Monday, August 1, 2011

New logo: Foster's Group and Carlton United Brewers



Foster's Group is an Australian brewing group, whose primary source of revenue is its domestic subsidiary Carlton & United Breweries (CUB). Last week, the company adopted new corporate identities for both Foster's Group and CUB, whose name was altered to Carlton United Brewers. This comes a few months after the company separated from its wine business, Treasury Wine Estates.

Previous Foster's Group logo.

The different glass shapes that were used in the previous Foster's Group logo are replaced by a simple blue wordmark, where the O has been replaced with the oval from the classic Foster's beer label.

Previous Carlton & United Breweries logo.

The 'CUB' mark in the Carlton United Brewers logo has been re-arranged to raise the letter 'U', to put emphasis on the word 'united' and symbolise a raised glass. The oval shape, the a blue colour and concept of a ligature remains, as these aspects had considerable equity.

A press release about the changes was issued on July 29. The following excerpt from it provides further information about the rebrand:
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