{{Short description|American beverage company}} {{Infobox company | name = Niagara Bottling, LLC | type = Private | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{Start date and age|1963}}<br>Irvine, California, U.S. | founder = Andrew Peykoff Sr. II | defunct = | location_city = Diamond Bar, California | location_country = U.S. | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Andrew Peykoff Sr.<br>Andrew Peykoff II | industry = Beverage | products = Bottled water, sparkling water, sports drinks | services = Private label bottling | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = Peykoff family | num_employees = 7,000 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.niagarawater.com|niagarawater.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }} thumb|Kirkland Signature Drinking Water 1.5L '''Niagara Bottling''', LLC is an American manufacturer of bottled water and soft drinks based in Diamond Bar, California. They produce private label bottled water for a number of companies across North America. They operate more than 50 bottling plants in both the United States and Mexico, and employs more than 7,000 team members worldwide.<ref name="PR 2017" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitmer Announces 50 New Jobs as Niagara Bottling Establishing New Operations in Shelby Township |url=https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2022/08/04/whitmer-announces-50-new-jobs-as-niagara-bottling-establishing-new-operations-in-shelby-township |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=www.michigan.gov |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109213525/https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2022/08/04/whitmer-announces-50-new-jobs-as-niagara-bottling-establishing-new-operations-in-shelby-township |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2017, Niagara was the largest supplier of private label bottled water in North America.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Smouse |first1=Becca |title=Another water bottling operation to open in Arizona desert — this one in Mesa |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2017/06/14/niagara-bottling-to-open-76-m-water-plant-mesa/367109001/ |website=azcentral.com |publisher=Arizona Central |access-date=2018-07-07 |archive-date=2019-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719123230/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2017/06/14/niagara-bottling-to-open-76-m-water-plant-mesa/367109001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alongside producing for private label brands, the company also distributes water under their Niagara brand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beverage Offerings {{!}} Niagara Bottling |url=https://www.niagarawater.com/beverage-offerings/ |access-date=2025-11-23}}</ref>
==Company history== The company was founded in 1963 in Irvine, California, by Andrew Peykoff Sr. and is currently run by Andy Peykoff II. Niagara began producing private label bottled water in the 1990s and has since gone national.<ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT US |url=https://www.niagarawater.com/about-us/ |website=niagarawater.com |publisher=Niagara Water |accessdate=14 April 2019}}</ref> Their private label clients include big box retailers, grocery stores, and convenience stores including Walmart, Costco and Meijer. In 2017, Niagara bought the bottling component of Pennsylvania based First Quality Water & Beverage.<ref name="PR 2017">{{cite press release |title=Niagara Bottling Acquires Bottled Water Business From First Quality Water & Beverage |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/niagara-bottling-acquires-bottled-water-business-from-first-quality-water--beverage-300528778.html |website=prnewswire.com |publisher=Niagara Bottling, LLC |accessdate=17 May 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517183944/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/niagara-bottling-acquires-bottled-water-business-from-first-quality-water--beverage-300528778.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They subsequently closed the bottling plant, but retained the distribution network and private label bottling contracts.<ref>{{cite web |first1= |title=First Quality Ending Bottled Water Business |url=http://therecord-online.com/site/archives/36016 |website=therecord-online.com |publisher=The Record Online |accessdate=17 May 2019 |date=2017-09-14 |archive-date=2019-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517183944/http://therecord-online.com/site/archives/36016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Private Label Brands== <ref>{{cite web |title=Company Overview of Niagara Bottling, LLC |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=6981861 |website=Bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg |accessdate=7 July 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309023543/http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6981861 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Great Value (Walmart) *Nice! (Walgreens) *Good & Gather (Target) *Food Lion Drinking Water (Food Lion) *Signature Select (Albertsons) *7 Select (7-Eleven) *Kirkland Signature (Costco) *Love’s Purified Drinking Water (Love's) *Sunny Select (Save Mart Supermarkets) *Epic Goods (BP) *Members Mark (Sam's Club) *Wellsley Farms (BJ's) *Essential Everyday (UNFI) *First Street (Smart & Final) *Texas Spring Water (H-E-B) *Brookshire’s bottled water *Publix bottled water *Kroger bottled water *Nature’s Promise bottled water (Stop and Shop) *Meijer bottled water *Clover Valley (Dollar General) *Winco Purified Drinking Water (Winco)
==Bottling plants==
===Mesa, Arizona=== Niagara operates a 450,000 sq ft bottling plant in Mesa, Arizona. The plant will have access to 40 million gallons of water a year, the plant can draw water from the Central Arizona Project, Salt River Project, and local groundwater.<ref name="auto"/>
