Veteran industrialist Ramesh Chauhan on Thursday said he is scouting for a buyer for his packaged water business Bisleri International and is in talks with several players, including Tata Consumer Products Ltd. However, the 82-year-old pioneer of the Indian packaged water business denied a report that a Rs 7,000 crore deal has been finalised with Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL). When asked if he is selling his Bisleri Business, Ramesh Chauhan answered in the affirmative.
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Maaza, a desi mango fruit-based drink owned by Coca-Cola, has touched the milestone of becoming a billion-dollar brand in 2024, its Chairman and CEO James Quincey has said.
Bottled water major Bisleri International is planning to set up its own exclusive retail outlets - 'Bisleri Shopees' - in India as it looks to counter shopkeepers pushing rival brands.
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Bottled water major Bisleri said on Thursday many parties had shown interest in acquiring the brand but denied that it was up for sale.
Parle Bisleri Pvt Ltd, the packaged drinking water maker, has planned a foray into the domestic fruit juice market and earmarked an investment of Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) for the upgradation of its Chittor plant and setting up of a new facility.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration on Monday ordered Parle Bisleri, manufacturer of Bisleri mineral water to stop production in its two units in Mumbai with immediate effect.
"We are working on getting into the Gulf countries. We are currently finding ways how we should get into those markets," Bisleri International Chairman Ramesh Chauhan said, but did not give details such as the timeline and investment required for the project.
The beverage is mainly targeted at the upwardly mobile youth and will be available in 250 ml cans and 300 ml per bottles, both priced at Rs 50.
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By and large, most brand analysts approve of Bisleri's attempt to reinvent itself.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has directed Parle Exports, manufacturers of Bisleri bottled water, not to release the product in the market till further orders.
Bisleri, which enjoys 65 per cent market share in the branded water segment, is also eyeing a sharp growth in sales during the festive season that begins from August and expects to double its revenues this fiscal.
Bisleri, India's largest packaged-water player, said it would contemplate legal action against Coca-Cola India if the latter did not agree to its objection over the registration of the Mazaa trademark in other countries. Bisleri, however, insists that Coca-Cola has applied for registration of the Mazaa trademark in countries where the brand is not present and has objected to it on grounds that it is a breach of agreement under which Coca-Cola had acquired the rights of Mazaa.
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'During the scorching summer months of election season, largescale outdoor gatherings create a prime opportunity for increased consumption in the packaged drinking water category.'
In a swoop on errant bottled drinking water manufacturers, the government has cancelled the ISI quality mark licence of seven plants including three producing the popular Bisleri brand.\n\n
The government has withdrawn the ISI quality mark for mineral water produced at Bisleri's Bangalore plant and Pepsico's Bharuch factory in Gujarat in the wake of a storm over reported high concentration of pesticides in bottled water.
Stating that the differential pricing above Rs 12 was "unfair trade practice," Justice J D Kapoor, Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, said: "The process of converting ordinary water into mineral water is the same (for all bottlers) and the quality or purity is also the same. It is immaterial whether mineral water is obtained directly from springs or any other source." Yet, packaged water firms continue to price their 1 litre bottles above this amount.
Ramesh Chauhan's Bisleri comes out with a new brand of natural mineral water sourced from a spring in Uttarakhand to take on Tata Tea's Himalayan.
"If Bisleri does not receive this compensation, we will take legal action against Coca-Cola for violating the contract and the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement," Chauhan, chairman and managing director of Bisleri, India's leader in packaged-drinking water and creator of the Maaza brand, told Business Standard.
Out of total 5,842 registered water packaging units, 1,495 units have both BIS and FSSAI licences, while 4,347 units have only BIS certification.
Tightening the noose on errant bottled and packaged drinking water companies, government on Monday cancelled ISI quality licences of two more units including that of Bisleri International, Noida.
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Be it soft drink ones such as Coca-Cola, beer maker SABMiller or packaged water firm Bisleri, they are all measuring the water consumed for bottling every litre of their retailed drinks, trying to cap this and replenish the sources.
The region constituted more than 31percent of the segment's total sales volume in 2016.
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The government has disallowed production by over 200 bottled water plants, including those of popular brands like Bisleri, Kingfisher and Coca-Cola's Kinley, due to violation of revised pesticide norms or unsatisfactory performance.
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