US: DS Waters of America snaps up Gold Springs Premium Spring Water Co

By Andy Morton | 4 November 2013

DS Waters was taken over in September

DS Waters of America has acquired Wurth Bottling Corp's Gold Springs Premium Spring Water Co for an undisclosed sum.

DS Waters, which was bought by private-equity firm Crestview Partners in September, said the deal includes Gold Springs' home and office delivery service for Peoria, Illinois. DS Waters will now able to distribute its Hinckley Springs bottled water brand through the new channel, it said.

Gold Springs produces natural spring water in three- and five-gallon bottles as well as cases of 50cl bottles. Wurth Bottling acquired the water rights to Gold Springs, located six miles west of Atlanta, Illinois, in 1996, according to its website.

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