===Phoenix, Arizona=== Niagara operates a 252,000 sq ft bottling plant in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=J. Craig |title=Niagara Bottling to open plant in Phoenix |url=http://archive.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/08/10/20100810biz-niagara0811.html |website=azcentral.com |publisher=Arizona Central |accessdate=7 July 2018}}</ref>
===Bloomfield, Connecticut=== Niagara operates a 400,000 sq ft bottling plant in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The facility receives water from the Metropolitan District Commission and the project has encountered public protest and opposition due to the secrecy with which the deal was brokered and a feeling that water is a public trust that shouldn’t be sold without public consultation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polansky |first1=Rob |title=Niagara Bottling announces dozens of hires in Bloomfield |url=http://www.wfsb.com/story/34051657/niagara-bottling-announces-dozens-of-hires-in-bloomfield |website=wfsb.com |publisher=WFSB |accessdate=7 July 2018 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707062730/http://www.wfsb.com/story/34051657/niagara-bottling-announces-dozens-of-hires-in-bloomfield |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Groveland, Florida=== {{Empty section|date=July 2022}}
===Jupiter, Florida=== {{Empty section|date=July 2022}}
===Middleburg, Florida=== Opened in 2022, located in Middleburg, Florida, just outside of Jacksonville, Florida.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-30 |title=Economic Development Corporation: Niagara to bring at least 55 new jobs to area |language=en |work=Clay Today |url=https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/economic-development-corporation-niagara-to-bring-at-least-55-new-jobs-to-area,27573 |access-date=2023-06-28 |archive-date=2023-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628233727/https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/economic-development-corporation-niagara-to-bring-at-least-55-new-jobs-to-area,27573 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Jeffersonville, Indiana=== In 2018, Niagara began construction of a $56 million, 469,000 square foot bottling plant in Jeffersonville, Indiana.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dick |first1=Gerry |title=Sky's The Limit For River Ridge |url=http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/story/39374933/skys-the-limit-for-river-ridge |website=insideindianabusiness.com |publisher=Inside Indiana Business |accessdate=13 November 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165800/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/story/39374933/skys-the-limit-for-river-ridge |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Plainfield, Indiana=== Niagara operates a bottling plant in Plainfield, Indiana. In 2018, they spent $62 million to expand the facility.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Alex |title=Bottling Company Expanding in Indiana |url=http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/story/38716781/bottling-company-expanding-in-indiana |website=insideindianabusiness.com |publisher=Inside Indiana Business |accessdate=13 November 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113125349/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/story/38716781/bottling-company-expanding-in-indiana |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Byhalia, Mississippi=== Opened in 2018, located in Byhalia, Mississippi, just outside of Memphis, Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 28, 2017 |title=Water-bottling plant set to open in Miss. amid aquifer debate |language=en-US |work=The Commercial Appeal |url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/environment/2017/03/28/water-bottling-plant-set-open-miss-amid-aquifer-debate/99711460/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |archive-date=2023-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629000622/https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/environment/2017/03/28/water-bottling-plant-set-open-miss-amid-aquifer-debate/99711460/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Kansas City, Missouri=== In 2019, Niagara invested $68 million to build a 420,000 sq ft bottling plant in Kansas City, Missouri, bringing 50 jobs to the metro area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Juliana |title='Project Ribeye' doesn't involve steaks, but it does mean nearly 50 jobs |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/07/17/niagara-bottling-centerpoint-intermodal.html |website=bizjournals.com |publisher=Kansas City Business Journal |accessdate=26 July 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001032339/https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/07/17/niagara-bottling-centerpoint-intermodal.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Los Lunas, New Mexico=== A Niagara bottling plant was opened in Los Lunas, New Mexico in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Deborah |date=2019-09-30 |title=Water bottler moving into Los Lunas factory |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/857288/water-bottler-moving-into-los-lunas-factory.html |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Albuquerque Journal}}</ref> A 2021 request for more water to expand the plant sparked protests.