Nestlé Waters North America’s (NWNA) Arrowhead 100% Mountain Spring Water brand introduced its 500-ml ReBorn bottle, made with 50 percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET), in the Eco-Shape bottle design.  

Being the nation’s largest privately held Pepsi-Cola bottler is no easy feat, but for Raleigh, N.C.-based Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV), the dedication of its people and partners is how it’s able to maintain its high standards at the company’s 28 bottling and distribution facilities in North Carolina, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, Idaho and South Carolina.

 Icelandic Water Holdings ehf, the makers of Iceland Glacial natural spring water, launched a new home delivery system.  

Cuipo LLC launched Cuipo Purified Water, a premium bottled water brand dedicated to saving the rainforest.

 Whether it’s because of private label’s added value or perceptions of comparable quality to name brands, consumers have found favor with private label consumer packaged goods (CPGs).  

Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA), Stamford, Conn., announced that its current president and chief executive officer, Kim Jeffery, plans to step down from that position after 34 years with the company, including 20 years in that role, to assume a non-executive chairman position effective Feb. 1, 2013.

 Famous Mineral Water Co.’s brand Crazy Water hosted its 33rd annual Crazy Water festival last month to celebrate the history of Mineral Wells, Texas, and its acclaimed natural mineral water, which was believed to treat health maladies when it was discovered in the late 1800s, it says.  

 A brand of Danone, Evian Natural Mineral Water carries on its celebration of youth and purity with the release of the newest addition to its limited-edition bottle collection by American designer Diane von Furstenberg.  

In these times when budgets are tight, many consumers are finding that private label bottled waters quench their thirst just as well as branded waters. 

 The overall bottled water category reported nearly $6.7 billion in sales and a 3.4 percent increase in dollar sales during the  52 weeks ending April 14 in food, drug and mass merchandise stores including Walmart, according to New York City-based Nielsen.