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FRANCE: Nestle Waters to sell water cooler business
23 July 2010
Nestle Waters is in talks with Eden Springs to sell its French water cooler business, Nestle Waters Direct France.
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.
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.
RUSSIA: Nestle Waters to sell Saint Spring
20 April 2009
Nestle Waters has agreed to sell its Russian water bottling company Saint Spring to mineral water producer IDS Group.
FRANCE: Nestle Waters invests in Vittel plant
6 April 2009
Nestlé Waters plans to invest EUR18m (US$24m) this year at its mineral water bottling plants at Vittel and Contrexéville in eastern France.
UK: Bottled water will spring back to growth in 2010 - research
23 March 2009
Bottled water sales in the UK will continue to fall in 2009, but the category is on-track to recover in 2010, according to a new report.
Focus - Leading water brands hit by credit crunch
3 December 2008
Bottled water was the fastest growing sector of the global soft drinks market in 2007 but as the economic downturn squeezes middle-class wallets in Western Europe and North America, there is evidence that tap water is making a comeback. Euromonitor International analyst Rob Walker believes the leading bottled water companies must maintain investment in these markets during the tough times in order to maximise returns in the long term.
COMMENT: Bottled water hit by the crunch
27 October 2008
Branded bottled water looks like the early victim in the global economic downturn, following results from big hitters Nestle and Danone last week.
UK: Bottled water makers unite to form lobby group
29 August 2008
Top bottled water companies Nestlé Waters, Danone and Highland Spring, have launched a new industry lobbying association to jointly promote their sector.
FRANCE: Nestlé Waters to cut jobs at Vittel and Contrex plants
29 April 2008
Nestlé Waters is planning to cut 250 jobs at its mineral water production sites at Vittel and Contrex in eastern France, by the end-of 2009.
UK: Tap water trumps bottled in taste test - report
19 December 2007
UK tap water has come up near the top in a blind taste test, according to local reports.
SWITZ: Nestlé hunts down China purchases
4 September 2007
Nestlé is looking to enter the Chinese water market.
SWITZ: Nestlé sees beverages contribute to group H1 rises
16 August 2007
Nestlé has posted a healthy lift in profit for the first six months of this year.
CHINA: Nestlé Waters strikes Vittel, Perrier deal
9 March 2007
Nestlé Waters is to launch bottled water brand Vittel in China next month after securing a deal with one of the country’s leading wine and spirits distributors..
FRANCE: Nestlé Waters aims for enhanced water push
6 March 2007
Nestlé Waters is looking to bolster its presence in the enhanced water category after a solid performance from its core business last year, its chairman and CEO said today (6 March).
CANADA: Arrowhead Water names president, CEO
16 February 2007
Arrowhead Water has promoted its sales and marketing director to the roles of president and CEO.
SPAIN/PORTUGAL: Nestlé Waters sells operations
22 December 2006
Nestlé Waters has sold bottled water operations in Spain and Portugal as it looks to focus on a smaller number of key brands in Europe.
SWISS: Nestlé Waters enjoys sales lift
19 October 2006
Nestlé Waters enjoyed an 8% rise in nine-month revenues to CHF7.5bn (US$6bn), its parent company Nestlé said today (19 October).
SWITZERLAND: North America buoys Nestlé Waters
23 August 2006
Sales in North America have driven rising first-half revenues at Nestlé Waters, its parent company reported today (23 August).
RUSSIA: Nestlé Waters to build Leningrad plant
13 July 2006
Nestlé Waters is poised to begin building a plant to produce bottled water in Russia’s Leningrad region, just-drinks understands.
FRANCE: Strike action ends at Nestlé bottling plants
15 May 2006
A prolonged industrial dispute over working conditions at Nestlé Waters’ mineral water bottling plants in eastern France has been resolved, a senior company official has told just-drinks.
FRANCE: North America boosts Nestlé Waters
7 March 2006
Rising sales in North America drove Nestlé Waters to a year of “strong growth” in 2005.
EUR: Vittel gets branding overhaul
22 February 2006
Mineral water brand Vittel has undergone an image overhaul.
American consumers taking to water
24 October 2005
Initially slow to acquire the European taste for bottled water, American consumers have not only caught up fast but, writes Annette Sessions, have also enthusiastically embraced concepts such as flavoured and functional waters.
UK: Vittel to be RunLondon water supplier
29 September 2005
Mineral water brand Vittel Natural Mineral Water has announced that it is to be the official water supplier for Nike RunLondon 2005, the UK’s biggest single running event.
FRANCE: Nestle to link Contrex and Vittel – report
20 July 2005
Nestle Waters is to bottle its Contrex and Vittel water brands at the same plant in France, according to local press reports.
FRANCE: Nestle finally reaches Perrier deal
3 May 2005
Nestle Waters has finally reached an agreement with the CGT trade union over restructuring plans for its Perrier bottling plant.
UK: Nestle to launch flavoured Vittel line
25 April 2005
Nestle Waters is to launch a range of sugar free water drinks under its Vittel water brand in time for summer.
UK: Vittel to launch fruit-flavoured water
22 April 2005
Vittel is launching a new range of sugar free water drinks in time for summer.
Related research
Nestlé SA - Soft Drinks – World
Euromonitor International's Nestlé SA Company Profile offers detailed strategic analysis of the company’s business, examining its performance in the soft drinks market. The report provides a strategic evaluation of the company, examines company shares by region and sector, offers a brand assessment and it addresses challenges from the competition and future prospects. Use it to understand opportunities and threats facing the business and the factors driving success.
Innovations in Bottled Water: NPD opportunities in flavored, functional, natural and premium waters
Between 2006 and 2010 the value of the combined US, European and Japanese bottled water market is projected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.0%. Volume growth will be healthy at a projected CAGR of 4.7% for the total market. In value terms, Europe is the largest regional market for bottled water and this will remain constant over the period. Of all markets, the UK is projected to see the highest rate of value growth at 8.7%, from $2.4 billion in 2006 to $3.3bn in 2010. The largest single market is the US market, with a value in 2006 of $15.3bn, projected to rise by $4.0bn by 2010. In monetary terms, this represents the greatest value growth, driven by the size of the market and a high projected CAGR rate of 6.0%. The still unflavored water category is the largest of all the bottled water categories. In 2006 the combined markets of Europe, the US and Japan was estimated to be worth $32.4bn. Still unflavored water is also by far the largest bottled water category in terms of volume sales. In 2006, volume sales for this category were estimated at 56.3bn liters. This is projected to rise by 12.1bn liters to a new level of 68.4bn liters in 2010.
