Fact Sheet

• We’ve been manufacturing soft drinks since 1870
• We have our own mineral water spring that dates back to Roman times.
• We are the largest privately owned, independent soft drinks maker in the UK.
• Our drinks plant is in Folkestone a few miles east of the famous White Cliffs of Dover.
• We use a million litres of spring water every day.
• We have our own range of popular drinks including Perfectly Clear, Pulsar and 1870 mixers.
• We are one of UK supermarkets main suppliers of own brand soft drinks.
• We are one of the largest suppliers to independent retailers and the catering and hospitality industry.
• We were one of the first drinks companies to use plastic bottles and have always enjoyed innovating.
• We make enough soft drinks to refresh each person in the UK every 10 days.
• Every hour we produce 110,000 litres of drinks.
• Our state-of-the-art spring water line fills still and sparkling bottles in a variety of sizes. And flavoured waters go through a completely separate line to ensure purity.
• It takes years for water to filter from the surface down to our spring well.
• All our water is filtered through the chalk hills of the North Downs which gives it its high calcium content.
• Water that’s high in calcium is good for bone strength and perfect for children’s growing bodies.
• We are the only independent soft drinks company to manufacture all their plastic bottles on site.
• All our bottles and caps are made on site from pre-formed PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and polythene granules.