The European Commission announced, on Thursday 28 January, the opening of an investigation against the American food giant Mondelēz, owner of the Lu, Oreo, Milka and Toblerone brands, suspected of restricting competition in several national chocolate, biscuit and coffee markets.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President responsible for competition policy, said: “We are opening a formal investigation to see whether Mondelēz, a key producer of these products, might have restricted free...