Halls (cough drop)

Halls Cough Drops

A pack of Extra Strong Halls
Owner	Mondelēz International
Country	England
Introduced	1930s
Markets	Throat lozenges/cough drops
Previous owners	Hall Brothers (1930–1964) Warner–Lambert (1964–2000) Pfizer (2000–2002) Cadbury (2002–2010) Kraft (2010–2012)
Website	gethalls.com

Halls is a British brand of a mentholated cough drop^[a] owned by Mondelēz International since 2015. In 2016, it was one of the biggest selling brands of over-the-counter medications sold in Great Britain, with sales of £32.5 million.^[1]

The Hall Brothers company was founded in 1893 by Thomas Harold Hall and Norman Smith Hall. The cough drops were first made in the 1930s on Stanley Road, Whitefield, Lancashire.^[2] The company was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964 with production moved to Dumers Lane, Radcliffe in 1970. Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in June 2000. Two years later the brand was bought by Cadbury Schweppes, which was purchased by Kraft foods and later restructured.

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