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Bottled and Sold: The Untapped Potential of Niche Product Creation
Have you ever dreamt of creating a product, seeing it beautifully packaged, and knowing it's flying off the shelves? The phrase "bottled and sold" often evokes this image of entrepreneurial success, but the reality is more nuanced than a simple catchphrase. This comprehensive guide delves into the strategies and considerations behind successfully bottling and selling your own unique product, whether it's a physical good, a digital service, or even a unique experience. We’ll explore everything from ideation and production to marketing and sales, providing actionable steps to help you turn your vision into a thriving business.
1. Identifying Your Niche: The Foundation of "Bottled and Sold" Success
Before you even think about bottling or packaging, you need a killer idea. The key to success in today's crowded marketplace is finding a niche – a specific segment of the market with unmet needs or underserved desires. This isn't about creating just another product; it's about creating something unique and valuable.
#### Identifying Unserved Needs:
Market research: Don't rely on gut feeling. Dive deep into market research using tools like Google Trends, keyword research tools (like Ahrefs or SEMrush), and competitor analysis. Look for gaps, trends, and unmet demands.
Identify your ideal customer: Who is your target audience? What are their pain points? What are their aspirations? A clear understanding of your ideal customer is crucial for tailoring your product and marketing message.
Solve a problem: The most successful products solve a problem, simplify a task, or fulfill a desire. What problem can your product uniquely address?
#### Validating Your Idea:
Minimum Viable Product (MVP): Before investing heavily in production, create a minimum viable product – a basic version of your product to test with your target audience. This allows you to gather feedback and iterate before committing significant resources.
Gather feedback: Actively solicit feedback from potential customers. Use surveys, interviews, and focus groups to understand their perceptions and refine your product.
2. Production and Packaging: Bringing Your Vision to Life
Once you've validated your niche and refined your product, it's time to focus on production and packaging – the literal "bottling" aspect. This stage requires meticulous planning and attention to detail.
#### Sourcing and Manufacturing:
Find reliable suppliers: Research and vet potential suppliers carefully, considering factors such as quality, price, and reliability.
Quality control: Implement robust quality control measures throughout the production process to ensure consistency and meet your standards.
Scalability: Design your production process with scalability in mind. You need a system that can adapt to increasing demand as your business grows.
#### Packaging Design:
Branding and aesthetics: Your packaging is a crucial part of your brand identity. It should be visually appealing, reflect your brand values, and effectively communicate your product's benefits.
Functionality and protection: The packaging must protect your product during shipping and handling. Consider factors like material, size, and durability.
Legal requirements: Ensure your packaging complies with all relevant labeling and regulatory requirements.
3. Marketing and Sales: Getting Your Product "Sold"
With your product ready, the focus shifts to marketing and sales – how you'll get it into the hands of your customers. This stage requires a well-defined strategy.
#### Building Your Brand:
Define your brand story: What's the narrative behind your product? What makes it unique? A compelling brand story resonates with customers.
Establish your online presence: Create a professional website and social media profiles to connect with your target audience.
Content marketing: Create valuable content (blog posts, videos, etc.) to attract and engage your audience.
#### Sales Strategies:
E-commerce: Set up an online store to sell your product directly to consumers.
Wholesale and retail partnerships: Explore partnerships with wholesalers and retailers to expand your reach.
Marketing campaigns: Develop targeted marketing campaigns to reach your ideal customers through paid advertising, social media marketing, email marketing, etc.
4. Scaling Your Business: Sustained Growth and Expansion
Once you've achieved initial success, the focus shifts to scaling your business and ensuring sustainable growth. This involves carefully managing your operations, finances, and resources.
#### Streamlining Operations:
Inventory management: Implement efficient inventory management systems to avoid stockouts or overstocking.
Customer service: Provide excellent customer service to build loyalty and positive word-of-mouth referrals.
Financial management: Track your finances closely and make informed decisions about investments and resource allocation.
Conclusion
The journey from "bottled" to "sold" is a rewarding but challenging one. By focusing on identifying a niche, creating a high-quality product, and implementing effective marketing and sales strategies, you can significantly increase your chances of success. Remember that continuous learning, adaptation, and a customer-centric approach are key to long-term growth and profitability.
FAQs
1. What if my product idea already exists? Even if your product idea isn’t entirely unique, you can differentiate it through superior quality, unique packaging, better branding, or a more targeted marketing approach. Focus on what makes your version stand out.
2. How much should I invest initially? The initial investment depends heavily on your product and scale. Start with a Minimum Viable Product to minimize upfront costs and test market viability.
3. What are the best marketing channels for "bottled and sold" products? This depends on your target audience and product. Consider a combination of social media marketing, content marketing, paid advertising, and potentially influencer marketing.
4. How do I handle negative customer reviews? Address negative reviews professionally and promptly. Use them as an opportunity to improve your product or service and demonstrate your commitment to customer satisfaction.
