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Family feud yields sour grapes at French drinks empire Castel

An advert for Castel Beer near Mahapleu in western Côte d'Ivoire in 2013. The French-founded Castel Group is the second-largest producer of beer and soft drinks in Africa.
An advert for Castel Beer near Mahapleu in western Côte d'Ivoire in 2013. The French-founded Castel Group is the second-largest producer of beer and soft drinks in Africa. © jbdodane, CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

A court in Singapore is preparing to rule on a power struggle at the Castel Group, a family-run French beverage business that has grown to be one of the largest drinks companies in Europe and Africa – and is currently the subject of a dispute between two of the founder's relatives and the CEO, the first person outside the Castel family to run the multibillion-euro business.

The ruling will mark a major development in a clash that became public late last year and centres on who controls the group after the retirement of the company's ageing founder.

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