Mars reviewing European business

25/01/2005 Mars is reviewing its European business in an effort to boost sales and become more efficient. The review will focus on "sales growth, manufacturing capacity and overheads, and ways of working", the company said. Rumours have been circulating for weeks that Mars wants to close its operation at Slough, near London, the BBC reported. Mars said on Sunday that the review will take six to eight weeks and it was too early to discuss possible outcomes. "I will not comment when nobody knows what the outcome of the consultation will be," said Michael Jenkins, director of external affairs at Mars` Masterfoods division told the BBC.

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