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From: rcd@opus.UUCP
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Subject: Re: beer
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Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 02:09:02 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 31 02:09:02 1984
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> ...like the situation in Denmark: Carlsburg and Tuborg are the two big rival
> brewries there, with ads that blast the other company's product, but they
> are in fact owned by the same parent company.  No matter who wins the taste
> tests, the parent company still comes out ahead.

This is partially correct, as far as I can tell:  Both brewers are owned
(held?) by United Breweries.  However, it unwittingly does a serious
disservice to Carlsberg, which is nonprofit!  That's right, all of the
profit from the Carlsberg brewery operation is donated to charity.
Overall, rather than interpret this case as some sort of under-the-table
collusion of the godfathers of Carlsberg and Tuborg, I'd say it's a welcome
non-interference of a parent organization which by chance has acquired
interests in two old and venerable breweries.
-- 
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