The merged company, in effect, did not lose ground on technology.

This merged company will have close to 10 percent of the $230 billion domestic food industry.

But success for the merged companies is by no means certain.

That policy, he said, would also apply to the merged company.

"I would like to be involved in this merged company," he said.

The chief sticking point has been who will control the merged company.

Still, the merged company will have a lot going for it.

But he could give no such assurance on job security in the merged company.

But they got 55 percent of the shares in the merged company.

He announced that no family members would serve on the board of the merged company.