"King's supply contracts for non-carbonated beverages are separate from the ones for its sodas. When the company first chose to introduce a bottled water product, it chose Nestlé's Poland Spring brand over Coke's Dasani. When the contract expired in 2003, BK moved to Pepsi's Aquafina, the top-selling brand at the time. In 2008 Burger King renewed its relationship with Nestlé by entering into an agreement to sell Pure Life bottled water products. BK moved away from Pepsi's Tropicana brand juices in 2001 when it went with Coca-Cola's Minute Maid brands for the North America market. With the introduction of its"
"launched in the UK on 10 February 2004. The product launch was labelled ""a disaster"", a ""fiasco"", and a ""PR catastrophe"". Prior to the launch, an article in ""The Grocer"" trade magazine had mentioned that the source of the Dasani brand water was treated tap water from Sidcup, a suburban area on the outskirts of London. By early March 2004, the mainstream press had picked up the story and it became widely reported that Sidcup tap water, after being processed by reverse osmosis, had been remineralized, bottled and sold under the Dasani brand name in the UK. Although Coca-Cola never"
"the ""Dasani"" brand from the UK market. Shortly after, plans to introduce the brand to Continental Europe were announced to have been cancelled as well. Bromate was not present in the water before Coca-Cola's treatment process. During that process, the bromate was produced from the water’s bromide by exposure to ozone. Coca-Cola intended to launch Dasani in France and Germany, although this never went ahead after bad publicity in the United Kingdom. In line with the 2012 Summer Olympics and being the official drink sponsor, Coca-Cola decided not to reintroduce the Dasani brand to the UK market, and purchased the"
"implied that the water was being sourced from a spring or other natural sources, they marketed it as being especially ""pure"". This led the Food Standards Agency to request Hillingdon trading standards officers to launch an investigation into whether the claim was accurate. Richard May, Chief Publicity Officer of Dasani, was said to be disappointed that the water had not been more successful. On 18 March 2004, UK authorities found a concentration of bromate, a suspected human carcinogen, in the product that could be considered harmful if consumed in large quantities. Coca-Cola immediately recalled half a million bottles and withdrew"
"L. Bottles are sold individually and in packs of 6, 12, and 24. The first source of Dasani water in Canada was Calgary, Alberta. A second bottling plant was later opened in Brampton, Ontario. The Calgary and Brampton plants produce Coca-Cola's plain-water (Dasani) and sugar-water (soft drinks) products. The company's administrative and marketing activities continue to be based in Atlanta, Georgia. Dasani has <35 ppm of total dissolved mineral salts . In early 2005, two flavored versions of Dasani were introduced: Dasani With Lemon and Dasani With Raspberry. Dasani with Strawberry has since been introduced. The flavored beverages are sweetened"
"with sucralose. Dasani was introduced to the Brazilian market in mid-2003, renamed as ""Aquarius"". It was introduced to the Chilean market in 2005, including releases in regular, lemon and tangerine flavors. It was released in Colombia in late 2005 with their three regular flavors. In 2005, Dasani was introduced in the Argentinian market with the flavours peach, lemon, citrus and regular. It was also released under the name ""Ciel Dasani"" in Mexico in four flavours: lemon-cucumber, papaya-carrot, grapefruit and mandarin-green tea, but it was discontinued in 2006. It was also released in Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Honduras. Dasani was"
"plant-based packaging, the bottles are compatible with standard recycling plants and represent up to a 25% reduction in carbon emissions when compared to standard water bottles, though this still represents 2000 times the energy usage of tap water. Dasani was launched in all provinces of Canada except Quebec in 2000, a year after launching in the United States. The brand was made available in Quebec shortly afterwards, in April 2001. There are six common Dasani bottle sizes sold in Canada: 355 mL (12 fl oz), 500mL, 591 mL (20 fl oz), 710 mL (24 fl oz), 1 L, and 1.5"
"tap water in marketing operations. Consumers are also affected by memories associated with particular brands. For example, Coca-Cola took their Dasani product off the UK market after finding levels of bromate that were higher than legal standards because consumers in the UK associated this flaw with the Dasani product. ""Bottled water sales are higher amongst African-American, Asians and Hispanic groups, which typically have lower incomes than whites."" Some hypothesize that these differences are due to the geographic distribution of ethnic groups. It was theorized that ethnic differences in bottled water usage ""mirror the variability of water system quality between urban,"
