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Schweppes Australia is a licensed manufacturer and distributor of brands such as Pepsi, Sunkist, Mountain Dew, and Gatorade. They also produce Schweppes range of soft drinks, as well as many other Australian brands, including Solo , Passiona , Cottee’s Cordial , Spring Valley Beverages, Pop Tops and Cool Ridge , and Frantelle spring water.
Solo was first launched by Tarax in 1968, then Cadbury-Schweppes took over in 1973. In April 2009, Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd acquired Cadbury-Schweppes Australia and in turn Solo. [6] [7] Asahi is a foreign owned, private company which is owned by Asahi Group Holdings Limited, a Japanese brewery and soft drink company. [7]
Saxbys Soft Drinks - Australia's oldest family owned and operated soft drink company, based in Taree est. 1864; Solo – lemon-flavoured drink, owned by Schweppes Australia. Schweppes – a range of mineral water/fruit juice drinks developed in Australia, with flavours that include orange-mango, and lemon, lime and orange.
Schweppes (/ ʃ w ɛ p s / SHWEPS, [1] [2] [3] German:) is a soft drink brand founded in the Republic of Geneva in 1783 by Johann Jacob Schweppe; it is now made, bottled, and distributed worldwide by multiple international conglomerates, depending on licensing and region, that manufacture and sell soft drinks. Schweppes was one of the earliest ...
In 1926, a factory was set up in Sydney, and in 1927 the drink was marketed to the public. [4] Newspaper reports from the 1930s mention Australians taking the drink with them overseas to Canada and Jerusalem. In 1934, Cottees Passiona Ltd reported a gross profit of £609. [citation needed]
For example, researchers found that milk and dairy drinks that had protein claims were classified as less healthy over 61% of the time, while non-protein claim milk and dairy drinks were only ...
In 2009, Schweppes was acquired by Asahi. Today, [when?] Woodroofe soft drinks continue to be marketed as a regional brand in South Australia. Asahi/Schweppes closed the Payneham operations in 2016 and shifted their production to Melbourne (Tullamarine) and Perth.
The brand's popularity reached its zenith in the 1960s. Cottee's Coola flavour is the most popular cordial in Australia (Coola, Australia's Flavourite Cordial). [4] In 1965, Cottee's was acquired by the American company General Foods and, in 1984, by Cadbury Schweppes. [5] Schweppes Australia was acquired by Asahi Breweries in 2009.