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perrier (dict)
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PerrierPerrier is a brand of bottled mineral water made from a spring in Vergze in the Gard dpartement of France. Perrier is carbonated; its gas content is reinforced with the gas emanating from the spring. Perrier is available in Europe in bottles of one liter, smaller bottles, and 33 cl cans. All Perrier bottles are green and have an instantly recognizable shape. It is one of the most common bottled waters in France. In August 2001 the company introduced a new bottling format using Polyethylene terephthalate to offer Perrier in plastic, a change that took 11 years to decide which material would best help retain both the water's flavor and its purported "50 million bubbles." Perrier now exists in several flavors: unflavored, flavored with lemon, flavored with lime. From 2002, some new varieties have been introduced in France: Eau de Perrier (less carbonated than the original one, in a blue bottle) and Perrier Fluo, with trendy tastes such as ginger-cherry, peppermint or ginger-lemon. In 2004, a crisis erupted when the Nestl group, owner of Perrier, announced a restructuration plan of Perrier. Perrier's good name took an embarrassing blow in 1990 when a North Carolina study reported having found benzene in the water. Source Perrier shifted from explanation to explanation on the issue, finally stating that it was an isolated incident of a worker having made a mistake in the filtering procedure and that the spring itself was completely unpolluted. The incident was the cause of the recall of 160 million bottles of Perrier. Since 1981, the company has sponsored an annual comedy award in the United Kingdom, the Perrier Comedy Award. See also External Links - Perrier Comedy Award: http://perriercomedyawards.com/
- Official Perrier US site: http://www.usa.perrier.com/
References * Perrier's Benzene Incident: http://www.consumerbehavior.net/Cases/Case%204%20Perrier.doc
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