Iconic South Australian beverage brand Halls is back in business, with production of classic soft drinks like Halls Lemonade, Lemon Twist and Fruita now underway.
The much-loved brand is expected to be back on shop shelves in coming months.
The Halls soft drinks are now under production at the former MOJO Kombucha production facility at Willunga, which was closed last year when Coca Cola announced it was exiting the Kombucha market.
The Malinauskas Labor Government is supporting the return of Halls with a $500,000 contribution from the Thriving Regions Fund for the Willunga bottling facility.
The manufacturer has already re-engaged five former staff and has plans to grow.
Halls has a rich history in South Australia, with the brand founded in 1849 by George Hall at a site in Marryatville.
His sons joined the company in 1869 and they moved to a larger premises in Norwood in east Adelaide in 1872.
A hundred years later, the Halls brand was bought by Coca Cola, which continued to produce the drinks at its Thebarton bottling plant until the brand was discontinued in 2000.
The new Halls drinks are being produced in classic glass bottles, with 330mL already in production and 1 litre varieties soon to begin on the bottling line.