Bottled Water Distributors Offer VarietyBottled water distributors offer variety of services, products and options for their customers. The use of bottled water has increased as more and more people are concerned about bacteria, contamination and impurities in traditional tap water. There is a focus on drinking bottled water that has been purified, filtered and even drawn from natural resources instead of public water sources. One of the options that bottled water distributors offer is the size of the containers. You can find bottles as small as six ounces and even as large as several gallons. The various sizes and packaging make it easy to work with the distributors when you are purchasing large volumes of water for retail distribution. Traditionally, the company that actually bottles the water is the one that will bring it to the retail store and stock the shelves. For example, Pepsi Cola Company bottles Aquafina water products. So the Pepsi person would deliver the Aquafina bottled water and then distribute on the shelf removing expired products and replacing with fresh products. Some of the bottled water distributors focus on bottles specifically for water coolers. There are different sizes of water coolers but the main ones hold the same size bottled water. For these distributors focus is on providing enough quantity for the company that is purchasing the water to have enough supply for two weeks to a month. Typically there is a discount offered for companies that order a large quantity of water on a bi-monthly or monthly basis for these types of bottled water. Some of the distributors focus on residential water coolers that are for private use. There is a delivery time set up with the customer. Additionally, customers are offered to specials to encourage them to order larger number of bottles at one time. Bottles are traded to be recycled and refilled for the next delivery. Distributors focus on answering any questions that residential consumers may have about using bottled water and bottle water coolers in their homes. The initially delivery will be to set up the cooler while explaining its operation and maintenance to keep it clean and hygienic. Typically distributors do not focus on one specific type of bottled water. The products that are offered really depend on the manufacturer for the distributorship. For example, Aquafina has several different bottled water products. The actual distributor for the products would then offer customers what water products were available specifically from Aquafina. If extra product was run by the manufacturer there might be promotional sales to distribute the extra water products. Additionally, distributors focus on the types and amounts of waters that are sold to the various retailers to make certain that the retailer is maximizing selling potential of the water products in their specific geographical region. The more that a retailer sells the more successful the retailer will be. For example, if a flavored water product does well in a store, then the distributor would focus on providing additional flavors to increase the water product sales. |