5. What legal considerations should I be aware of? Understand labeling requirements, safety regulations, and any intellectual property issues related to your product and branding. Consult with legal professionals if needed.
| bottled and sold: Bottled and Sold Peter H. Gleick, 2010-04-20 Water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years. That's a big story, and water is big business. Gleick exposes the true reasons we've turned to the bottle, from fear mongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled and Sold Peter H. Gleick, 2011-09-01 Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned scientist and freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation genius, and according to the BBC, an environmental visionary. And he drinks from the tap. Why don’t the rest of us? Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years—and why we are poorer for it. It’s a big story and water is big business. Every second of every day in the United States, a thousand people buy a plastic bottle of water, and every second of every day a thousand more throw one of those bottles away. That adds up to more than thirty billion bottles a year and tens of billions of dollars of sales. Are there legitimate reasons to buy all those bottles? With a scientist’s eye and a natural storyteller’s wit, Gleick investigates whether industry claims about the relative safety, convenience, and taste of bottled versus tap hold water. And he exposes the true reasons we’ve turned to the bottle, from fearmongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities. Designer H2O may be laughable, but the debate over commodifying water is deadly serious. It comes down to society’s choices about human rights, the role of government and free markets, the importance of being green, and fundamental values. Gleick gets to the heart of the bottled water craze, exploring what it means for us to bottle and sell our most basic necessity. |
| bottled and sold: Bottlemania Elizabeth Royte, 2011-01-15 Second only to soda, bottled water is on the verge of becoming the most popular beverage in the country. The brands have become so ubiquitous that we're hardly conscious that Poland Spring and Evian were once real springs, bubbling in remote corners of Maine and France. Only now, with the water industry trading in the billions of dollars, have we begun to question what it is we're drinking. In this intelligent, accomplished work of narrative journalism, Elizabeth Royte does for water what Michael Pollan did for food: she finds the people, machines, economies, and cultural trends that bring it from distant aquifers to our supermarkets. Along the way, she investigates the questions we must inevitably answer. Who owns our water? How much should we drink? Should we have to pay for it? Is tap safe water safe to drink? And if so, how many chemicals are dumped in to make it potable? What happens to all those plastic bottles we carry around as predictably as cell phones? And of course, what's better: tap water or bottled? |
| bottled and sold: Plastic Water Gay Hawkins, Emily Potter, Kane Race, 2015-09-11 How and why branded bottles of water have insinuated themselves into our daily lives, and what the implications are for safe urban water supplies. How did branded bottles of water insinuate themselves into our daily lives? Why did water become an economic good—no longer a common resource but a commercial product, in industry parlance a “fast moving consumer good,” or FMCG? Plastic Water examines the processes behind this transformation. It goes beyond the usual political and environmental critiques of bottled water to investigate its multiplicity, examining a bottle of water's simultaneous existence as, among other things, a product, personal health resource, object of boycotts, and part of accumulating waste matter. Throughout, the book focuses on the ontological dimensions of drinking bottled water—the ways in which this habit enacts new relations and meanings that may interfere with other drinking water practices. The book considers the assemblage and emergence of a mass market for water, from the invention of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle in 1973 to the development of “hydration science” that accompanied the rise of jogging in the United States. It looks at what bottles do in the world, tracing drinking and disposal practices in three Asian cities with unreliable access to safe water: Bangkok, Chennai, and Hanoi. And it considers the possibility of ethical drinking, examining campaigns to “say no” to the bottle and promote the consumption of tap water in Canada, the United States, and Australia. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Lightning Seth Fletcher, 2011-05-10 Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a smart power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them when we need them, lithium—a metal half as dense as water, found primarily in some of the most uninhabitable places on earth—has the potential to set us on a path toward a low-carbon energy economy. In Bottled Lightning, the science reporter Seth Fletcher takes us on a fascinating journey, from the salt flats of Bolivia to the labs of MIT and Stanford, from the turmoil at GM to cutting-edge lithium-ion battery start-ups, introducing us to the key players and ideas in an industry with the power to reshape the world. Lithium is the thread that ties together many key stories of our time: the environmental movement; the American auto industry, staking its revival on the electrification of cars and trucks; the struggle between first-world countries in need of natural resources and the impoverished countries where those resources are found; and the overwhelming popularity of the portable, Internet-connected gadgets that are changing the way we communicate. With nearly limitless possibilities, the promise of lithium offers new hope to a foundering American economy desperately searching for a green-tech boom to revive it. |
| bottled and sold: "A Bottle of Guinness Please" David Hughes, 2006 |
| bottled and sold: Profitable New Bottled Water Business Lee Lister, 2009-10 You've found a great source of pure water and heard that you can make a fortune selling bottle water. You want to transfer your water from your well, pool or stream to the shops. So how do you go about it? Well first of all bottled water is a very competitive area and one where products are bought because of their brand image so it is a difficult market to break into. This means that designing a great brand and testing your market is very important. You should also be prepared to spend a considerable amount on advertising and marketing. If you want to learn all about starting and running a Profitable New Bottled Water Business - then this is the book for you. www.ProfitableNewBusiness.com |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Up Suzanne Barston, 2012-10-18 Discusses the issue of breast feeding and whether it is fair to judge parenting on breast vs. bottle as opposed to making the right choice for a family. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled and Packaged Water Alexandru Grumezescu, Alina Maria Holban, 2019-02-15 Bottled and Packaged Water, Volume Four in The Science of Beverages series, offers great perspectives on current trends in drinking water research, quality control techniques, packaging strategies, and current concerns in the field, thus revealing the most novel standards in the industry. As consumer demand for bottled and packaged water has increased, the need for scientists and researchers to understand how to analyze water quality, safety, and control are essential. This all-encompassing resource for research and development in this flourishing field covers everything from sensory and chemical composition, to materials and manufacturing. - Presents a detailed analysis and sensory characteristics of water to foster research and innovation - Provides the latest technological advancements and microbiological characterization methods in the field - Includes regulatory tools for beverage packaging to help industry personnel maintain compliance |
