date:Aug 25, 2012
d food and beverage distributor CCA said the loan was a preparatory step towards its re-entering the Australian premium beer market.
After SAB Millers takeover of Fosters in December 2011, CCA sold its 50% stake in lucrative JV Pacific Beverages to partner SAB.
The deal stopped CCA selling, distributing or manufacturing beer in Australia until December 2013.
Attractive growth opportunity
But Davis said at the time of the stake sale (for AUS $305m) that CCA hoped to re-enter the Australian be