Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. On-Premise and Office Boardroom Waters (such as Whitehole Springs, Sole Arte, Hildon, Belu, Deeside etc...), PET plastic is also 100% recyclable and almost all local authorities in the UK accept plastic bottles as part of their household collection scheme. Where they do not, the bottles can be taken to a local household waste and recycling centre. They can also be recycled in recycling bins in town centres and shopping centres.

Environmental sustainability remains at the heart of all business activities. The Group will be carbon neutral by the end of 2021, (Scope 1 & 2 market based emissions) and will achieve their overall target of net zero emissions by 2040. The business will continue to drive forward its long-term strategy to invest in and develop innovative products which provide healthy hydration in an environmentally sustainable way, to reflect the markets projected annual growth, which according to Zenith, is expected to accelerate from 2022 to 2024. Company reports resilient business performance during pandemic year demonstrating strength of brand and category This included luring the increasing number of Brits looking to go on ‘staycations’ this year rather than travel abroad, as well as shoppers doing a big weekly shop– both trends that had already led to growth in other categories such as wine, said Highland Spring. Hotjar sets this cookie when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized, to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session. Our focus in the last 12-18 months has been on protecting our employees and ensuring the long- term sustainability of the business. It is great testament to the commitment and dedication of all our staff that they adapted so well and continued to deliver strong performances.

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Popular favourites (like Evian, Highland Spring, Volvic, San Pellegrino, Perrier, Glaceau SmartWater etc) NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores the true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.

This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. As a result, during 2020, the Group was proud that with a modest sales volume decline of around 9 million litres against a larger relative market decline, the brand performed well to retain and extend its position as the UK’s No. 1 plain bottled water brand with a healthy market share of 10.3%. Annual sales of the Highland Spring brand are over 330m litres, with Highland Spring Group’s share of the total UK Bottled Water market at 15.0%. The steps taken by the business to improve operational efficiencies and reduce overhead costs through restructuring the Group has positively impacted operating profit in 2020 and is expected to do so again in 2021. Highland Spring head of marketing Carol Saunders told The Grocer the drop in sales was “mostlydue to the reduction of on-the-go locations and missions during the pandemic, which has led to fewer shoppers taking advantage of the impulse occasion at front of store”. The NPD would tap “into this change in consumption behaviour and we are genuinely excited to introduce a completely new and innovative format to the brand within the grocery channel”.We have all seen the shopper landscape shift considerably since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. We have responded by innovating and adapting our product portfolio to deliver a format for every occasion, from on the go to at-home decanting,” said Saunders. PET is a strong, lightweight plastic, both virtually unbreakable and shatterproof. This makes it an excellent choice for natural source water as it is completely safe for carrying whilst on-the-go or participating in sporting activities. Its ability to retain carbonation and freshness also protects the quality of our water.