Kirin’s operations in Australia will now be merged under the name of Lion Nathan National Foods, though the day to day operations of the two firms are unlikely to change greatly.
The headquarters of Lion Nathan will remain in Sydney, while the headquarters of National Foods will still be in Melbourne.
Lion boss Rob Murray will run the combined group and has said that integration wasn’t a consideration given the differences between brewer Lion Nathan and dairy and juice group National Foods. However, Kirin has said that there will be synergy benefits from the centralisation of “certain corporate functions”.
Source: D Palmer, AFN
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