"zinc and other micronutrients aimed to fill nutritional deficits of children in Bangladesh. Shokti Doi is sold for 6 euro cents, a price that studies found to be affordable for the poorest families. Its pursuit of profitability is based solely on criteria such as improving public health, creating jobs, reducing poverty and protecting the environment. Profits earned by the company are re-invested in expanding and running the business. In 1995, Danone and Britannia Biscuits set up a joint-venture in India. It was terminated in 2006, after an arbitration in the Bombay High Court. In 2012, Danone acquired Wockhardt's nutrition business,"
"The company was established in keeping with the prevailing air of the Swadeshi movement, of which Das was a staunch supporter. He believed that one of the most important industries that was still cornered by the British was the pharmaceutical industry. The company became highly successful due to its toilet products. Das perfected the process to extract the essence of the Neem plant, which he believed to be symbolic of Indian products, which led to the creation of two enduring brands - Margo (soap) and Neem toothpaste. He priced them in such a way as to allow them to be"
"for Shokti Doi. The cold chain is maintained all the way from production to the end consumers. But maintaining cold chain is very expensive in Bangladesh as the traffic gridlock is a common scenario. Costly transportation is eating up a big portion of the return, thus could not reach its break-even till date. Grameen Danone Grameen Danone Foods, popularly known as Grameen Danone, is a social business enterprise, launched in 2006, which has been designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients that are typically missing from their diet in rural Bangladesh. It is run on 'No loss,"
"nutrition to low income nutritionally deprived populations in Bangladesh and alleviate poverty through the implementation of a community based business model, where no profit will be appropriated by the investing partners. The launch of Grameen Danone received considerable attention and was attended by celebrities including French soccer player Zinedine Zidane of France. Grameen Danone Foods Ltd. produces a yoghurt called ""Shokti Doi"" containing protein, vitamins, iron, calcium, zinc and other micronutrients aimed to fill nutritional deficits of children in Bangladesh. 'Shokti Doi' (which means 'strength yoghurt') is primarily intended for children. In 2017, a 50g cup sold for 10 Taka"
"Dairy Milk Double Chocolate bars. The 2008 Chinese milk scandal affected Cadbury, when much of the Cadbury Dairy Milk manufactured in mainland China was tainted with melamine. Although it can be safely used in plastic manufacturing, melamine is toxic, particularly to infants. In the year 2013 and 2014, worms were found in the chocolate bars in India. Widespread outrage brought by the state media halted the production for a few days. Amitabh Bachchan, who was then the Brand ambassador, was also not spared. The company turned it around with new packaging and the brand had a rebirth. Cadbury Dairy Milk"
"launches from Groupe Danone's were expected but never materialised despite the JV being in existence for over 11 years in India. Under the 1995 joint venture agreement, Danone is prohibited from launching food brands within India without the consent of the Wadias. In addition, the partners agreed there would be the right of first refusal to buy out the remaining partner in the event of the other wishing to sell its holding. In May 2007, Nusli Wadia told the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that Danone invested in a Bangalore-based bio nutrition company, Avesthagen, in October 2006 in violation of"
"aristocratic ladies in olden days. Places like Shantipur, Dhaniakhali, Begampur and Farasdanga started producing the jamdani saris, after the partition of India. Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, generally wears only Dhaniakhali tant sari and has become a popular 'brand ambassador'. Ascon Agro Products Limited, jointly owned by the SPS Group and the Pailan Group, produces potato flakes at Dhaniakhali. Initially set up as a fully export-oriented unit, it has subsequently acquired permission to sell in the domestic market also. It is locally marketed using the POTO brand. Potato flakes are used to make snacks and are also used"
"Coca-Cola Company's Dasani bottled water, the Toyota Scion, P&G's Febreze odor eliminator, and OnStar. Lexicon Branding Lexicon Branding, Inc., is an American marketing firm founded in 1982 by David Placek. It focuses on selecting brand names for companies and products. The company devised the brand names Pentium, BlackBerry, PowerBook, Zune, Swiffer, Febreze, Subaru Outback and Forester, Toyota Scion, DeskJet, Dasani, OnStar, Embassy Suites Hotels and Metreon, among others. David Placek founded Lexicon in 1982. Placek grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and graduated from UCLA with a degree in political science. He cites his work as press secretary in Warren"
