Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns had told major investors that his board had looked at "every way" to exit ALH, one source said, but that was complicated by Queensland's liquor laws, which require it to own pubs in order to hold licences for its Dan Murphy's and BWS bottle shops.
USihlalo wakwa-Woolworths, u-Gordon Cairns wayetshele abatshali-zimali abaqavile ukuthi ibhodi yakhe ikubuke manxa onke ukuphuma ku-ALH, omunye umthombo usho kanjalo, kodwa kwajiyiswa yimithetho yezophuzo olunamandla yase-Queensland, edinga babe nezindawo zokuphuzela ukuze babe namalayisense e-Dan Murphy’s ne-BWS okuyizitolo zalolu phuzo.