Pepsi news and trends

From Real-Time Home Sales to Virtual Realms: Brands Ride the Super Bowl Wave
Retail // February 10, 2024

As Super Bowl weekend has consumers across the United States focused on one thing, brands and retailers are going all out to seize the opportunity to capture shoppers’ attention. According to the NFL, 200 million people watched last year’s Super Bowl, 60% of the U.S....

Carrefour Pulls Pepsi From Shelves in Price Tussle — Will Devoted Fans Pop Over to...
Retail // January 04, 2024

Coke or Pepsi? The perennial debate takes a new twist in the price negotiation battle between retailers and global food giants. Carrefour has decided to stop stocking PepsiCo products in France, including Pepsi, Lay’s chips, and 7Up, citing their increased costs. While this decision aligns...

PepsiCo: Budget-Conscious Consumers Buy Name-Brand Products in Smaller Amounts
Earnings // October 10, 2023

Rather than trading down to lower-priced brands, many shoppers are buying the same name-brand products in smaller amounts, according to PepsiCo. The food and beverage giant shared in prepared remarks Tuesday (Oct. 10) accompanying the release of its third-quarter earnings results that it has seen...

PepsiCo: Ghost Kitchens Need Better Menu Storytelling to Build Trust
Restaurant innovation // November 30, 2022

Without physical spaces to establish trust, ghost kitchens must work harder to build customer relationships. In an interview with PYMNTS, André Moraes, senior director of marketing at PepsiCo Foodservice and head of PepsiCo Foodservice’s Digital Lab, explained what the food and beverage giant learned from...

Interviews & Exclusives
Pepsi Says Shift To eCommerce, At-Home And Health Is Permanent

July 13, 2021
PepsiCo said on Tuesday (July 13) that it is positioning itself to capture a post-COVID consumer shift that will see continued migration toward digital commerce and online shopping, as well as an ongoing increase in stay-at-home activities and maintaining a healthier lifestyle. The comments come as the New York-based soft drink and packaged foods giant […]

Quick Reads
Pepsi: Snack, Soda Consumer Resiliency Drives Growth

April 23, 2024
PepsiCo is crediting its quarterly growth to resilient consumer behavior, especially on an international scale.  The soda and snack food giant on Tuesday (April 23) released earnings showing 2.3% net revenue growth, while forecasting an additional 4% for the coming year. “I would say the consumer globally, we think, is very resilient,” Ramon Laguarta, PepsiCo’s chairman and CEO, […]

Apple Music Replaces Pepsi as NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show Sponsor

September 23, 2022
When Super Bowl LVII kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona, the halftime show will be sponsored by Apple Music, replacing Pepsi for the first time in...

Amazon, Pepsi, Others Agree to Hire 20K Refugees

September 19, 2022
Amazon, Pepsi and Pfizer are among a host of companies that have agreed to hire 22,725 refugees to fill jobs in the U.S. That’s according to the Tent Partnership for Refugees,...

Pepsi Launches ‘Dig In’ Campaign To Boost Black-Owned Restaurants

January 04, 2021
Pepsi has launched a new campaign called “Dig In” aimed at helping generate sales of at least $100 million for Black-owned restaurants around the country, which have been particularly hard-hit...