"1930, the introduction of vacuum packing by Nobin Chandra's son Krishna Chandra Das led to the availability of canned Rasgullas, which made the dessert popular outside Kolkata, and subsequently, outside India. Krishna Chandra's son Sarada Charan Das established the K.C. Das Pvt Ltd company in 1946. Sarada Charan's younger, estranged son Debendra Nath established K.C. Das Grandsons in 1956. Today, canned rasgullas are available throughout India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as in South Asian grocery stores outside the subcontinent. In Nepal, Rasgulla became popular under the name ""Rasbari"". The Indian space agency, ISRO is developing dehydrated rasgullas and other"
"these bottles as improvised cannons by adding calcium hydroxide to the mix. Thus, the bottles were banned in many cities across the country at some point before 1947. Located on Church Mission Road in the busy Fatehpuri Market of Old Delhi, Giani di Hatti was started by Giani Gurcharan Singh in 1951. Following partition, Giani Gurcharan Singh migrated from Layalpur, now in Pakistan, to Delhi. He came while leaving an eatery there to start one here. Arriving with his recipe for iced rabri falooda, large crowds still flock to the shop to get a taste of that unique flavour. Apart"
"to conduct business. While Damani was a cautious trader and did not believe in building yarn inventories, Ambani was a known risk-taker and believed in building inventories to increase profit. Extensive marketing of the brand in the interiors of India made it a household name. Franchise retail outlets were started and they used to sell ""only Vimal"" brand of textiles. In the year 1975, a Technical team from the World Bank visited the Reliance Textiles' Manufacturing unit. In 1988, Reliance Industries came up against a rights issue regarding partly convertible debentures. It was rumoured that the company was making all"
"in 2009 with Britannia securing rights to the Tiger brand worldwide, and Danone paying Rs220 million to utilise the brand. 265[4] Britannia Industries Britannia Industries Limited is an Indian food-products corporation headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It sells its ""Britannia"" and ""Tiger"" brands of biscuits, breads and dairy products throughout India and in more than 60 countries across the globe. Britannia has an estimated market share of 38%. The company's principal activity is the manufacture and sale of biscuits, bread, rusk, cakes and dairy products. The company was established in 1892, with an investment of 265. Initially, biscuits were manufactured"
"a brand ambassador and spokesperson for various health and beauty products such as ""Safi Balqis"", a halal skin care product (2008), ""Kunzense"", a slimming, beauty and wellness company (2011),""Qutie Coat"", a whitening cream mask that improves complexion (2012) and ""Pet Pet"", a global baby products brand (2013). In 2009, in partnership with Awal Ashaari, they opened a fashion boutique known as DnA CelebrityStyle in Desa Sri Hartamas. This business was subsequently closed and the partners ventured out on their own. Dynas launched DNA By Dynas in 2011, a new collection consisting of maternity and breastfeeding wear. She designs most of"
"the most popular of its products. Sarada Charan Das also gave a research and development perspective to the company’s activities. In 1946, he set up a fully equipped laboratory, the Indian Scientific Industries, at Chitpur Road in Kolkata. Extensive research work there involved the bacterial culture required for “dahi” (curds). It also worked on the nutritional value of whey, and ways to package and market it as a soft drink. Commercialization of lactose and lactic acid from whey was another project. This laboratory also did pioneering work on making sweetmeats from soybean milk in the 1960s, but these could not"
"ambassador. Meswak Meswak (also referred to as ""Miswak"") is a toothpaste brand that was launched in India by ""Balsara Hygiene"" in 1998. The toothpaste is marketed as a herbal toothpaste as it is made from extracts of the Salvadora persica plant. The brand was relatively unknown until a television advertising campaign during the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup spread brand awareness. In 2005, Meswak was sold by Balsara to Dabur along with other Balsara toothpaste brands Babool and Promise in a deal. As of 2007, the Meswak brand was valued at . In 2011, Dabur announced that Bipasha Basu would be Meswak's"
"was halted less than two years after their respective launches, and Sapporo Draft later returned to being Black Label. Suntory launched their ""Malts"" brand in February 1988 in an ""I don't do dry"" campaign, while at the same time launching ""Suntory Dry"", later rebranded ""Suntory Dry 5.5"" in an advertising campaign featuring boxer Mike Tyson after increasing the alcohol content from 5% to 5.5%. This achieved reasonable results, although not enough to slow down demand of Asahi Super Dry. The Dry Wars were criticised in an episode of the manga ""Oishinbo"" (the Gourmet), published at around the time of the"
"products, including powdered milk and ghee, under the Sapan brand. The company was also involved in the trading of peanut candy, mustard oil and crash helmets. It was in the late 1960s that the Dalmiapuram-based manufacturing and refactory plants were taken over by Dalmia Industries from Dalmia Cement (Bharat), Ltd on lease. It was housed under the name of Dalmia Ceramic Industries. Later, a manufacturing plant for powdered milk and ghee was also set up by Dalmia Industries at Bharatpur (Rajasthan). On March 6, 1975, the company changed its name from Dalmia Cement Limited to Dalmia Dairy Industries Limited. A"
