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Aramark says ‘honest mistake’ led to late UK appeal application

By Jon Menon ( February 19, 2026, 15:32 GMT | Insight) -- US catering company Aramark has urged a UK court to extend the timetable for it to appeal a UK antitrust merger decision, after an “unfortunate error” led to its application being filed hours after the actual deadline had passed. Aramark is seeking to contest the UK CMA’s recent decision to make it unwind its acquisition of smaller Scottish rival Entier.US catering company Aramark has urged a UK court to extend the timetable for it to appeal a UK antitrust merger decision, after an “unfortunate error” led to its application being filed hours after the deadline had passed....

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