Sam's Club and Walgreen's Outperform Perrier and San Pelegrino on Bottled Water Labeling

July 15, 2009

An Environmental Working Group investigation of nealry 200 popular bottled water brands found that less than 2 percent disclose the water's source, how the water has been purified and what chemical pollutants each bottle of water may contain. Sam's Club and Walgreen's bottled waters scored relatively well compared to national brands, while Perrier, San Pelegrino and Whole Foods' store brand failed the EWG test.

Source: Environmental Working Group

Keywords: business, club, companies, drug, environmental working group, food and beverage, industry, markets, perrier, private label beverages, private label bottled water, private label packaging, sam's club, san pelegrino, store brand beverages, store brand bottled water, store brand packaging, walgreen's, whole foods

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