Modelo’s beer brands Negra Modelo and Pacifico are looking for a new home

Foster’s lost the low volume brands along with Corona Extra when owner Grupo Modelo cut ties with the SABMiller-owned company in March 2012.

However, they were not taken up by Corona’s new Australian distributor, Lion.

Negra Modelo is Mexico’s top-selling dark beer, while Pacifico is a pilsner-style brew.

Like Danish beer brand Carlsberg, the Mexican brands are seeking a new distributor and have been heavily linked with the Coopers-owned distribution business, Premium Beverages, but neither party would comment at this stage.