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Essay On Bisleri

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Company Background

Bisleri set its footprint in India with its launch of bottled water at Mumbai in the year 1965. There were two varieties of Bisleri — still and bubbly (carbonated). In the year 1969, Bisleri was bought by Parle who thought of having a soda brand for their expanding portfolio of soft-drinks. After a few years, Bisleri started selling successfully as soda while Parle launched some of the current popular soft-drink brands — Limca, Maaza, and Thums Up. Mineral water business had not taken off then. In the year 1993, bottled water started gathering steam when Parle had to sell off its soft-drink business to Coca Cola.
Nurtured by the owner of Parle, Mr. Ramesh Chauhan, Bisleri became synonymous as ‘the’ brand in the bottled water industry. From those initial days to the …show more content…

Since volume plays an important to be profitable, bottled water industry focus on all segments of society by providing various size of packaging with low price points.

Growth of Bisleri

Bisleri, according to industry sources is growing at a good 30%, and this year they are targeting a growth of 40%. The brand has expanded its supply chain in the last few years but in spite of this the brand is still fairly urban oriented. That is because the cost of transport to rural areas is very high.
Bisleri with 42% market share dominates the bottled water market in India’s branded bottled water segment of Rs. 3000 crore. Compared to this its competitors like Coca-Cola’s Kinley holds approximately 11% and PepsiCo’s Aquafina has about 15% market share.

According to Bisleri officials, it is the direct sales, which bring in about 50% of the business. Today, Bisleri has the largest portfolio of bottle sizes (seven) starting from 250 ml and going up to

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