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Lion was established in October 2009 under the name Lion Nathan National Foods when Kirin purchased the brewer Lion Nathan [10] and merged the business with National Foods, which it had owned since 2007. The company was 46% owned by Kirin, with the difference made up by Australian and New Zealand share funds.
Little World Beverages Pty Ltd (LWB) is an Australian beverage and hospitality company, best known for its ownership of the Little Creatures brewery. Although often associated with the independent craft brewery movement in Australia, Little World Beverages is owned by the giant Japanese-controlled beverages company Lion Nathan, who acquired the company in 2012.
Since 2011, Kirin-owned Lion Co and AB InBev-owned Foster's Group own every major brewery in Australia, with the exception of Coopers. [11] Boag's Brewery, previously owned by San Miguel, was sold to Lion Nathan for A$325 million in November 2007. In 2006 Boag's Brewery reported total revenues of A$92 million. [14]
Swan is a beer brand owned by Lion Nathan. It was originally brewed by the Swan Brewery in Western Australia , but brewing was moved to South Australia in 2013 and to New South Wales in 2021. On 4 August 2022, it was announced that some of the brewing of Swan Draught, but not the Emu varieties, would be moved back to Western Australia, at the ...
Lion Nathan acquired a 50% stake in Bond's Natbrew Holdings in 1990, and took total ownership in 1992. [8] Production of Hahn-branded beers was moved from the Camperdown Hahn Brewery to Tooheys, some time between 1993 (Lion's acquisition of Hahn) and 1999 [11] (when Hahn Brewery was renamed Malt Shovel Brewery).
In March 1980, Castlemaine Perkins merged with Tooheys to form Castlemaine Tooheys. [5] Bond Corporation purchased Castlemaine Tooheys in 1985. [ 6 ] Castlemaine Tooheys was acquired in 1992 by Lion Nathan .
The company holds a 100% [4] stake in Lion Nathan Limited, a consolidated subsidiary that is based in Australia but has particularly important operations in China. Kirin has a 48% [ 5 ] stake in San Miguel Brewery , the dominant brewer in the Philippines.
Emu is a beer brand name owned by Lion. [1] It was originally brewed by the Emu Brewery in 1908, until the brewery's sale to the Swan Brewery in 1927. The production of the Emu branded beer continued from a separate autonomous brewery in Perth until 1978, and then was relocated to a combined brewery in Canning Vale.