Ballygowan water

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Coordinates: 52°27′00″N 9°03′53″W / 52.4501°N 9.0646°W / 52.4501; -9.0646 Ballygowan is an Irish brand of mineral water. It is bottled at Newcastle West in County Limerick, near its source at the site of a reputed holy well used by the Knights Templar. Ballygowan is the leading water brand in the Irish market.

The company was founded by Geoff Read in 1981, who launched a marketing and distribution joint venture in 1984 with , a soft drink manufacturer. Anheuser-Busch took a stake in 1987, which was bought back in 1989. In 1993, Ballygowan was bought by Cantrell and Cochrane (now C&C), which sold its non-alcoholic brands to Britvic in 2007.[1] The 1993 deal involved Nash selling the source but retaining part of the source area, which it later used for its own rival spring water brand.[2] In 2014 Britvic discontinued its Drench and Pennine Spring water brands in Britain in favour of Ballygowan.[3][4]

References[]

Sources[]

  • O'Neill, S. (2001-07-27). "8.36 Ballygowan Natural Mineral Water". In LaMoreaux, Philip E.; Tanner, Judy T. (eds.). Springs and Bottled Waters of the World: Ancient History, Source, Occurrence, Quality and Use. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 284–7. ISBN 9783540618416. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  • Hourihane, Ann Marie (2000). She Moves Through the Boom. Sitric Books. ISBN 9781903305034.
  • Dobbs, Sarah (2000). "An Examination of the Effectiveness of Ballygowan in Building Brand Awareness" (PDF). National College of Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

Citations[]

  1. ^ Walsh, Fiona (14 May 2007). "Britvic buys Ballygowan bottled water brand". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Nash continues to sparkle". The Irish Times. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. ^ Bamford, Vince (9 February 2014). "Will Ballygowan water brand be a splash hit for Britvic?". The Grocer. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Britvic to close Chelmsford factory and put hundreds out of work". BBC Online. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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