List of South Australian commercial icons
There have been many Adelaide and South Australian icons, some of which still exist, but few of which are still South Australian owned.[1]
With the start of the 21st century, and in conjunction with the National Trust (SA), BankSA launched its annual "Heritage Icons List",[2] naming 8 icons per year.[3] The following is a list of some of these and other icons.
List
- AMSCOL (Adelaide Milk Supply Co-Operative Limited), particularly AMSCOL Vanilla Ice-cream and free school milk in 1/3 pint bottles (~190ml)
- Balfours - owned by San Remo Macaroni Company since 2008[4]
- Bickford's lime juice cordial
- The Christmas Pageant
- Coopers, particularly Coopers Sparkling Ale and Coopers Pale Ale, still run and tightly held by the 5th generation descendants of the founder
- Farmers Union, particularly Farmers Union Iced Coffee, owned since the 1991 by National Foods, now a subsidiary of Kirin
- Golden North, particularly Golden North honeycomb ice cream, once again South Australian owned
- Haigh's Chocolates
- Hall's, (Geo. Hall & Sons), particularly "Passiona" and "Stonie" ginger beer (non-alcoholic)
- Draft "Stonie" was available at the Norwood Pie Cart
- Like Woodroofe's, Halls were acquired by Cadbury Fry Schweppes. Cadbury is now owned by Kraft (2010); Schweppes Australia is now owned by Asahi (2009)
- Hills Hoist
- Kitchener buns
- Menz, merged into Arnott, Motterham, Menz in the 1960s, since 1997 a subsidiary of Campbell Soup Company
- Menz "Yo-Yo" biscuits
- Menz FruChocs
- "Menz - make - biscuits a treat, Yeah!"
- Popeye
- Pie floaters and Pie carts
- South Australian Brewing Company, purchased by Lion Nathan, now a subsidiary of Kirin
- West End,[5] West End Draught[6] and Southwark Bitter.[7]
- The Brewery Chimney at Thebarton[8]
- The Christmas display on the south bank of the River Torrens at Thebarton
- Stobie poles - still South Australian
- Vili's, particularly Vili's Pies and "Cafe De Vili's" - still South Australian
- Woodroofe's, (W Woodroofe & Sons), particularly "Woodies Lemonade", publicly listed in 1983, purchased by SA Brewing Co, and onsold to Cadbury, Fry, Schweppes. Cadbury plc was acquired by Kraft Foods in 2010; Schweppes Australia is now owned by Asahi (2009)
- "Woodies Lemonade, the best lemonade made" is still produced in Adelaide
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