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- ↑ "Blue Band, Rama | Brands in action | Unilever Global". Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ↑ "Maypole Dairies".
- ↑ Jones, Geoffrey (2005). Renewing Unilever : Transformation and Tradition. Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-19-155638-8.
