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Subject: selling mineral water online in the United Kingdom/Great Britain
Category: Family and Home > Food and Cooking
Asked by: cbowring-ga
List Price: $30.00
Posted: 11 Aug 2002 14:39 PDT
Expires: 10 Sep 2002 14:39 PDT
Question ID: 53351
Hi guys - this is a somewhat difficult question to answer because it 
relates to the United Kingdom/Great Britain rather than continental 
USA but if you don't ask ... 
I have recently bought the internet domain name "AdamsAle.co.uk" with
a view to setting up a small online business selling a wide range of
mineral waters - perrier, vittel, buxton, aqua pura, evian, volvic
etc. Does anyone know of any mineral water distributors (handling lots
of different mineral waters) in the United Kingdom/Great Britain who I
could contact or any companies (worldwide) already selling mineral
water online? Also, I would be interested in any links to any good,
online mineral water resources. Thanks in anticipation.
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Subject: Re: selling mineral water online in the United Kingdom/Great Britain
Answered By: robertskelton-ga on 11 Aug 2002 21:54 PDT
 
Hi there,

It appears that your proposed venture would be unique in the UK, or
even the entire world. Although there are online stores that include
bottled mineral water, and a few mineral water producers that have
online sales, I was unable to find an online store that specialises in
selling a variety of name brand mineral waters.

To me this suggests that no online entrepreneurs have considered that
there is any money to be made by doing so - mineral water is easily
acquired at supermarkets or corner stores, without having to pay
delivery fees.

My opinion is that you would need to be a total specialist, with lots
of online information, and sell products that are not easily
obtainable in UK supermarkets.

Also, apart from brands distributed by Coca-Cola Schweppes, Danone
Waters & Perrier Vittel, most UK mineral water companies appear to
handle their own distribution.

I've answered this question in four parts: general info on bottled
water, top UK brands, UK distributors, and websites that sell water
online.

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General bottled water info
-----------------------------

Natural Mineral Water Information Service
"...differences between different styles of water; current
legislation, market information and news regarding water in the UK and
the health and beauty benefits to be derived from staying properly
hydrated."
http://www.naturalmineralwater.org/index2.htm

Detailed info on UK brands
http://www.naturalmineralwater.org/brand2.html

Mineral Waters of the UK
http://www.pmgeiser.ch/cgi-bin/mineral?country=UnitedKingdom

Mineral Waters of the World
http://www.pmgeiser.ch/cgi-bin/mineral?alpha=a

British Soft Drinks Assoc. - Bottled Water
http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/htm/qa/qa-bottled1.htm

Food Standards Agency UK - Recognised natural mineral waters
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/foodindustry/42877

Food & Drink magazine - links to mineral water brands
http://www.itsfood.com/sectors/water/link.asp

Mineral water much cheaper in France
http://www.day-tripper.net/priceswater.html

Some research reports available at a price:

The List
http://www.the-list.co.uk/acatalog/mp15000.html

Zenith International
http://www.zenithinternational.com/reports/bottled.htm


---------------------------
Top UK mineral water brands
---------------------------

Abbey Well
==========
www.abbey-well.co.uk

Sales contact:
http://www.abbey-well.co.uk/enq.htm


Ashe Park / Aqua Pura
=====================
Well Well Well Ltd
http://www.wellwellwell.co.uk

Sales contact:
http://www.wellwellwell.co.uk/contact.html


Brecon Carreg
=============
www.breconwater.co.uk


Buxton
======
http://www.buxtonwater.co.uk

Sales contact:
http://www.buxtonwater.co.uk/contacts.html


Classic Mineral Water
=====================
http://www.classic-mineral-water.com

Sales contact:
http://www.classic-mineral-water.com/contact.htm


Evian
=====
http://www.evian.com


Highland Spring / Gleneagles
============================
http://www.highland-spring.com

Sales contact:
http://www.highland-spring.com/trade/default.asp


Perrier 
=======
www.perrier.com

Distributor:
Perrier Vittel (UK) Ltd
Trinity Court, Church St, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1LD,
England
Tel: 01923 897700 
Fax: 01923 897608 
**also distributes Vittel, Ashbourne and Buxton

Pricing info:
http://www.products-online.co.uk/POL.ASP?WCI=CompanyRecord&WCU=4232


Spa
===
http://www.spa.co.uk

Sales contact:
spadelmkting@spa.com 


Radnor Hills
============
Radnor Hills Mineral Water Company Ltd
http://www.radnor-hills.com

Sales contact:
http://www.radnor-hills.com/contact_us.html

---------------
UK Distributors
---------------

Britvic
=======
Brands: Abbey Well
http://www.britvic.co.uk/Britvic/where/sites/sites


Coca-Cola Schweppes
===================
Brands: Vittel, Perrier, Buxton and Malvern

Phone: 0345 227 111


Danone Waters (UK & Ireland) Ltd 
================================
Brands: Evian & Volvic

4 Hillgate Place
London
SW12 9ER
Tel: 020 8772 6101 
Fax: 020 8772 6165


Perrier Vittel (UK) Ltd 
=======================
Brands: Perrier, Vittel, Ashbourne and Buxton

Trinity Court, Church St, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1LD,
England
Tel: 01923 897700 
Fax: 01923 897608 


----------------------------
Online mineral water sellers
----------------------------

Garden State Beverages
http://www.gsbev.com/water.html

Hartz International
http://www.hartz.com.au/flash_fs.html

Cynar Dry Company
http://www.cynar.net/springwater.html

Thirst for Life
http://home.dialix.com/~u219/retail%20price%20list.htm

I found a few other online stores that happen to sell bottled mineral
water, but which do not specialise in it.

La Cantina Direct
http://www.lacantinadirect.co.uk/other_products.html

Kirby and West
http://www.kirbyandwest.co.uk/price.asp

Office Innovations
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/oioffice/ssi70341.html

Ethnic Grocer
http://www.ethnicgrocer.com/eg/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=EthnicGrocer&category%5Fname=Water%5FBev2%5F100277&Page=1

Office Max
http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536881570&prodBlockOID=47611

Outlet Nutrition
http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=outletnutrition&query=water&.autodone=nsearch.html



Google keywords used:

"mineral water" UK
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22mineral+water%22+uk

I trust this answers your question. Feel free to ask for any
clarifications you may require.

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga
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