| bottled and sold: Bottled and Sold Peter H. Gleick, 2010-05-03 Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned scientist and freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation genius, and according to the BBC, an environmental visionary. And he drinks from the tap. Why don’t the rest of us? Bottled and Sold shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years—and why we are poorer for it. It’s a big story and water is big business. Every second of every day in the United States, a thousand people buy a plastic bottle of water, and every second of every day a thousand more throw one of those bottles away. That adds up to more than thirty billion bottles a year and tens of billions of dollars of sales. Are there legitimate reasons to buy all those bottles? With a scientist’s eye and a natural storyteller’s wit, Gleick investigates whether industry claims about the relative safety, convenience, and taste of bottled versus tap hold water. And he exposes the true reasons we’ve turned to the bottle, from fearmongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities. Designer H2O may be laughable, but the debate over commodifying water is deadly serious. It comes down to society’s choices about human rights, the role of government and free markets, the importance of being green, and fundamental values. Gleick gets to the heart of the bottled water craze, exploring what it means for us to bottle and sell our most basic necessity. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Goods Sophie Van Llewyn, 2020-07-28 Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize, this poignant, lyrical novel is set in 1970s Romania during Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime—and depicts childhood, marriage, family, and identity in the face of extreme obstacles. Alina yearns for freedom. She and her husband Liviu are teachers in their twenties, living under the repressive regime of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the Socialist Republic of Romania in the 1970s. But after her brother-in-law defects, Alina and Liviu fall under suspicion and surveillance, and their lives are suddenly turned upside down—just like the glasses in her superstitious Aunt Theresa's house that are used to ward off evil spirits. But Alina's evil spirits are more corporeal: a suffocating, manipulative mother; a student who accuses her; and a menacing Secret Services agent who makes one-too-many visits. As the couple continues to be harassed, their marriage soon deteriorates. With the government watching—and most likely listening— escape seems impossible . . . until Alina’s mystical aunt proposes a surprising solution to reduce her problems to a manageable size. Weaving elements of magic realism, Romanian folklore, and Kafkaesque paranoia into a gritty and moving depiction of one woman's struggle for personal and political freedom, Bottled Goods is written in short bursts of “flash fiction” and explores universal themes of empowerment, liberty, family, and loyalty. |
| bottled and sold: Sun in a Bottle Charles Seife, 2008-10-30 With his knack for translating science into understandable, anecdotal prose and his trademark dry humor, award-winning science writer Charles Seife presents the first narrative account of the history of fusion for general readers in more than a decade. Tracing the story from its beginning into the twenty-first century, Sun in a Bottle reveals fusion's explosive role in some of the biggest scientific scandals of all time. Throughout this journey, he introduces us to the daring geniuses, villains, and victims of fusion science. With the giant international fusion project ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) now under construction, it's clear that the science of wishful thinking is as strong as ever. This book is our key to understanding why. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Poetry James T. Lapsley, 2023-04-28 California's Napa Valley is one of the world's premier wine regions today, but this has not always been true. James T. Lapsley's entertaining history explains how a collective vision of excellence among winemakers and a keen sense of promotion transformed the region and its wines following the repeal of Prohibition. Focusing on the formative years of Napa's fine winemaking, 1934 to 1967, Lapsley concludes with a chapter on the wine boom of the 1970s, placing it in a social context and explaining the role of Napa vineyards in the beverage's growing popularity. Names familiar to wine drinkers appear throughout these pages—Beaulieu, Beringer, Charles Krug, Christian Brothers, Inglenook, Louis Martini—and the colorful stories behind the names give this book a personal dimension. As strong-willed, competitive winemakers found ways to work cooperatively, both in sharing knowledge and technology and in promoting their region, the result was an unprecedented improvement in wine quality that brought with it a new reputation for the Napa Valley. In The Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis Stevenson refers to wine as bottled poetry, and although Stevenson's reference was to the elite vineyards of France, his words are appropriate for Napa wines today. Their success, as Lapsley makes clear, is due to much more than the beneficence of sun and soil. Craft, vision, and determination have played a part too, and for that, wine drinkers the world over are grateful. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996. |
| bottled and sold: Springs and Bottled Waters of the World Philip E. LaMoreaux, Judy T. Tanner, 2012-12-06 This book provides information about springs, mineral waters, and thermal waters used for municipal, industrial, and agricultural water supplies and the rapidly expanding bottled water industry. The role of springs is described for ancient civilizations, military campaigns and, in more recent times, for tourism and health spas. In addition, their source, occurrence, and methods for development and use are described. The book contains data obtained from major hydrogeologic databases and from leading hydrogeologists. |
| bottled and sold: The Drinking Water Book Colin Ingram, 2011-06-08 The Drinking Water Book takes a level-headed look at the serious issues surrounding America's drinking water supply. In the completely revised comprehensive guide to making tap and bottled water safer, you'll find unbiased reporting on what's in your water and how to drink safely. Featuring the latest scientific research, Ingram evaluates the different kinds of filters and bottled waters and rates specific products on the market. The Drinking Water Book: · Honestly and thoroughly tackles a subject vital to ongoing environmental, health, and safety concerns · Shows how to avoid bogus safety tests, scams, and unnecessary expenditures · Explains the toxins in our water, how to test for them, and how to get rid of them · Details which toxins aren't regulated by federal and state water standards |
