Sparkletts facts for kids

Sparkletts is a well-known brand of bottled water. It also delivers water and coffee to homes and offices. The company started in Los Angeles in 1925. Today, it is owned by DS Services of America, Inc.

The Story of Sparkletts

Sparkletts was started in 1925 by Burton N. Arnds Sr. and his partners in Los Angeles. Mr. Arnds was not happy with the city's water supply. So, he built a bottling plant near a special underground water source in east Los Angeles. He named his new company Sparkling Artesian Water Co.

More and more people wanted Sparkletts water. The company grew too big for its first building. So, Mr. Arnds built a much larger plant. This new plant was located north of downtown Los Angeles. It had plenty of fresh underground water, so no big storage tanks were needed.

In 1964, Sparkletts was sold to a company called Foremost Dairies. Later, Foremost Dairies became part of McKesson-Robbins. In the year 2000, Sparkletts joined the Danone Group. Then, in 2003, a new company called DS Waters was created. Sparkletts became one of its main bottled water delivery brands. In 2014, DS Waters of America, Inc. changed its name to DS Services of America, Inc.

Sparkletts delivers many popular drinks. These include FIJI Water, LaCroix, and Sparkling ICE. They also deliver different coffee brands. The company was even shown on the TV show Visiting... with Huell Howser in one of its episodes.

Helping the Environment and Communities

Sparkletts has helped communities in need. For example, they provided bottled water to about 200 people in a place called Hinkley, CA. The well water in Hinkley had a harmful chemical called chromium-6. This chemical came from a natural gas pumping station nearby.

The situation in Hinkley was even shown in a movie called "Erin Brockovich". The bottled water from Sparkletts helped the residents. It gave them safe water for cooking and drinking. This made life much easier for people who could not use their own tap water.