Feral Brewing Co. is set to be returned to WA hands after Coca-Cola Europacific Partners reached two binding agreements for the sale of the brand and its facilities.
Coca-Cola Europacific Australia is exiting the beer and cider industry in Australia and selling Feral Brewing Company, four years after the beverage giant purchased the craft brewery.
The Department of Finance has selected 25 businesses for its new common-use arrangement contract to supply food and beverage items to government agencies across Western Australia.
The state government has selected a newly formed company owned by drink manufacturers Coca-Cola Amatil and Lion to run the state's container deposit scheme.
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Scale and authenticity were two factors attracting Coca-Cola Amatil to Feral Brewing, which now plans for a more rapid execution of its vision with the newfound support.
Swan Valley-based Feral Brewing Company has been sold to the business that bottles and distributes Coca-Cola in the Asia-Pacific region for an undisclosed sum.
Shares in Cola-Cola Amatil have fizzled following news Woolworths will pull all but two of the beverage giant's Mount Franklin water products from shelves.
Coca Cola-Amatil has suffered a double blow, losing a contract with Australia's largest pizza chain to its rival and failing to get its latest no sugar offering on the shelves of supermarket giant Woolworths.
Beverage group Coca Cola Amatil says it has received a merger proposal from Australia's second-largest brewer, Lion Nathan, that values the target at around $7.61 billion.
“I'D like a Coca-Cola please,” I said to the waiter. “Will Pepsi be OK?” he replied. “No, I don't like Pepsi. I'd like a Coke,” I said. “We only serve Pepsi products,” he stammered.
ON November 27 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced that it would oppose the proposal by Coca-Cola Amatail to acquire Berri Limited.