Director of Arthur D. Little Austria, says.
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