Chemistry:Ballygowan water
[ ⚑ ] 52°27′00″N 9°03′53″W / 52.4501°N 9.0646°W 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 Nash, 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.. Springs and Bottled Waters of the World: Ancient History, Source, Occurrence, Quality and Use. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 284–7. ISBN 9783540618416. https://books.google.com/books?id=sjEoBmfUka0C&pg=PA284. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- Hourihane, Ann Marie (2000). She Moves Through the Boom. Sitric Books. ISBN 9781903305034. https://archive.org/details/shemovesthroughb0000hour.
- Dobbs, Sarah (2000). "An Examination of the Effectiveness of Ballygowan in Building Brand Awareness". National College of Ireland. http://trap.ncirl.ie/417/1/Sarah_Dobbs.pdf. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
Citations
- ↑ Walsh, Fiona (14 May 2007). "Britvic buys Ballygowan bottled water brand". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/14/6. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nash continues to sparkle". The Irish Times. 17 November 2000. http://www.irishtimes.com/business/nash-continues-to-sparkle-1.1116367. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ Bamford, Vince (9 February 2014). "Will Ballygowan water brand be a splash hit for Britvic?". The Grocer. http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/will-ballygowan-water-brand-be-a-splash-hit-for-britvic/354297.article. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Britvic to close Chelmsford factory and put hundreds out of work". BBC Online. 22 May 2013. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-22626993. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
External links
- www.ballygowan.ie Official website
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