Nestle CEO Tim Brown
Credit: Nestle
Nestlé’s chief executive officer Tim Brown said he would not consider moving his company’s bottling operations out of California – which continues to struggle through a historic drought.
The corporate official said Nestlé would not follow Starbucks and stop drawing water from wells in the state – where personal use has been limited – and move elsewhere, reported KPCC-FM.
“Absolutely not,” said CEO Brown. “In fact, if I could increase it, I would.”
Brown said the company’s water bottling operations serve a growing consumer demand – and he’s not willing to give up Nestlé’s market share.
“If I stop bottling water tomorrow, people would buy another brand of bottled water,” he said. “As the second largest bottler in the state, we’re filling a role many others aren’t filling. It’s driven by consumer demand — it’s driven by an on-the-go society that needs to hydrate. Frankly, we’re very happy [consumers] are doing it in a […]
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