context1: Lion Nathan is an alcoholic <strong>beverages</strong> company that operates in Australia and New Zealand and produces and markets a range of <strong>beer</strong>, wine, RTDs and spirits. It is a subsidiary of holding company Lion Nathan National Foods, wholly-owned by the Japanese Kirin Holdings Company Limited, and consequently the Mitsubishi Group. The company employs around 1,800 Australians and 1,400 New Zealanders.
context2: John Graf's image is still on the can of root <strong>beer</strong>, in his memory of creating the hallowed <strong>beverage</strong>. His legacy was passed onto his son after his death in 1930, where his daughter (Sylvia Graf) took presidency of the company. Once she died in 1963, Lawrie O. Graf.