Britain clears Greencore and Bakkavor's $1.6 billion food group merger
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator cleared the proposed 1.2 billion pound ($1.61 billion) merger between convenience food manufacturers Greencore GNC.L and Bakkavor BAKK.L on Wednesday, scrapping an in-depth probe into the companies. ($1 = 0.7473 pounds) (Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich) ((DhanushVignesh.Babu@thomsonreuters.com))