keringet or aquamist anytime are my favourite brands- direct from the supermarkets. this biz is flooded with so many fakes. i was in coasto recently and when i bought 'dasani' from some vendors on the roadside,the water was salty with some floating impurities,but i had already lost my cash to the swindlers! i have this buddy who started bottling and distributed the water himself,he got successful initially but the fakers jumped in as usual with anything popular. my buddy could travel far and wide in places like Voi and find his water there,faked and distributed there by bandits. you guessed it right,he was out of biz in under one year and suffered massive losses. don't forget this is after investing in bottling machines,packaging,Kebs,weight and measures,kra etc. the fakers are good and make their dodgy brand look even better than yours! ask yourself this,why would clubs,hotels and restaurants want to buy and stock your water and not so many other brands available to them? if you can come out with an answer to that question,you will have probably cracked it!

bY aNy MeAns NecEsSaRy.....

@Ali

If you look for water bottled at source,then you are wrong with mt.Kenyan and Dasani. Mt. Kenyan is bottled at dagoteti corner (source !!!!!!!!!!!) Dasani is tap water

@shifta wants to get into water biz and is asking for experiences in bottling and distribution oustide Nairobi and Mombasa. It is not what brand you like or dislike.

Dasani is NOT tap water; it is borehole water....treated and filtered and bottled. Since the borehole is at the bottling factory,one can argue that it is also bottled at source!! But it is not 'spring water'.

I drink NCW&SC tap water....I filter it using one those candle filters available in the supermarkets. This takes away the silty [yes,SILTY,not SALTY] taste and brings out the refreshing taste of the Abadare springs.....

NB: don't waste your gas boiling tap water. It adds not benefit and ruins the taste!!


AS a business? I'm clueless

Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)

STONEMIMI....Dasani is not tap water.It maybe borehole water....and that serves the purpose.Mt Kenyan.....It maybe bottled from dagoretti,from borehole/tap?Or faked?The only one time I took,it tasted fine.Unlike all other water which is from the tap.By the way,new research says that there is very little difference between tap water{treated of course} and mineral water.So,think.Do we really need mineral water????

Ali Baba

@majimaji & @ Ali Baba:

Dasani is borehole water. They have a purification system.

I was once called in to fix some problems in the production line and I saw it...kwa macho yangu....and then fixed it!!!

Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)

You need around Kshs 8m for a full operational plant (depends on where you set up coz land prices have gone up or down in Kenya depending on province). The machine also labels and can mould the bottles for you. If your marketing,sales and distribution strategy is tops...then pay back period is 9 months Minimum.




Nairoberry-'The darker the berry the sweeter the juice'

I agree with Stonemimi- mt kenyan is bottled in D. corner opposite the commonwealth cemetery. The guy who owns it did a borehole and even sells water (kawaida water) to neighbouring residents. He didn't start with big machines- just some water filters and a number of guys sticking stickers on the bottles!

Mukiha,that does not include borehole,thought you wanted to set up next to a stream,river..but if you set up in semi-arid areas some NGOs foot the borehole costs but you have to supply the community with free water. Borehole costs are abt 7,000 per ft plus NCWCS and NEMA.

Will check if if there is one locally but importing is always better and cheaper.


Nairoberry-'The darker the berry the sweeter the juice'