Competition record
Gerber
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Gerber is a leading infant-formula brand. A court refused to dismiss a claim that Perrigo's purchase of Gerber's Gateway plant blocked a store-brand entrant.
Overview
Gerber, owned by Nestlé, is one of the formula brands parents know. The 2022 shortage made plant capacity a public issue. The live case is narrower than that shortage.
P&L Development says Perrigo's purchase of Gerber's Gateway plant took spare manufacturing capacity that a new store-brand entrant needed. On September 18, 2026 the court denied dismissal of that claim.
The court left open whether imports and other plants were real alternatives. That factual fight is not decided.
Competition footprint
Spare manufacturing capacity is the alleged essential input.
The brand parents see on a shelf is not the same thing as who owns a contract manufacturing plant.
Denial of dismissal is not a finding that the plant sale broke the law.
Consumer & business angle
Parents buy the finished formula. Retailers buy store brand.
A company that wanted to enter store brand says it needed that plant.
What to watch
- Whether the Gateway plant claim reaches trial.
- How the court treats alternative sources of formula capacity.
Markets
infant formula · store-brand infant formula
Also known as: gerber, nestle infant formula