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Author Topic: Does bottled water sell? Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-06-2004 02:26 PM                        quote: Katie Smith (didn't get Harry Potter) Is anyone looking to hire any film archivists in or around Aberdeen, OH?  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-06-2004 04:29 PM                     Chill any good quality water to about 35 to 45 degrees, and it'll taste just great (including tap water that does not have objectional minerals in it) - and you'll probably drink two glasses instead of one. Some cities have very bad water quality. It would probably be better to drink bottled water - as long as you know where it is coming from. There have been cases (so I have been told) where the water came from a conventional water supply and was marketed as "pure"... Buyer - beware.  |  IP: Logged Ky Boyd Hey I'm #23 Posts: 314 From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-06-2004 06:27 PM                       Darryl, Good point about the Coke-owned fridges. We bought our own, so that didn't occur to me.  |  IP: Logged Jay Cahill Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Placerville, CA United States Registered: May 2004 posted 06-06-2004 07:07 PM                        Wow. After reading this thread i finally get perspective on how crappy the movie chain i work for really is... 3.25 for a 20 oz. dasani! 3.25 also for a small soda, which discourages customers from buying a cheaper cup to fill with water. The largest size cups we are allowed to give to customers free of charge is an 8 oz. shot-glass-sized leaky cup. Ah, capitalism... And BTW... The water sells like crazy. Maybe 90 a day at an 8 screen cinema.  |  IP: Logged Bill Carter Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Minneapolis, Minnesota Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-07-2004 02:34 PM                     We sell a nice bottled spring water, and my cost for it is only about a third what Dasani would cost me. We sell it for $2.00, and buy it by the fork-lift pallet. It sells like crazy.  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 06-07-2004 03:39 PM                     I'm a projectionist so I don't know the EXACT numbers, but we go through a case of Dasani every week.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 06-07-2004 04:10 PM                     Leo wrote: quote: There was a massive shemozzle when it emerged that the stuff is processed bogstandard tap water, and not natural mineral water (for example, this story). Things then went from bad to worse following a health scare, and eventually Dasani was withdrawn from sale. Some years ago there was a company selling bottled Manchester tap water, they didn't claim it was anything else, and Manchester water is reckoned to me among the best in the Country. It didn't seem to last long, so I assume it didn't sell well. I don't much like the taste of London water, but I find it much more pleasant with just a smalll amount of lime juice in it. Those prices people are quoteing seem vety high.  |  IP: Logged Ron Keillor Expert Film Handler Posts: 166 From: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Registered: Jul 2003 posted 06-08-2004 12:12 AM                     Marks & Spencer, when they were in business here, had little luck selling an "Irish spring" water. But even before the introduction of bottled water we did good business with plain "soda water" thought it was just carbonated water with no soda in it. Tell the customer that it is "salt-free" and they are very pleased.  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-10-2004 07:24 AM                     We sell 20 oz. Dasani bottles for $1.75. We sell about 25 to 30 cases (20 bottles each) every week. Of course, our summers get to 110 to 115 degrees on a daily basis, so people tend to be very parched by the time they get to the theater. We sell all of that, even though we allow people to bring in bottles of water from outside the theater. It's the only outside food and drink we allow!  |  IP: Logged Matt Hefright Film Handler Posts: 28 From: none Registered: Jun 2004 posted 06-23-2004 06:37 PM                    our sales of water constituted its own cooler in the rear of concessions! of course during the hot season the sales really skyrocket!! to maximize profits we purchase our water through sams club and are able to charge only $1.00 per bottle and still make a great profit!  |  IP: Logged Christian Volpi Master Film Handler Posts: 349 From: Arlington, NE Registered: Apr 2004 posted 07-16-2004 08:34 PM                        We charge $2.50 for a 20 oz. bottle of Aquafina. We go through about 2 cases a week in a little 3-plex.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 07-17-2004 05:15 AM                        It sells, all right. We charge $1.50 for a 24 oz bottle of "Talking Rain" We ran through 2 cases of the stuff last night (48 bottles). I'm beginning to think bottled water is almost like popcorn.  |  IP: Logged

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