PepsiCo

American Beverage Association appoints new CEO

06-Sep-2018 By Beth Newhart

The American Beverage Association (ABA) has appointed Katherine Lugar as CEO and president, effective later this year. She will replace Susan K. Neely, who served in the role for 13 years.

PepsiCo aims for 50% recycled plastic in EU by 2030

05-Sep-2018 By Niamh Michail

PepsiCo is aiming to use 50% recycled plastic in its bottles across the European Union by 2030.

PepsiCo buys SodaStream for $3.2bn

21-Aug-2018 By Beth Newhart

PepsiCo announced Monday that it has acquired Israel-based SodaStream International for $144 per share in a deal valued at $3.2 billion.

EBRD supports Egypt’s Beyti with $44m loan

16-Aug-2018 By Jim Cornall

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing Egyptian dairy and juice producer, the International Company for Agricultural Industries Projects, S.A.E (Beyti), with a $44m loan.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi to step down

06-Aug-2018 By Rachel Arthur

Indra K. Nooyi is to end her tenure as PepsiCo CEO after more than a decade in the role, with Ramon Laguarta elected to succeed her.

PepsiCo grows Gatorade with G Zero: ‘The lapsed Gatorade consumer doesn’t want the calories, but they want the Gatorade brand’

17-Jul-2018 By Rachel Arthur

Gatorade Zero – PepsiCo’s sugar free version of Gatorade – is 'off to a great start', according to PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi; highlighting trademark Gatorade as a stronghold in PepsiCo’s North American Beverages Unit.

Savory, spicy and botanical: Exotic flavors can breathe new life into soda

11-Jul-2018 By Rachel Arthur

More innovative flavors can engage consumers with the carbonated soft drink (CSD) category, according to market research company Mintel.

PepsiCo launches ‘The Hive’ to support promising new brands

11-Jul-2018 By Rachel Arthur

PepsiCo has launched an innovation group, called The Hive, to boost the performance of its most promising new products.

California agrees on last-minute compromise to ban soda taxes for 12 years

02-Jul-2018 By Beth Newhart

California agreed Thursday to pass a ban on all new local soda taxes until 2031.

Open call for candidates: PepsiCo accelerator hunts for 10 start-ups

17-May-2018 By Niamh Michail

After helping 2017's winners generate growth worth €10 million, PepsiCo's accelerator programme Nutrition Greenhouse is looking for 10 more start-ups for the 2018 round.

Danone, Coca-Cola, Nestlé among firms to sign plastic packaging pledge

26-Apr-2018 By Joseph James Whitworth

Britvic, Danone, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo are among more than 40 businesses that have pledged to reduce plastic packaging waste in the UK by 2025.

Bundaberg Brewed Drinks broadens footprint through PepsiCo distribution partnership

07-Mar-2018 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Australia's Bundaberg Brewed Drinks has entered a distribution partnership with PepsiCo, bringing its craft sodas to more than 400,000 US stores, restaurants, and bars later this month.

From smoothies to snacks: PepsiCo launches Naked fruit, nut and veggie bars

23-Feb-2018 By Douglas Yu

PepsiCo has unveiled a line of fruit, nut and veggies snack bars under Naked for the first time in the brand’s 30 year history.

‘A vision to rethink the way people drink’: PepsiCo launches Drinkfinity in the US

21-Feb-2018 By Rachel Arthur

Drinkfinity – a personalized beverage system that uses ingredient pods with a reusable vessel – has launched in the US.

PepsiCo CEO says North America Beverages unit ‘still has tremendous room to improve’

14-Feb-2018 By Mary Ellen Shoup

PepsiCo’s CEO says 2018 will be a year of 'robust marketing in innovation' for its legacy and new, innovative beverage brands after organic sales of the company’s North American Beverages segment - its largest division - slipped by 3% in Q4...