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grijalva |first=Makayla |date=2022-06-21 |title=Niagara seeks to increase water use at Los Lunas plant |url=https://news-bulletin.com/niagara-to-increase-water-use-at-los-lunas-plant/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Valencia County News-Bulletin |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714164233/https://news-bulletin.com/niagara-to-increase-water-use-at-los-lunas-plant/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The request was withdrawn<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-19 |title=Niagara Bottling plant pulls out of request for more water usage |url=https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/niagara-bottling-plant-pulls-out-of-request-for-more-water-usage/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=KRQE News |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701021755/https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/niagara-bottling-plant-pulls-out-of-request-for-more-water-usage/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and later renewed in 2022, causing new opposition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Tommy |date=2022-07-29 |title=New Mexico residents oppose company's push to use more water |url=https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-mexico-residents-oppose-companys-push-to-use-more-water/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=KOB4 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729204526/https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-mexico-residents-oppose-companys-push-to-use-more-water/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Mooresville, North Carolina=== Niagara announced a bottling plant in Mooresville, North Carolina in 2011, for which they received a grant of $200,000 from the One North Carolina fund.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-22 |title=Niagara Bottling to create new jobs with new plant in Mooresville |url=https://www.wbtv.com/story/14959123/niagara-bottling-brings-new-jobs-7-44-million-to-mooresville |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=WBTV |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730212944/https://www.wbtv.com/story/14959123/niagara-bottling-brings-new-jobs-7-44-million-to-mooresville/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Findlay Township, Pennsylvania=== In 2018, Niagara announced plans to build a $64 million bottling plant in Findlay Township, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web |author=News Desk |title=Niagara Bottling Expands Operations in Findlay Township, Pennsylvania |url=http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/10-23-2018/niagara-bottling-findlay-township-allegheny-county-pennsylvania.shtml |website=area development.com |publisher=Area Development |accessdate=13 November 2018 |date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=2018-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165832/http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/10-23-2018/niagara-bottling-findlay-township-allegheny-county-pennsylvania.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Florence, South Carolina=== In February 2020, Niagara announced plans to build a $70 million bottling plant in the Pee Dee Touchstone Energy Commerce Park northeast of Florence, South Carolina. Operations are expected to be online by the first quarter of 2021.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
===Seguin, Texas=== In 2019, Niagara added additional infrastructure to their current output.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
===Chesterfield County, Virginia=== In 2017, Niagara completed building a large bottling and warehouse facility in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The facility has 557,000 sq ft on 62 acres and uses 900,000gal of water a day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Niagara Bottling's Manufacturing and Bottling Facility, Virginia |url=https://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/niagara-bottlings-manufacturing-and-bottling-facility-virginia/ |website=packaging-gate.com |publisher=packaging gate |accessdate=7 July 2018 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707063133/https://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/niagara-bottlings-manufacturing-and-bottling-facility-virginia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Frederickson, Washington=== A 311,000-square-foot bottling facility opened in Frederickson, Washington in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/frederickson-the-manufacturing-boom-town/2444514/ | title=Frederickson, the manufacturing boom town | Tacoma Daily Index | date=14 January 2019 | access-date=5 March 2022 | archive-date=5 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305194708/https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/frederickson-the-manufacturing-boom-town/2444514/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
===Hazle Township, Pennsylvania=== Niagara Bottling is constructing a 1,190,000-square-foot production facility in the Humboldt Industrial Park in Hazle Township. The facility, which is expected to be operational in Spring, 2022, will serve customers in Pennsylvania and the northeast U.S. 2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesleader.com/news/1530985/niagara-bottling-to-openg-new-production-facility-in-hazle-township|title=Niagara Bottling to open new production facility in Hazle Township|first=William|last=O'Boyle|date=December 23, 2021|website=Times Leader|access-date=September 5, 2023|archive-date=September 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905200234/https://www.timesleader.com/news/1530985/niagara-bottling-to-openg-new-production-facility-in-hazle-township|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Elko New Market, Minnesota=== Niagara Bottling constructed a 425,000 square foot facility in Elko New Market’s I-35 Industrial Park in an investment worth $125 million. The plant obtains its water from the city’s existing water system via a transmission pipe already in place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Park I-35 Industrial Park/Beverage Manufacturing Facility FAQ |url=https://www.ci.enm.mn.us/index.asp?SEC=2B21756D-F7C7-49D1-8F9E-4F7FFA982A8A&Type=B_BASIC |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=www.ci.enm.mn.us |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416030227/https://www.ci.enm.mn.us/index.asp?SEC=2B21756D-F7C7-49D1-8F9E-4F7FFA982A8A&Type=B_BASIC |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also== * Nestlé Waters North America * List of bottled water brands
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.niagarawater.com Official website]
Category:Bottled water brands Category:Drink companies based in California Category:Drink companies of Mexico Category:Privately held companies based in Diamon Bar, California