Nestlé Waters company news 
FRANCE: Nestlé Waters mulls subsidiary sale
1 March 2012
Nestlé Waters has said that it could sell its Société Française des Eaux Régionales unit to UK investment fund Nova Capital Management.
FRANCE: Eckes Granini hires French MD from Nestlé Waters
19 September 2011
Eckes Granini has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Manichon as managing director of its operations France.
FRANCE: Nestlé Waters repositions Aquarel
10 June 2011
Nestlé Waters has repositioned its pan-European spring water Aquarel on the French market to target children aged between six months and three years.
SWITZERLAND: Nestlé Waters stops the rot in 2010
17 February 2011
After two years of declines, Nestlé Waters has reported a slight sales increase in 2010 thanks to renewed consumer demand in several developed countries.
FRANCE: Nestlé launches Nesfluid drink
22 September 2010
Nestlé has said it plans to achieve sales of EUR100m (US$132.5m) for its new Nesfluid drink in France over the next five years.
POLAND: Nestlé Waters opens Polish bottling factory
19 July 2010
Nestlé Waters has begun operations at a new bottling facility in Poland.
Product Launch – US: Nestlé USA's Nestlé Juicy Juice Sparkling Fruit Juice Beverage
17 June 2010
Nestlé USA's Nestlé Juicy Juice Sparkling Fruit Juice Beverage
SWITZ: Nestlé Waters returns to growth in Q1
22 April 2010
Nestle Waters has posted a return to growth in Europe in the first quarter of 2010.
DUBAI: Nestlé opens Middle East facility
30 March 2010
Nestlé Middle East has opened a multi-million dollar facility in Dubai for the manufacturing powdered milk and Pure Life bottled water.
FRANCE: Coca-Cola Co’s Polge to head soft drinks trade body
15 February 2010
Coca-Cola France president Christian Polge has been elected head of French soft drinks trade body, the Syndicat National des Boissons Rafraîchissantes (SNBR).
FRANCE: Nestlé Waters cuts jobs
24 November 2009
Nestlé Waters is to cut 250 jobs at its production plant for Vittel and Contrex mineral water brands in eastern France.
US: Nestlé Waters launches ‘born better’ campaign
10 November 2009
Nestlé Waters North America has launched a marketing campaign to highlight the source of its regional spring water brands.
Insight - Nestlé "leaner, fitter, stronger" for future - CEO
22 October 2009
Swiss food and beverage giant Nestlé said it is even “leaner, fitter and stronger” for the future, despite posting a drop in nine-month sales this morning (22 October), as a result of consumers buying less bottled water.
SWITZ: Nestlé revenue drops on bottled water
22 October 2009
Swiss food and beverage giant Nestlé posted a drop in nine-month revenue this morning (22 October), hurt by the euro’s decline against the Swiss franc and consumers buying less bottled water.
The View from A Farr - Fighting against the Fat Tax
20 October 2009
There's no doubt what's currently exercising the minds of beverage executives in the US - the threat of a Federal CSD tax. Now that President Obama has said the idea is worth investigating the ante has been upped and the industry's leading companies are aggressively fighting their corner – and, argues Annette Farr, with justification.
Focus - Back to school opens doors for soft drinks, water
6 October 2009
Children returning to the classrooms this autumn are able to add to their RDA quotas of vitamins and minerals by drinking a range of school-compliant soft drinks. In response to consumer and government concerns about childhood obesity, health and wellness issues there has been a plethora of new beverage developments for the children's market. All the boxes are ticked: high juice content, use of all-natural ingredients, no artificial flavours, sweeteners or preservatives, and low or zero calories. Annette Farr reports.
SWITZERLAND: Nestlé bluffing on HQ move - analysts
14 September 2009
Analysts believe Nestlé is bluffing by suggesting that it may leave its home base of Switzerland if the national Government puts a cap on executive salaries.
US: Beringer Vineyards to sponsor PGA Tour
2 September 2009
Beringer Vineyards is to sponsor the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour in the US beginning next year.
just the facts - Consumer boycotts
27 August 2009
Read our list of high-profile consumer boycotts, in our weekly just the facts.
just the round-up - The week in drinks
21 August 2009
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:
JAPAN: Nestlé to launch KitKat vegetable drink
21 August 2009
Nestlé Japan is to launch a KitKat drink that combines vegetable and fruit juices with chocolate cream, named KitKat 'vegetables galore'.
US: Jamba Inc sales fall, strips losses
21 August 2009
Jamba Inc, owner of Jamba Juice stores, has reported lower net sales for the first half of 2009 but a significant drop in net losses.
Insight - Nestlé faces bottled water challenge
12 August 2009
Nestlé has said it must find new opportunities for bottled water in the US and key Western Europe markets in order to help turn around flagging sales for the Nestlé Waters business.
SWITZERLAND: Nestlé Waters sales drop H1
12 August 2009
Weak bottled water markets in Western Europe and North America have damaged sales at Nestlé Waters and parent group Nestlé in the first half of 2009.
CHILE: H1 profits rise at Compania Cervecerias Unidas
10 August 2009
Chilean beverage giant Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) has reported a 35% rise in net profits for the first half of 2009, boosted by a stake sale to Nestle Waters.
Focus - The rising demand for 'natural' soft drinks
28 July 2009
This year, the words 'all-natural' have been appearing on more and more soft drinks labels, a reflection not only of the growing well-being trend, but also a sign that drinks producers are responding to consumers continuing to seek out wholesome, natural goodness, despite the difficult economic times we are living in. Annette Farr looks at the rising tide of natural products offered by the soft drinks industry.
Focus - UK soft drinks sector puts sustainability centre stage
16 June 2009
Environmental concerns have climbed steadily up the agenda for soft drinks producers in recent years. However, Annette Farr writes, progress has been faster in the UK than in the US.
ASIA: Nestlé to continue Asia expansion
15 June 2009
Nestlé has said it will continue to invest in South East Asia and expand its business and manufacturing facilities there.
FRANCE: Nestlé Waters Quézac plant hit by strike
8 June 2009
Workers at Nestlé Waters’ Quézac sparkling mineral water plant in southern France have begun strike action, demanding a EUR300 bonus.
The View from A Farr – NHC fails to exploit natural advantage
6 May 2009
The bottled water industry in the US appears to be doing a good job of defending the sector against criticism from environmental campaigners, as underlined by recent sales figures. But Annette Farr is less impressed with some of the advocates for the bottled water industry in the UK.
