6 years ago, we discussed Fraser & Neave (F&N)'s fate in a tongue-in-cheek Battle of the Animals post. As per our short term attention span in today's world, we left it hanging, without an update, for six long years. Well, today is the day. We shall stop our sucking thumbs! We shall follow up with the long await instalment to our own saga and analyze things clearly.

To recap, the saga came about as the Elephant in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) room charged into our tiny red dot to try to grab Tiger, F&N's baby - Asia Pacific Breweries. In the end, Star Player - Heineken, refusing to give up its control on this profitable joint venture that brewed various beer brands: Tiger Beer, Anchor and ABC stout, swallowed the whole alcohol business i.e. Asian Pacific Breweries expensively. Thai Beverage, the elephant, then took control ...