date:Apr 25, 2013
t in the products, though the decision to pursue a sale was subject to appropriate value realisation.
Japan's Suntory Holdings SUNTH.UL has been tipped as a possible buyer after previously buying soft drinks maker Orangina Schweppes for more than 300 billion yen ($3.0 billion) and New Zealand's No. 2 beverage firm Funcor Group in 2009.
A Suntory spokeswoman declined to comment on the company's potential interest but, when asked about a recent report that it was in talks with banks about assemb