Bottled water difference is often a few steps
http://www.newsobserver.com/715/story/422751.html

LeBleu starts with treated municipal water it buys from Davie County or draws from a well. Pepsi Bottling Ventures in Garner, maker of Aquafina, purchases water from the city of Raleigh, then puts it through additional steps to produce its product. Coca-Cola makes Dasani from Charlotte city water that it further treats.

Nothing earth shattering, but kinda interesting.

3/29/2006 11:33:49 AM

Wow.... Aquafina. Freshly bottled water from the glorious Falls Lake. Drink up, Durham flushed hard to give you that glorious refreshment....

3/29/2006 11:35:51 AM

agreed, only reason i buy it is to have a bottle to take to gym/class and i have a horrific habit of loosing the reusable kind.

(if someone has a better solution for that, let me know)

3/29/2006 11:38:34 AM

Camelbacks.... Can't lose 'em, cause you're wearing them.

3/29/2006 11:48:13 AM

thats why its sold as purified water, and not simply "mineral water"...and the word "purified" is REAAAALY small, so as to imply that by being bottled it is somehow superior, which i guess it is, but you can get the same thing from a PUR or similar filter on your faucet

simple marketing

3/29/2006 11:51:48 AM

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"Bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration as a packaged food. The minimum standards for the quality of bottled water are generally the same as those established by the Environmental Protection Agency for public drinking water systems."

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""The standards for bottled water aren't different from drinking water," said Jessica Miles, chief of the Public Water Supply Section of N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources."

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"Beyond meeting minimum standards, bottlers may purify water by putting it through more steps so that it exceeds the minimum standards."

1000x the markup value ... minus the minimal cost of the bottle material and processing involved for that single bottle. Anybody else think of a product that has that much of a markup?

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 11:54 AM. Reason : .]

3/29/2006 11:52:38 AM

wait so is that why we have a water shortage?

pepsi drained our water things?

3/29/2006 11:55:44 AM

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"Article: Aquafina is simply Raleigh tap water "

no, thats not what the article says. Aquafina uses Raleigh tap water, then purifies/filters/disinfects/etc it to get their final product. To say you're buying tap water when you buy bottled water is grossly inaccurate.

http://www.newsobserver.com/1171/story/422790.html

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"1000x the markup value ... minus the minimal cost of the bottle material and processing involved for that single bottle. Anybody else think of a product that has that much of a markup?"

Comparing the price of raw goods with their price for finished goods and coming up with a XXX% markup isn't as useful as you think. Processing, packaging, plant overhead, transportation, human resources, marketing etc go into the finished good price...and those things aren't as minimal as you make them out to be. I would be interested in seeing if Coke and Pepsi make more profits on soda or water per unit of sale.

3/29/2006 1:11:48 PM

grossly inaccurate != splitting cunt hairs

3/29/2006 1:24:47 PM

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"agreed, only reason i buy it is to have a bottle to take to gym/class and i have a horrific habit of loosing the reusable kind."

3/29/2006 2:30:25 PM

who cares?

aquafina tastes pretty good imho

3/29/2006 2:36:08 PM

hey i got a question

i may be an idiot

but if we have a water shortage and nobody can wash their cars or shit, why are we selling tons of water to Pepsi?

3/29/2006 2:40:55 PM

As with anything else, $$$

3/29/2006 2:42:07 PM

I can't believe that people pay money for water. I do admit that I've bought it, like someone said, so that I'd have a bottle to be able to refill. I can also understand buying flavored water, b/c its healthy like water but at least has some taste.

I know its extremely old, but I remember way...way back when Evian was the one selling bottled water. Of course, we all know that Evian spelled backwards is "naive", but that was the running joke. Well, that, and the people who bought it. Hard to believe how much water is sold.

3/29/2006 2:44:40 PM

People complain about the price of gas but have no problem with the price of water. Now, thats funny.

I simply complain about both.

3/29/2006 2:45:37 PM

where else would they get the water??

aquafina isnt advertised as "spring water", so where the fuck else would they get it from?

3/29/2006 2:48:43 PM

when i buy bottled water i am buying the container, and i dont mind spending $1 for that because i often find myself without a cup and dont want to drink soda

3/29/2006 4:04:05 PM

it does not make sense to me that bottled water is the same price as, and in some cases more expensive than soft drinks. as the old saying goes "a fool and his money will soon part"

3/29/2006 4:30:22 PM

atleast aquafina isn't dasani though. that shit tastes like poison!

3/29/2006 4:59:51 PM

You pay money for water so you don't taste the metallic lead strips from the water fountain.

Otherwise Brita your shit and call it a day.

3/29/2006 5:02:00 PM