Schweppes

Schweppes (/ʃwɛps/[1][2][3] or /ˈʃvɛpəs/, German pronunciation: [ˈʃvɛpəs]) is a beverage brand that originated in the Republic of Geneva and that is sold around the world. It includes a variety of lemonade, carbonated waters and ginger ales.

Schweppes
TypeCarbonated mineral water
DistributorKeurig Dr Pepper (North America, Japan, Philippines)
The Coca-Cola Company (UK, China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, South America, South Africa and Egypt)
Schweppes Australia (Australia)
Country of originGeneva, Republic of Geneva
Introduced1783 (1783)
Websitewww.schweppes.com

History
An 1883 advertisement for Schweppe's Mineral-Waters

In the late 18th century, Johann Jacob Schweppe developed a process to manufacture carbonated mineral water based on the discoveries of Joseph Priestley. Schweppe founded the Schweppes Company in Geneva in 1783 to sell carbonated water.[4] In 1792, he moved to London to develop the business there. In 1843, Schweppes commercialised Malvern Water at the Holywell Spring in the Malvern Hills, which was to become a favourite of the British Royal Family until parent company Coca-Cola closed the historic plant in 2010 to local outcry.[5]

In 1969, the Schweppes Company merged with Cadbury to become Cadbury Schweppes. After acquiring many other brands in the ensuing years, the company was split in 2008, with its US beverage unit becoming Keurig Dr Pepper and separated from its global confectionery business (now part of Mondelez International).[6] Keurig Dr Pepper is the current owner of the Schweppes trademark in the United States.

The Japanese Asahi Group bought Schweppes Australia in 2008 from Cadbury,[7] and owns the trademark in Australia.

Schweppes International Limited owns the trademark in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.[8]

The Coca-Cola Company owns the Schweppes brand in the UK[9] and New Zealand.[10]

Mainstay Schweppes products include ginger ale (1870),[11] bitter lemon (1957),[12] and tonic water (the first carbonated tonic – 1871).[13]

Marketing

During the 1920s and 1930s, the artist William Barribal created a range of posters for Schweppes.[14] In 1945, the advertising agency S.T.Garland Advertising Service Ltd., London coined the word 'Schweppervescence' which was first used the following year. Thereafter it was used extensively in advertisements produced by Garlands who sold copyright of this word to the Schweppes Company for £150 five years later when they relinquished the account.

An ad campaign in the 1950s and 1960s featured a real-life veteran British naval officer named Commander Whitehead, who described the product's bubbly flavour (effervescence) as evanescence.[15] Comedian Benny Hill also appeared in a series of Schweppes TV commercials in the 1960s.

Another campaign, voiced by British actor William Franklyn, made use of onomatopoeia in their commercials: "Schhh… You know who." after the sound of the gas escaping as one opens the bottle.[16][17]

References
  1. "Schweppes Ginger Beer advertisement". The New Yorker: 115. 25 March 1950. (rhymes with peps)
  2. Wells, J. C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd edn, Harlow, UK: Longman
  3. Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, et al. (2011). Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary, 18th edn, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
  4. Morgenthaler, Jeffrey (2014). Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique. Chronicle Books. p. 54. ISBN 9781452130279.
  5. Morris, Steven (21 October 2010). "Malvern Water to cease production". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. "Cadbury plc Demerger" (Press release). Cadbury plc. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  7. "Schweppes sold for $1.2bn". Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. "Schweppes". Schweppes.
  9. "Schweppes > Coca-Cola Customer Hub". Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. https://www.coca-colajourney.co.nz/brands/schweppes
  11. "Ginger Ale | Schweppes". Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  12. "Schweppes Bitter Lemon". Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  13. "Premium Mixers | Schweppes".
  14. Simmons, Douglas A. (1983). Schweppes® The First 200 Years. London: Springwood Books. ISBN 0-86254-104-2.
  15. "Advertising Mascots > Commander Whitehead (Schweppes Tonic Water)". Tv Acres. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  16. "Schweppes Tonic Water TV Advert by O & M". Youtube. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  17. "Schweppes- Für die Macher von heuter". Youtube. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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