| bottled and sold: Mission in a Bottle Seth Goldman, Barry Nalebuff, 2013-09-03 In an incredibly fun and accessible two-color graphic-book format, the cofounders of Honest Tea tell the engaging story of how they created and built a mission-driven business, offering a wealth of insights and advice to entrepreneurs, would-be entrepreneurs, and millions of Honest Tea drinkers about the challenges and hurdles of creating a successful business--and the importance of perseverance and creative problem-solving. Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff began Honest Tea fifteen years ago with little more than a tea leaf of an idea and a passion to offer organic, freshly brewed, lightly sweetened bottled tea. Today Honest Tea is a rapidly expanding national brand sold in more than 100,0000 grocery stores, restaurants, convenience stores and drugstores across the country. The brand has flourished as American consumers move toward healthier and greener lifestyles. |
| bottled and sold: Wellsprings Frank Chapelle, 2005 Many people consider ground water deep beneath their feet as mysterious, perhaps even supernatural. To clarify matters, hydrogeologist Frank Chapelle has written a definitive history and science of subsurface water in his Wellsprings, a book both accessible to the lay reader while being filled with startling nuggets of information pleasing to the professional water scientist.--Donald Siegel, professor of earth sciences, Syracuse University This book tells the story of bottled water in the United States in a highly readable and in-depth way, covering both the facts of the subject, and the persons and events that resulted in this now ubiquitous product.--Stephen C. Edberg, professor, Yale University Bottled water is a part of everyday life for millions of Americans. Per capita consumption in the United States now tops fifteen gallons per year with sales over $5 billion in 2002. Even as fuel prices climb, many people are still willing to pay more for a gallon of bottled water than they are for the equivalent in gasoline. At the same time, bottled water has become a symbol of refined taste and a healthy lifestyle. But despite its growing popularity, many people cannot quite put their finger on just why they prefer bottled water to the much less expensive tap variety. Some have a vague notion that bottled water is healthier, some prefer the convenience and more consistent taste, and others are simply content to follow the trend. The fact is most people know very little about the natural beverage that they drink and enjoy. It is reasonable to wonder, therefore, just what differentiates bottled water from other water? Is it really better or healthier than tap water? Why is it that different brands seem to have subtle variations in taste? As Francis H. Chapelle reveals in this delightful and informative volume, a complex story of geology, hydrology, and history lies behind every bottle of spring water. The book chronicles the history of the bottled water industry in America from its beginnings in Europe hundreds of years ago to the present day. Subsequent chapters describe the chemical characteristics that make some waters desirable, and provide an overview of the geologic circumstances that produce them. Wellsprings explains how these geologic conditions vary throughout the country, and how this affects the kinds and quality of bottled water that are available. Finally, Chapelle shows how the bottled water industry uses this natural history, together with the perceived health benefits of spring waters, to market their products. Accessibly written and well illustrated, Wellsprings is both a revealing account and a user's guide to natural spring waters. Regardless of your drinking preference, this timely exploration will make your next drink of water refreshingly informed. |
| bottled and sold: A History of the World in 6 Glasses Tom Standage, 2009-05-26 New York Times Bestseller * Soon to be a TV series starring Dan Aykroyd “There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” -Los Angeles Times Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to quench thirst. They also represent six eras that span the course of civilization-from the adoption of agriculture, to the birth of cities, to the advent of globalization. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through each epoch's signature refreshment. As Standage persuasively argues, each drink is in fact a kind of technology, advancing culture and catalyzing the intricate interplay of different societies. After reading this enlightening book, you may never look at your favorite drink in quite the same way again. |
| bottled and sold: The Billionaire's Vinegar Benjamin Wallace, 2009-04-14 The rivetingly strange story of the world's most expensive bottle of wine, and the even stranger characters whose lives have intersected with it. The New York Times bestseller, updated with a new epilogue, that tells the true story of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux—supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it. Was it truly entombed in a Paris cellar for two hundred years? Or did it come from a secret Nazi bunker? Or from the moldy basement of a devilishly brilliant con artist? As Benjamin Wallace unravels the mystery, we meet a gallery of intriguing players—from the bicycle-riding British auctioneer who speaks of wines as if they are women to the obsessive wine collector who discovered the bottle. Suspenseful and thrillingly strange, this is the vintage tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries. “Part detective story, part wine history, this is one juicy tale, even for those with no interest in the fruit of the vine. . . . As delicious as a true vintage Lafite.” —BusinessWeek |
| bottled and sold: All Bottled Up! (Shimmer and Shine) Mary Tillworth, 2017 At head of title: Nickelodeon Shimmer and Shine. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Up Jaye Murray, 2004-11-18 Pip’s desperate to escape his life—he’s been skipping classes, drinking, getting high. Anything and everything to avoid his smug teachers, his sweet but needy little brother, his difficult home life. Now he’s been busted by Principal Giraldi and given an ultimatum: either he shows up for all his classes and sees a counselor after school, or he’s expelled. Pip’s freaked out; not because he might get kicked out of school, but by the thought that Giraldi might call his father. Because Pip will do anything to avoid his father. |
| bottled and sold: How to Cook Without a Book Pam Anderson, 2000 Recalling an earlier era when cooks relied on sight, touch, and taste rather than cookbooks, the author encourages readers to rediscover the lost art of preparing food and use their imagination in the kitchen. |
| bottled and sold: Bottles from the Deep Ellen C. Gerth, 2006 |
