Meiji Dairies Corp., Japan’s biggest dairy company, and confectioner Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. said Thursday they will merge, creating the nation’s second-biggest food maker as prices of ingredients rise.
The food makers will merge under a holding structure April 1, they said. Both companies will have approximately the same number of shares in the merged entity, according to Bloomberg calculations.
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