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**Coca-Cola Great Britain has acquired Waters & Robson, the owner of the Abbey Well water brand, according to Marketing Week. It will join premium water brand Malvern in the Coke portfolio.**

Abbey Well will be bottled and distributed by Coca-Cola Enterprises, which will take over its base in Morpeth, Northumberland on completion of the deal. It will also see its staff move to CCE.

Sanjay Guha, President of Coca-Cola Great Britain, said: "We have been looking for the right bottled water opportunity to expand the range of drinks we offer consumers for some time, and in Abbey Well we have acquired a natural, sustainable and high-quality British sourced water."

Cocal-Cola GB's last acquisition was the purchase of the Schweppes drinks brands in 1999, though its parent company – The Coca Cola Company – acquired vitamin water brand Glaceau in June last year for a record $4.1bn.