| bottled and sold: Empty Bottles Full of Stories r.h. Sin, Robert M. Drake, 2019-02-05 What are you hiding behind your smile? If those empty bottles that line the walls of your room could speak, what tales would they spill? So much of your truth is buried beneath the lies you tell yourself. There’s a need to scream to the moon; there’s this urge to go out into the darkness of the night to purge. There are so many stories living inside your soul, you just want the opportunity to tell them. And when you can’t find the will to express what lives within your heart, these words will give you peace. These words will set you free. |
| bottled and sold: Water in Crisis Peter H. Gleick, 1993 Among the most compelling environmental issues of today and tomorrow are those concerning the world's fresh water resources. Peter H. Gleick's important new volume, Water in Crisis, addresses the timely and sometimes controversial aspects of world water use. At stake are water quality, quantity, and possible future conflicts over shared international water resources. Nine essays by leading specialists from fields as diverse as hydrology, zoology, and law, among others, cover such issues as the status of developments in international water law; hydroelectric power; the possible effects of climatic change on water resources; and the state of fresh water fisheries. Particular chapters explore access to clean drinking water and sanitation; the use of water for energy and food production; the quality of rivers, lakes, and inland seas; and the condition of natural aquatic ecosystems. A joint project of the Pacific Institute and the Stockholm Environment Institute, this book is a comprehensive guide to the world's fresh water resources. Hydrologists, engineers, policy makers, professionals in the environmental sciences, as well as lay readers will find Water in Crisis a dynamic resource and information-packed reference. More than 200 tables of fresh water data supplement this important volume. |
| bottled and sold: The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land Omer Friedlander, 2023-06-27 From “a marvelous new voice” (Rebecca Makkai), these “extraordinarily imaginative” (Sigrid Nunez), “revelatory” (Nicole Krauss), “superb” (Kiran Desai) stories transcend borders as they render the intimate lives of people striving for connection. WINNER OF THE AJL JEWISH FICTION AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land announces the arrival of a natural-born storyteller of immense talent. Warm, poignant, delightfully whimsical, Omer Friedlander’s gorgeously immersive and imaginative stories take you to the narrow limestone alleyways of Jerusalem, the desolate beauty of the Negev Desert, and the sprawling orange groves of Jaffa, with characters that spring to vivid life. A divorced con artist and his daughter sell empty bottles of “holy air” to credulous tourists; a Lebanese Scheherazade enchants three young soldiers in a bombed-out Beirut radio station; a boy daringly “rooftops” at night, climbing steel cranes in scuffed sneakers even as he reimagines the bravery of a Polish-Jewish dancer during the Holocaust; an Israeli volunteer at a West Bank checkpoint mourns the death of her son, a soldier killed in Gaza. These stories render the intimate lives of people striving for connection. They are fairy tales turned on their head by the stakes of real life, where moments of fragile intimacy mix with comedy and notes of the absurd. Told in prose of astonishing vividness that also demonstrates remarkable control and restraint, they have a universal appeal to the heart. |
| bottled and sold: Drinking Water James Salzman, 2017-06-13 An in-depth look at the changing approaches that environmentalists, governments, and the open market have taken to water through the lens of world history. When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we probably don’t give a second thought about where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far more convoluted than we might think. In this revised edition of Drinking Water, Duke University professor and environmental policy expert James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time. He adds eye-opening, contemporary examples about our relationship to and consumption of water, and a new chapter about the atrocities that occurred in Flint, Michigan. Provocative, insightful, and engaging, Drinking Water shows just how complex a simple glass of water can be. “A surprising, delightful, fact-filled book.” —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel “Instead of buying your next twelve-pack of bottled water, buy this fascinating account of all the people who spent their lives making sure you’d have clean, safe drinking water every time you turned on the tap.” —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet “Drinking Water effortlessly guides us through a fascinating world we never consider. Even for people who think they know water, there is a surprise on almost every page.” —Charles Fishman, bestselling author of The Big Thirst and The Wal-Mart Effect “Salzman puts a needed spotlight on an often overlooked but critical social, economic, and political resource.” —Publishers Weekly |
| bottled and sold: Rubies in the Orchard Lynda Resnick, Francis Wilkinson, 2009-02-17 NATIONAL BESTSELLER POM Wonderful. FIJI Water. Teleflora. The Franklin Mint. Lynda Resnick's marketing triumphs read like an encyclopedia of branding. She is the smartest and hardest-working marketing brain in the business - the kind of marketer who can sell ice sculptures to Eskimos. But her brilliant ideas aren't simply the result of random inspiration; they're the products of a systematic approach to marketing that any company -- large or small -- can adapt to achieve success. In RUBIES IN THE ORCHARD, she divulges her secrets for creating some of the world's most memorable and iconic brands, and the bull's-eye strategies to sell them. Resnick believes that every company can find rubies in its orchard, elements of intrinsic value that consumers will desire. Here, she shows how every successful marketing campaign begins with uncovering these hidden gems, and communicating their value honestly and transparently to the consumer. Through Resnick's behind-the-scenes narrative, we learn the secrets of her extraordinary successes, including: POM Wonderful, the wildly popular 100% pomegranate juice that created an entirely new product category out of a fickle and obscure fruit; and FIJI Water, a fledgling brand she transformed into the #1 premium bottled water in America, with sales that have increased 300% since 2004. A born marketer, Resnick shares tales from a remarkable life, from opening her own ad agency at age 19 to the time she famously overpaid for Jackie Kennedy's pearls at auction, then transformed her mistake into tens of millions in sales for the Franklin Mint. Here for the first time, Resnick reveals her systematic approach to breaking through marketplace clutter and consumer cynicism, and creating blockbuster brands with true staying power. |
| bottled and sold: Great Lakes for Sale Dave Dempsey, 2008 Examines the environmental benefits and issues of the Great Lakes through a look at the commercialization, recreation, and population of the businesses and people in its surrounding areas. |
| bottled and sold: Don't Drink the Water (without Reading this Book) Lono Kahuna Kupua A'o, 1998 Includes information you need to make intelligent decisions about the safety and treatment of your water. |
