I walked into Tastee Fried Chicken yesterday to buy the usuals, you know Fried Chicken, fried rice, moi-moi, Meat-pie, Doughnut and a chilled Five Alive Juice to drown the whole lot. But I received a shocker! After the sales girl had given me the 5 Alive, it was as if she forgot something...she now went back to the fridge and gave me a cold bottled water made by...(wait for it)...GTBank! As shown in the picture below, the mini-sized bottled water had all the features or trappings of GTB dominantly displayed all over it - the GTBank logo, and orange, orange colour everywhere!

When I asked the sales girl whether GTBank is now into Bottled water business, she didn't say yes or no, but only said ''...well, we received it from them. But our Oga say, we should give 1 bottle free to any customer that buys things of over N1000.00''

So, in other words the GTB bottled water are not for sale or not for sale yet. So, can we then assume (that because they are not for sale) it is not a case of GTB taking over a debtor's business to probably realise their exposure? If that is the case, does it then mean that these samples are just promo samples, to test market acceptability before mass production? Does that also explain why the water is being made in mini-bottles (being sample test only)?

A closer examination of the mini-bottle revealed the following information: 'Bottled by Ash-Bert Beverages Ltd. Sapele'. The front side had the following inscription:'Natural Drinking Water Bottled Exclusively for GTBank' lol

The fear of Treasury Single Account is indeed the beginning of wisdom for banks (or is it for GTBank only)?

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That one na promo copy.....
Our Elders say...... Dem no dey stand one place watch masqurade

I don't knw oh..

Diversification indeed

I don't think it's gtb making the bottled water. It's possible that they have done their analytics and believe this is a way to keep their brand in public view. It's just like when I was much younger I used to wonder why coca Cola was still using available opportunities to keep their brand actively visual. I've learnt over the years that this is important. If you think the competition is not looking for ways to upstage you you gotta think again. They are doing so this very minute.
Let me use an analogy it's like when your partner, gf or wife, notice you're using her pic as screen saver or dp. She feels elated cos her brand is in view and fully engaged.

what do u expect when TSA is now in place... They've to seek for more customers, thats just one of the ways they think they can go about it..

are you for real.

This is a welcome development. Banks will be more responsive to their core duties: commercial banking. Give reasonable and workable loans.

We await them in agricultural sector, especially fish farming

jam04:
This is a welcome development. Banks will be more responsive to their core duties: commercial banking. Give reasonable and workable loans.

We await them in agricultural sector, especially fish farming

We pig farmers also await the banks

Interesting. They could be diversifying,lol. Or its probably a marketing strategy.

florakims:
Interesting. They could be diversifying,lol. Or its probably a marketing strategy.

It's just a branded water for special occasions. I've had it before. It's a normal thing for big corporations to brand certain products and gift items.
GTB just went a step further by branding their own water.

Brandnew2:

It's just a branded water for special occasions. I've had it before. It's a normal thing for big corporations to brand certain products and gift items.
GTB just went a step further by branding their own water.

Oh,I see