Use this as a reminder to track legal ownership, production location, and brand narrative as separate fields.
The chapter surveys Sazerac acquisitions and integrations across price tiers and categories.
The acquisition chronology shows that brands, distilleries, bottling operations, and production contracts changed hands independently; Blanton’s, for example, remained owned by Takara Shuzo while being made at Frankfort.
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Chapter 16 — Acquisition strategy
Fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29. PDF177–181: acquisition list distinguishes brand,plant,inventory anddistribution; agency portfolio not necessarily ownedbrands.2021counts not current. Preserve Takara brand ownership versus Frankfort production.
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