Ballygowan water explained
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| Ballygowan water |
| Founders: | Geoff Read and Richard Nash |
| Hq Location: | Dublin[1] |
| Hq Location Country: | Ireland |
| Area Served: | Ireland
United Kingdom |
| Products: | Bottled water
Water coolers |
| Owner: | Britvic[2] |
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 Richard 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.[3] 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.[4]
Products
Ballygowan sell a range of bottled water products.[5]
On the Go range
The "On the Go" range includes:
- 500ml still water
- 500ml sparkling water
- 750ml still water
- 1L still water (sports bottle)
With a Hint of Fruit range
The "With a Hint of Fruit" range includes 3 flavours:
- Strawberry
- Summer Fruits
- Mango and Passion Fruit
The range comes in both 750ml and 1.5L bottles
At Home range
The "At Home" range is Ballygowan's larger bottles and multipack range and is sold in the following sizes:
- 1.5L
- 2L
- 6 x 500ml
- 6 x 1.5L
Glass Range
This range is Ballygowan water sold in glass bottles and comes as:
- 330ml still and sparkling
- 750ml still and sparkling
At Home and Workplace Range
This range offers much larger sized bottles for your water cooler, these are available as follows:
References
Sources
- Book: O'Neill, S. . LaMoreaux . Philip E. . Tanner . Judy T. . Springs and Bottled Waters of the World: Ancient History, Source, Occurrence, Quality and Use . https://books.google.com/books?id=sjEoBmfUka0C&pg=PA284 . 11 August 2014 . 2001-07-27 . 8.36 Ballygowan Natural Mineral Water . Springer Science & Business Media . 9783540618416 . 284–7.
- Book: Hourihane, Ann Marie. She Moves Through the Boom. 2000. Sitric Books. 9781903305034. registration.
- Web site: An Examination of the Effectiveness of Ballygowan in Building Brand Awareness . Sarah . Dobbs . 2000 . . 11 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211325/http://trap.ncirl.ie/417/1/Sarah_Dobbs.pdf . 12 August 2014 . dead .
Citations
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Ballygowan - Total Water Solutions for all your workplace hydration needs. Over 20 years of experience & a broad product range to suit all company sizes .
- Web site: Ballygowan - Total Water Solutions for all your workplace hydration needs. Over 20 years of experience & a broad product range to suit all company sizes .
- News: Britvic buys Ballygowan bottled water brand. Walsh. Fiona. 14 May 2007. The Guardian. 11 August 2014.
- News: Nash continues to sparkle. 17 November 2000. The Irish Times. 15 August 2016.
- Web site: Ballygowan - Our Products . 2022-07-09 . www.ballygowan.ie.
