Burlington Free Press

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Micropack will take over Vermont Pure's retail bottled water and private label bottling businesses. Sales for that part of the business were $22.4 million for retail and $4 million for gallons last fiscal year, which ended Oct. 31. About 80 percent of the Randolph plant's retail business was the so-called private label bottling in which the
company bottled water on behalf of major retailers such as grocery stores and pharmacies to sell under their own brands, Fallon said. The remaining 20 percent of the company's retail business was in single-serve bottles sold in grocery and convenience stores under the Vermont Pure or Hidden Spring brands.