Some products have all the luck it seems. Bottled water sales, already
helping to drive soft drinks market growth in several countries, took another
leap last week as a summer heatwave in Europe pushed temperatures up to 37°C in
Britain alone.
Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket, saw "massive like-for-like growth" last
week with up to 121 per cent sales rises for some waters, a company spokesperson
told BeverageDaily.com.
Mugged for Bottled Water
During the heat wave, Sun Online reports a man has been mugged for his bottle
of mineral water on the London underground.
As travellers sweltered, Patrick McCrossan was forced to hand over a 40p
bottle of Evian by a fellow commuter.
Mr McCrossan, 45, of Stockwell, South London, said: "He saw me open the
bottle and came up face to face and said, "I'm having that!’ and grabbed it.
"He didn’t look ill or like he was suffering — he was menacing.
A Tube spokesman said: "It was an unfortunate but isolated
incident."
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The Water Connoisseur
