With Foster's main local rival Lion Nathan already Japanese-owned - Lion Nathan owns Tooheys, Castlemaine and Emu, to name but a few - it would mean that most of Australia's most famous beer brands would no longer be Australian owned.

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The purpose-built factory opened in 1926 and produced the company's famous All Gold and Chocolate Orange brands.

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Though she's lent her famous face overseas to brands like Heineken and L'Oreal, the Smartwater deal marked the actress' first stateside endorsement.

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The Edrington group, whose brands include The Macallan and Famous Grouse, is said to be one of Scotland's biggest private manufacturing companies and exports five million cases a year.

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