| bottled and sold: Whose Water Is It, Anyway? Maude Barlow, 2019-09-03 “Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water bottles will not be available in public spaces. With its simple, straightforward approach, the movement has been growing around the world for a decade. Today, Paris, Berlin, Bern, and Montreal are just a few of the cities that have made themselves Blue Communities. In Whose Water Is It, Anyway?, renowned water justice activist Maude Barlow recounts her own education in water issues as she and her fellow grassroots water warriors woke up to the immense pressures facing water in a warming world. Concluding with a step-by-step guide to making your own community blue, Maude Barlow’s latest book is a heartening example of how ordinary people can effect enormous change. |
| bottled and sold: Heads I Win, Tails I Win Spencer Jakab, 2016-07-12 INVESTING IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS IN LIFE WHERE EVEN VERY SMART PEOPLE LET HOPE TRIUMPH OVER EXPERIENCE According to Wall Street Journal investing columnist Spencer Jakab, most of us have no idea how much money we’re leaving on the table—or that the average saver doesn’t come anywhere close to earning the “average” returns touted in those glossy brochures. We’re handicapped not only by psychological biases and a fear of missing out, but by an industry with multimillion-dollar marketing budgets and an eye on its own bottom line, not yours. Unless you’re very handy, you probably don’t know how to fix your own car or give a family member a decent haircut. But most Americans are expected to be part-time fund managers. With a steady, livable pension check becoming a rarity, we’ve been entrusted with our own finances and, for the most part, failed miserably. Since leaving his job as a top-rated stock analyst to become an investing columnist, Jakab has watched his readers—and his family, friends, and colleagues—make the same mistakes again and again. He set out to evaluate the typical advice people get, from the clearly risky to the seemingly safe, to figure out where it all goes wrong and how they could do much better. Blending entertaining stories with some surprising research, Jakab explains ·How a typical saver could have a retirement nest egg twice as large by being cheap and lazy. ·Why investors who put their savings with a high-performing mutual fund manager end up worse off than if they’d picked one who has struggled. ·The best way to cash in on your hunch that a recession is looming. ·How people who check their brokerage accounts frequently end up falling behind the market. ·Who isn’t nearly as good at investing as the media would have you think. He also explains why you should never trust a World Cup–predicting octopus, why you shouldn’t invest in companies with an X or a Z in their names, and what to do if a time traveler offers you economic news from the future. Whatever your level of expertise, Heads I Win, Tails I Win can help you vastly improve your odds of investment success. |
| bottled and sold: Blindsight Matt Johnson, Prince Ghuman, 2020-05-19 Ever notice that all watch ads show 10:10 as the time? Or that all fast-food restaurants use red or yellow in their logos? Or that certain stores are always having a sale? You may not be aware of these details, yet they've been influencing you all along. Every time you purchase, swipe, or click, marketers are able to more accurately predict your behavior. These days, brands know more about you than you know about yourself. Blindsight is here to change that. With eye-opening science, engaging stories, and fascinating real-world examples, neuroscientist Matt Johnson and marketer Prince Ghuman dive deep into the surprising relationship between brains and brands. In Blindsight, they showcase how marketing taps every aspect of our mental lives, covering the neuroscience of pain and pleasure, emotion and logic, fear and safety, attention and addiction, and much more. We like to think of ourselves as independent actors in control of our decisions, but the truth is far more complicated. Blindsight will give you the ability to see the unseeable when it comes to marketing, so that you can consume on your own terms. On the surface, you will learn how the brain works and how brands design for it. But peel back a layer, and you'll find a sharper image of your psychology, reflected in your consumer behavior. This book will change the way you view not just branding, but yourself, too. |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Tom Brassington, Jo Brassington, 2022-02-24 This is a bottle. You will have seen bottles before. What are you bottling up? Maybe now’s the time to explore... It is important to share our feelings rather than bottling them up inside. With Bottled, teachers Tom and Jo Brassington help children of all ages understand why and how they should express their emotions in a healthy way. A starting point for early, crucial conversations surrounding mental wellbeing, this book is an invaluable tool which parents, guardians and teachers can use to create emotionally honest spaces for children in their care. |
| bottled and sold: The History of Wine in 100 Bottles Oz Clarke, 2015 Moving from the first cork tops to screw caps, this unique volume explores winemaking through 100 bottles that made the biggest impact on its evolution. Renowned writer Oz Clarke presents such landmarks as the introduction of the cylindrical wine bottle; the first estate to bottle and label its own wine; the most expensive bottle sold at auction; the change in classifications; famous vintages, and more. It's a beautiful tribute to the bottled poetry that is wine. |
| bottled and sold: Extra Virgin Olive Oil: The Truth in Your Kitchen David M. Neuman, 2022-06-14 |
| bottled and sold: Invisible Child Andrea Elliott, 2021-10-05 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “vivid and devastating” (The New York Times) portrait of an indomitable girl—from acclaimed journalist Andrea Elliott “From its first indelible pages to its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired, outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering for reimmersion in its Dickensian depths.”—Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Library Journal In Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter “to protect those who I love.” When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself? A work of luminous and riveting prose, Elliott’s Invisible Child reads like a page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality—told through the crucible of one remarkable girl. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize • Finalist for the Bernstein Award and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award |
| bottled and sold: Fine Waters Michael Mascha, 2006 Water supply & treatment. |
| bottled and sold: The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson, 1980 |
| bottled and sold: Bottled Chris Gooch, 2017-10-18 Jane is sick of her dead-end life in the suburbs, and desperate for a change. Her old friend Natalie made it out, living in Japan as a fashion model. Now, as Natalie comes back to town on business, Jane sees a way for her friend to do her a favor whether she likes it or not. |
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The consumption of ‘bottled water’—fresh water sold in individual consumer-sized containers—is growing rapidly. In 2007, the last year for which detailed global data were available, more than 200 billion liters of bottled water were sold, largely in North America and Europe, but with rapidly expanding sales in many developing countries ...
