Clearly Canadian
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| Type | Sparkling water |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Clearly Food & Beverage Company Ltd. |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Introduced | December 1987 |
| Color | Clear |
| Flavor | Sparkling Flavoured & Non-Flavoured Spring Water |
| Variants |
And the 0 suger variants too |
| Related products | Clearly Canadian O+2 Reebok Fitness Water Clearly Tea Tre Limone Clearly 2 Orbitz |
| Website | www |
Clearly Canadian is a brand of premium sparkling waters produced by The Clearly Food & Beverage Company Ltd., of Canada.[1] The brand was founded in 1987[citation needed][2] in British Columbia, Canada. Outside of Canada, it is well known throughout the United States, parts of Europe and Japan.[citation needed]
History[edit]
Founded in 1987 by Gordon Sim, Doug Mason and others in British Columbia, Clearly Canadian is considered by many as the first premium "new age beverage" product that precipitated the multibillion-dollar market as it exists today, and has produced product every year since 1987 except for 2010 and 2011.
Clearly Canadian experienced rapid market-dominating growth throughout the 1990s alongside Snapple and Red Bull, but fell into broad corporate mismanagement beginning in 2000 and up to 2012, when it was acquired by serial entrepreneur, Robert R. Khan, under his 4NCapital Partners investment firm. Large-scale commercial production resumed shortly thereafter in Canada and was precipitated by an online crowd-sourcing campaign that pre-sold in excess of 40,000 cases. Rhett and Link, celebrity hosts of internet comedy show "Good Mythical Morning", played a major role in promoting the campaign to save the beverage of their childhood.[3]
Acquisitions[edit]
The firm has owned at one time or another My Organic Baby, DMR Food Corporation, and Cascade Clear Water Co.
Timeline[edit]
- 1987: Clearly Canadian flavoured sparkling water is introduced.
- 1993: Annual sales hit $155 million.
- 1993: Royalty agreement with Camfrey Resources is terminated for $22.9 million.
- 1994: Clearly Tea and Clearly Two beverages are test-marketed.
- 1996: Hostile acquisition pursuit of Sun-Rype Products Ltd. initiated.
- 1996: Orbitz, with free-floating gel spheres, is introduced.
- 1997: Cascade Clear Water Co. is acquired.
- 1998: Clearly Canadian O+2, Battery, and Refresher drinks are introduced.
- 2000: Packaging of flagship line is redesigned and diet flavours are added.
- 2001: Founding Management exits.
- 2005: Recapitalization brings about new ownership and management.
- 2006: Company founder resigns as chairman.
- 2007: DMR Food Corporation is acquired.[4]
- 2007: My Organic Baby is acquired.
- 2010: Successful creditor reorganization.
- 2012: 4NCapital Partners, led by Robert Khan, acquires company.
- 2013: Fan-sourced (crowd-sourcing) direct-to-consumer pre-sales campaign.
- 2015: Pre-sale campaign reached its goal of 25,000 cases pre-sold, pushing the product back into production.[5]
- 2017: Clearly Canadian producing at national levels in both Vancouver and Montreal.
- 2021: Clearly Canadian is sold in a non-disclosed sale, subject to ongoing litigation. [6]
Brands, products, and flavours[edit]
Clearly Canadian has released many product SKUs and formats over the years, including the following flavoured sparkling waters (with current offerings as of 2018 in italics):
- Wild Cherry
- Green Apple
- Peach Mango
- Orchard Peach[7]
- Mountain Blackberry
- Coastal Cranberry
- Summer Strawberry
- Country Raspberry
- Western Loganberry
- Tropical Tangerine
- Alpine Fruit & Berries
- Blueberry
Additionally, the brand has released the following products:
- Clearly Tea
- Clearly Sparkling Tea
- Clearly Canadian Sparkling Water (non-flavoured)
- Reebok Fitness Water by Clearly Canadian
- DailyHydration
- DailyEnergy
- DailyVitamin
- DailyBeauty *(never released)
- Clearly O+2
- Tre Limone
- Orbitz
Bottle history[edit]
Clearly Canadian has been released in a number of packaging formats, principally in glass and PET bottles, that have always highlighted their distinctive flavours with vibrant colours and graphics.[citation needed] The brand's first generation signature "tear drop" glass bottle, shown to the right and for which the brand is famous, is an 11-oz (325-ml) light blue conical bottle. This bottle has come in two styles, one embossed with the name Clearly Canadian on it, the other not. The brand's second generation glass bottle was a 14-oz (414-ml) cylindrical bottle, which has been discontinued. In PET plastic, the brand has been available from time-to-time in standard 16 oz. (448ml) formats.
Beverage ingredients[edit]
The beverages have used a number of different ingredients and formulas over the years.[citation needed] The flagship sparkling flavoured water “originals” uses carbonated Canadian spring water, natural vegan flavour with pure cane sugar. It is 90 Calories per bottle and non-GMO.
In popular culture[edit]
Throughout the 1990s, Clearly Canadian was featured in numerous mainstream television shows and films, including Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Friends, Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, Weekend at Bernie's, Jerry Maguire, One Foot In the Grave, The Vanishing, and Misery.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Federal Corporation Information". Corporations Canada. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ^ McCullough, Michael (December 1996). "Just Add Hype". Canadian Business. 69 (15): 130–132 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "DMR Food Corporation Acquired by Clearly Canadian". Food Ingredients 1st. February 9, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ^ "About Our Products". clearlycanadian.com. Clearly Food & Beverage Company Ltd. 2023.
- ^ "13714, LLC v. Khan (4:23-cv-00960)". www.courtlistener.com. Free Law Project. 2023.
- ^ "Clearly Canadian Sparkling Waters". Beveragesdirect.com. Retrieved 2013-12-22.