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History

QUOTE: "...the United States, Perrier is actually pronounced as it is spelled rather than with a French accent; a ploy made by their corporate division in France to raise decreasing sales in the US." The preceding appears to be incorrect. I have never heard the name pronounced here in the U.S., in advertisements OR by those who drink it, other than as the French pronunciation. I suggest this sentence be deleted. B. Polhemus (talk) 15:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

False Claim?

Can all the water sold by Perrier across the world come from one single spring in France as is claimed? What about the benzene contamination in the US? Surely they would have picked it up in France? How do we know these bottles are not being bottled at various locations around the world?--Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:37, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Product placements

Most of the Perrier in popular culture references are to product placements. Is that actually what is meant by the use of Perrier in popular culture? Could not this section then also contain a list of every advertising campaign conducted by Perrier, since this is also an aspect of popular culture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.132.153.189 (talk) 17:20, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mineral Content

The mineral content listed in this article is very different from nestles water analysis report for perrier. They list a nitrate content of just 1.4 mg/L versus 18 mg/L in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.110.132.104 (talk) 18:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dates?

When did Perrier first get bottled? When was it advertised in Daily Mail? When? The early history is lacking dates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.115.15 (talk) 13:28, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perrier vs. San Pellegrino

In the article there is a sentence that mentions that Perrier and San Pellegrino are competitors but yet they are owned by the same company. While maybe competing for a higher share of the bottled water market, I can hardly call two brands owned by the same companies competitors. Competitors are mcdonalds and burger king, not pizza hut and kfc (see yum brands)

They are still consumer competitors. And, they come from different sources, it's not just a label issue. =//= Johnny Squeaky 23:04, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Inadequate coverage of benzene contamination

I came to this article to learn about the benzene contamination discovered in 1990. The article has surprisingly little coverage of this important event in the product's, and its company's, history. What coverage exists is misleading. It gives the company's explanation of the contamination, which proved false, and the product recall. It does not explain the real cause of the benzene contamination. As best I recall from the news at the time, researchers ultimately found that the product's source (the spring itself) was polluted with benzene, that the company knew of the contamination, that the company's bottling process normally filtered out (or otherwise removed) the benzene, and that the company's filtration process failed due to some mishap. This story also provides a classic case study in how not to handle a public relations crisis.

"As you recall" sounds like opinion. The Google search I just did turned up a large number of information sources that don't match you recollection. But maybe I didn't dig deep enough. =//= Johnny Squeaky 23:02, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the article have so little coverage of this? The article gives about the same amount of coverage to the company's decision to stop sponsoring a comedy award.—Finell 02:09, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are free to add that information. A simple Google search will provide you with all the information you might require to add the section you desire. =//= Johnny Squeaky 22:57, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Restructuring

The article suggests the entire company's restructuring was halted: " In 2005, Perrier was ordered to halt restructuring, because of a failure to consult adequately with staff.[9]"

However, the source the court-ordered halt involved a single factory.