Pepsico news and trends

CPG Companies Seek Efficiencies and Diversification to Mitigate Tariff Challenges
Retail // April 24, 2025

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are working to add efficiencies and diversify their sourcing as they deal with the effects of current and potential future tariffs. Procter & Gamble (P&G) executives said during a Thursday (April 24) earnings call that the biggest impacts the company...

Trump’s Tariff Freeze: What Could Have Happened if They Stayed in Place?
Economy // April 10, 2025

Hate to say you read it here first, but here’s a prescient quote left on the cutting room floor from PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster’s interview with QED Investors partner Amias Gerety just two days ago: “Because this is a self-inflicted economic wound, we get an...

Consumer Snack Caution Leaves Convenience Stores in a Lurch
Economy // March 13, 2025

For many American consumers, rising prices have rendered cherished convenience store snacks off-limits. And as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (March 13), this shift is dampening sales of chips and candy bars and eating into convenience store revenues. American convenience store sales volume dropped by...

Kroger Appoints PepsiCo Veteran David Kennerley as Incoming CFO
Personnel // February 12, 2025

Kroger said Wednesday (Feb. 12) that PepsiCo veteran David Kennerley will join the company as senior vice president on March 10 and take on the additional role of chief financial officer (CFO) on April 3. Kennerley will succeed interim CFO Todd Foley, who will continue...

Interviews & Exclusives
Trump’s Tariff Freeze: What Could Have Happened if They Stayed in Place?

April 10, 2025
Hate to say you read it here first, but here’s a prescient quote left on the cutting room floor from PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster’s interview with QED Investors partner Amias Gerety just two days ago: “Because this is a self-inflicted economic wound, we get an extra dollop of uncertainty. Trump could reverse all of these […]

Coke And Pepsi Serve Up New Strategies For A Post-COVID World

July 21, 2020
Carbonated soft drinks, as a category, is getting accustomed to change. Consumers were already buying less sugary soda when COVID-19 hit, and second-quarter earnings reports from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo show...

Ripple Sizzles, Retail Sales Fizzle And PepsiCo Makes Digital Deliver

February 16, 2018
PepsiCo turned some heads with its quarterly earnings call announcement that it would take some of its tax reform windfall and reinvest it in improving the firm’s eCommerce efforts. According to PepsiCo CEO...

Quick Reads
CPG Companies Seek Efficiencies and Diversification to Mitigate Tariff Challenges

April 24, 2025
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are working to add efficiencies and diversify their sourcing as they deal with the effects of current and potential future tariffs. Procter & Gamble (P&G) executives said during a Thursday (April 24) earnings call that the biggest impacts the company is experiencing so far are on its imports of raw […]

Consumer Snack Caution Leaves Convenience Stores in a Lurch

March 13, 2025
For many American consumers, rising prices have rendered cherished convenience store snacks off-limits. And as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (March 13), this shift is dampening sales of chips and...

Kroger Appoints PepsiCo Veteran David Kennerley as Incoming CFO

February 12, 2025
Kroger said Wednesday (Feb. 12) that PepsiCo veteran David Kennerley will join the company as senior vice president on March 10 and take on the additional role of chief financial...

Pepsi Sees ‘Blue Ocean Of Opportunity’ in Away-From-Home Foods

February 04, 2025
With snack food demand slipping, PepsiCo is looking to opportunities outside consumers’ homes. The food and beverage giant released earnings Tuesday (Feb. 4) showing a drop in sales. While worldwide...