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no added ingredients except that it may contain safe and suitable fluorides. The sale and consumption of bottled water continues to grow rapidly in most places in Nigeria and is of public health concern. This study was designed to assess the physical and chemical quality of bottled drinking water sold in retail outlets in Benin City.
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bottled water sold in Okada and the most readily available and popular to consumers were chosen for the study. Seven (7) brands of bottled water were randomly purchased in plastic bottles from
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Bottled water’s zero-calorie status and its lack of artificial ingredients appeal to many consumers. Even where tap water may be safe and readily available, people may prefer bottled water, which they often believe tastes better. The availability of packaged water wherever beverages are sold also differentiates bottled water from tap.
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Also, Oyelude and Ahenkorah (2012) study concluded that bottled water sold in Bolgatanga, Ghana possesses good bacteriological characteristics and is of good quality. In terms of physicochemical analysis, Danso-Boateng & Frimpong (2013) looked at the quality of bottled water brands produced and sold in Kumasi, Ghana. Their results suggest that all
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Nov 1, 2017 · (2009) found that bottled water has a lower carbon footprint compared to bottled sports drinks and vitamin-fortified bottled water when compared on the basis of a 16.9 oz (500 ml) serving. In addition, comparing the carbon footprint of …
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items ready for immediate consumption on or off the premises sold by the restaurant to tax, regardless of the portion size. This includes self-service food such as salad bars or drink islands, bakery items, and other items normally considered nontaxable, - including bottled water, fruit, and potato chips. However, food sold
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Bottled water’s lack of calories and artificial ingredients attracts conscientious consumers. Even where tap water may be safe, many people prefer bottled water, which they regard as superior in taste. The ready availability of packaged water wherever beverages are sold also crucially differentiates bottled water from tap.
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The researchers tested three popular brands of bottled water sold in the United States (they declined to name which ones), analyzing plastic particles down to just 100 nanometers in size.
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(B) In FC Part 5-1, the Department in Section 5-101.13 requires “BOTTLED DRINKING WATER used or sold in a FOOD ESTABLISHMENT shall be obtained from APPROVED sources in accordance with LAW.”
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contaminants in bottled water sold for human consumption. Studies conducted by various scholars indicate that not all companies in Zambia are complying with the set recommended standards, especially for bacteriological parameters such as Escherichia coli (E. coli), total coliforms and faecal coliform. The compliance levels ...
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and deliver bottled water products and the suppliers that serve them. IBWA represents companies of all sizes—and our member bottlers represent 75 percent of all the bottled water sold in the United States. These bottlers have strong ties in the communities in which they work. They are also committed to providing not
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bottled water because of its taste. The taste of all water has to do with the way it is treated and the quality of its source, including its natural mineral content.Most bottled water comes from a ground water source,where water quality varies less from day to day,or is treat-ed and immediately bottled.Bottled water from a ded-
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another. It has also been stated that bottled water is typically sold to consumers in the U.S. for nearly 2,000 times the cost of that of faucet water (Schuhmann, 2016). Therefore, the study’s authors added the manifest variables known reputation (y7), excellent image (y8), success (y9), and reliability (y10) to BI. Finally, consumer ...
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alone, 115 billion liters of bottled water was sold globally and by 2011, the market is forecasted to have a volume of 174 billion liters, which is an increase of 51 % from 2006
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of Bottled Water,2018-191 12.5% 12.5% 50% 25% Bulk*and packaged water Purified water Spring water Mineral water Total revenue $706.8 million *Bulk is defined as packaged water over 3 litres. Packaged water must adhere to the requirements of Standard 2.6.22 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code in order to be sold in Australia.
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The FDA regulates bottled water and cannot require certified lab testing or violation reporting; bottlers themselves are responsible for testing. Furthermore, the FDA doesn’t require bottled water companies to disclose where the water came from, how it was treated, or what contaminants it contains. Is bottled water tastier?
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in bottled water went into effect in California in January 2009. These requirements include testing, reporting, and notification to regulate the presence of heavy metals in bottled natural spring water sold in California. In the study described in this article, six sources of bottled natural spring water were purchased and
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decreased, but bottled water sales decreased less than those of all other beverage categories. Bottled water sold in many sizes and formats, bottled in both glass and various types of plastic bottles, but 70% of water sold in the United States used a “single-serve” format and came in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles.
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to bottled and bulk water produced, used and/or sold in New York State. 5-6.2 Distribution of bottled or bulk water. No person shall sell, offer for sale or deliver bottled or bulk water for human consumption, food preparation, or culinary purposes unless certified by the commissioner in accordance with the requirements of this Subpart.