"tested leading brands. Tests found high levels of antibiotics—from the banned chloramphenicol to broad spectrum ciprofloxacin and erythromycin—in almost all brands sold in the market. The leading Indian honey producers—Dabur, Baidyanath, Patanjali Ayurveda, Khadi, Himalaya—had two-four antibiotics in their products, much above the stipulated standards. Two foreign brands, an Australian and a Swiss, had antibiotics levels not permissible in their own countries. Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and polluted. People complain of unexplained ailments. An investigation by Centre for Science and Environment found"
"Meswak Meswak (also referred to as ""Miswak"") is a toothpaste brand that was launched in India by ""Balsara Hygiene"" in 1998. The toothpaste is marketed as a herbal toothpaste as it is made from extracts of the Salvadora persica plant. The brand was relatively unknown until a television advertising campaign during the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup spread brand awareness. In 2005, Meswak was sold by Balsara to Dabur along with other Balsara toothpaste brands Babool and Promise in a deal. As of 2007, the Meswak brand was valued at . In 2011, Dabur announced that Bipasha Basu would be Meswak's brand"
"factor was that all the promoters or owners of these companies had a common surname Shah. An investigation by the Reserve Bank of India in the incident did not find any unethical or illegal acts or transactions committed by Reliance or its promoters. Ambani was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on 24 June 2002 after he suffered a major stroke. It was his second stroke, the first had occurred in February 1986 and had paralyzed his right hand. He was in a coma for more than a week and a number of doctors were consulted. He died"
"holder to claim a second free snack. Dagashi used to be sold in stores specializing primarily in dagashi called ""dagashiya"" (Japanese: 駄菓子屋), but are now increasingly sold in convenience stores as well. While modern dagashi developed after World War II, dagashi has been around since the Edo period (1603-1868). ""Dagashi"", made from starch or corn, was the commoner equivalent of the more expensive ""jōgashi"", which was higher quality and made from white sugar. Modern dagashi experienced its greatest popularity in the post-war Shōwa period (from the 1950s to the early 1980s) when dagashiya (stores that specialized in dagashi) were common"
"toilet, no shower"". In 2013, Kshitij, the annual techno-management fest of IIT Kharagpur, launched a campaign to name the next version of the mobile operating system Android, Lassi. Lassi Lassi () is a popular traditional dahi (yogurt)-based drink that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices and sometimes fruit. ""Traditional"" lassi (a.k.a., ""sweet lassi"", or simply ""lassi"") is a sweet savoury drink, sometimes flavoured with ground and roasted cumin. ""Salty"" lassi, however, contains salt and other spices, instead of sugar. The traditional mild sweet (or salty) form of lassi is more common in the"
"Arabia (2001), ""Yakult"" in India (2005) and Vietnam (2006), ""Alquería"" in Colombia (2007), and ""Mengniu"" in China (2013–2014). In November 2005, Franck Riboud met Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and later winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. The two men discussed at length their ideas on the development of poor countries and found that their areas of expertise were complementary. As a result, in 2006, the Grameen Bank and Danone formed a company called Grameen Danone Foods, a social business in Bangladesh. Grameen Danone Foods Ltd. produces a yoghurt called ""Shokti Doi"" containing protein, vitamins, iron, calcium,"
"performing flawlessly and has emerged as a workhorse material for all Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) used thus far. It was on his recommendation that Government of India sanctioned setting up of a special metals and alloys project by Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (acronym MIDHANI) at Hyderabad. A wide range of superalloys, titanium and titanium alloys, special steels including maraging steel for satellite launch vehicles, and other are manufactured at this facility. Brahm Prakash was Chairman of the Company from 7 April 1980 right up to the time of his demise (24 January 1984)."
"designated generically as ""vanaspati ghee"". On 30 March 2004, Unilever Pakistan accepted the offer of Rs. 1.33 billion for the sale of its ""Dalda"" brand and related business of Edible Oil and Fats to newly incorporated company Dalda Foods (Pvt.) Limited. Its a one-of-its-kind corporate transaction in Pakistan, in which a group of 6 senior Unilever Executives formed a management group and successfully purchased the Dalda business from Unilever Pakistan. This was achieved under the banner of a newly formed company DALDA FOODS (PVT.) LIMITED with the support of key financial institutions and Pakistan's biggest edible oil importer Westbury Group."