Beer Market `risks Same Fate As Petrol'

Australia's beer market is in danger of suffering the same fate as the petroleum industry, where producer ownership of retail outlets has effectively strangled competition, Lion Nathan's chief executive, Mr Gordon Cairns, warned yesterday. Mr Cairns, announcing a "watershed" $NZ136.1 mi

Lion Brews Market Storm

Australia's beer market was in danger of suffering the same fate as the petroleum industry, where producer ownership of retail outlets had effectively strangled competition, Lion Nathan's chief executive, Mr Gordon Cairns, warned yesterday. Despite this, and Lion's antipathy to gaming and leisure