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FDA regulates bottled water that is sold in interstate commerce as a packaged food product, but has increasingly contracted with state agencies to conduct inspections of bottled water facilities. Oversight of imported bottled water is accomplished according to …
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the market good of bottled water alters the prospects for the largely publicly provided good of tap water. Half of all bottled water sold in the United States today is filtered municipal tap water (Food and Water Watch 2010a), yet the bottled water industry contributes to the devalorization
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The IBWA Bottled Water Code of Practice (“Code of Practice”) provides comprehensive guidance for bottled water technical and federal regulations. Bottlers are also required to comply with all applicable state or local agency regulatory requirements for bottled water in the states in which products are distributed and/or sold.
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Bottled Water Page 3 Bottled water sold in many sizes and formats, bottled in both glass and various types of plastic bottles, but 70% of water sold in the United States used a “single-serve” format and came in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles. Bottled water also can be classified into several
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bottled water to be available wherever other drinks are sold, found The Harris Poll. If bottled water is not available, 74% said they would choose another packaged drink.* Bottled water is the healthiest and uses the least plastic of all drinks packaged in 100% recyclable PET plastic.** America’s favorite drink ~ bottled
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on the natural radionuclides in bottled drinking waters pro-duced in Croatia and their contribution to radiation dose [14]. Dizman & Mukhtarli studied tritium concentrations and consequent doses in bottled natural and mineral waters sold in Turkey and Azerbaijan [15]. However, the informa-
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consumption off premises or sold to be consumed on the premises in a room that is ancillary to the production of beer, with or without the sale of food, and in accordance with Article IV Section 8. Brewpub/restaurant 23 – A restaurant where beer is manufactured, stored, bottled, sold to be consumed on the premises in accordance with Article IV
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of all the bottled water sold in the United States. These bottlers have strong ties in the communities in which they work. They are also committed to providing not ... bottled water,” www.bottledwater.org—IBWA’s flagship website—has been around for more than 25 years, launching in 1997. In 2020, it was overhauled, receiving a new, fresh ...
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trek days, different brands of bottled waters are proffered or sold at numerous locations. This study aimed to measure the F concentration in these bottled drinking waters and to check the accuracy of the F values on the labels. MATERIALS AND METHODS The F concentration of 14 brands of bottled drinking water that were proffered or
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from making up a third of retail PET bottled water sold in retail stores (32.7 percent) to making up almost half (47.8 percent) of it. Although the volume of bottled water sold in 2008 and 2009 declined, the industry has experienced tremen - dous growth over the past decade. Data shows that the volume of tap water bottled increased at a greater ...
Bottled Water in the U.S. through 2023 - report details, …
Which bottled water companies and brands experienced growth in 2018, and which did not? What are the drivers of the home- and office-delivery market for bottled water? Will HOD's recent mini-revival continue to 2023? Which nations ship the most bottled water to the U.S. and how does imported water affect the domestic producers?
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bottled and sachet water sold in Nsukka town have high standard of clarity indicating that the filtration processes were adequately done in all the production centres Bottled water sold in Nsukka town have conductivity values that ranged from 0.5 µSCM-1 to 2.54 µSCM-1 while the sachet brands showed
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Over 1 million bottles of water are sold worldwide every minute ... Bottled water per liter can cost 150 to 1,000 times more than the price a municipality charges for tap water.
Fluoride content of still bottled water in Australia - Wiley …
10 popular brands of still bottled water currently sold in Australia. Methods: The fluoride content of water samples were determined using an ion analyser and compared to a fluoride standard. Results: The fluoride concentration of all bottled waters was less than 0.08ppm. Only three of the 10 brands indicated the fluoride content on their labels.
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and 2H/1H ratios in bottled water is one important step in fraud prevention and aquifer characterisation as these ratios in groundwater tend to be stable or change very slowly through time. Here we characterise the isotopic signature of 30 brands of bottled water sold in the UK. The average δ18O of bottled waters is –7.4 and –48.4 for δ2H ...
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in order to legally be sold or offered for sale. The only exceptions are kombucha, hard seltzer, and oral electrolyte replacement beverages, which are required to have OR 10¢ on the container by January 1, 2021. Even if the containers for these three beverages don’t show OR 10¢ before then, stores may charge a 10 cent deposit and the
Transporting Bottled Water - PBS LearningMedia
di!erent energy requirements of bottled water, defined as fresh water sold in individual-sized bottles. As discussed above, the two largest energy inputs are bottle production and transportation. Students will use numerical reasoning to analyze di!erent bottled water scenarios. These activities are appropriate for individual and for group work.
The Untapped Truth: Bottled Water Contributes to Our …
Bottled water in the U.S. is subject to less stringent regulation than tap water.20 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates most food and beverages sold in the country, including bottled water, whereas the EPA regulates tap water. …
The Effect of Tap Water Perception on the Consumption of …
faucet essential to being pumped, bottled and sold as a convenience store commodity. Consumers choose to drink bottled water for a variety of reasons – health, convenience, taste and ... bottled water consumers, a supermarket was chosen as the data collection site. Contra Costa . Susan Talatala Public perception of tap water May 12 2008
BOTTLED WATER 2019: SLOWER BUT NOTABLE GROWTH
Bottled water producers’ revenues also fell in both 2008 and 2009, and did so more dramatically than volume did, but they also recovered. Bottled water wholesale dollar sales fi rst approached $6 billion in 2000. By 2007, they neared $11.9 billion. Category sales declined by almost
