PepsiCo products are being pulled from some Carrefour grocery stores in Europe over price hikes
Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Layโs potato chips, Quaker Oats and its namesake soda.
PepsiCo is donating $50K to Prairie View A&M University during the collegeโs homecoming this Saturday: Hereโs why
This week, Prairie View A&M University is celebrating educational excellence amongst alumni and current students, but the university is also receiving a big gift to address a critical need amongst institutions of higher learning across the nation.
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has memoir out in September
FILE - Indra Nooyi participates in an event on Oct. 9, 2018, in New York. The former PepsiCo CEO has a memoir titled "My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future" coming out Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)NEW YORK โ Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has a memoir coming out this fall that her publisher is calling an โunvarnished take" on her rise to becoming one of the world's most powerful women. โMy Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future" will be published Sept. 28, Portfolio Books announced Monday. She worked at PepsiCo for 24 years, 12 of them as CEO, before stepping down in 2018.
PepsiCo goes Beyond Meat in new partnership
PepsiCo is joining forces with Beyond Meat to develop new snacks and drinks made from plant-based proteins. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)PepsiCo and Beyond Meat are creating a joint venture to develop snacks and drinks made from plant-based proteins. The join venture gives Pepsi access to one of the leading plant-based meat companies at a time when consumers are increasingly cutting back on meat consumption and looking for healthier, more sustainable foods. Meat giant Tyson Foods, which used to own a stake in Beyond Meat, now has its own line of plant-based meats. U.S. sales of plant-based meat jumped 45% in the 52 weeks ending Jan. 16; traditional meat sales rose 19% in the same period, according to NielsenIQ, a data firm.
Aunt Jemima brand retired by Quaker due to racial stereotype
A box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix sits on a stovetop Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Harrison, N.Y. Pepsico is changing the name and marketing image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, according to media reports. (AP Photo/Courtney Dittmar)NEW YORK โ Americaโs painful struggles over racism have finally caught up with Aunt Jemima, that ubiquitous fixture served up at breakfast tables for 131 years. Quaker Oats announced Wednesday that it will retire the Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the characterโs origins are โbased on a racial stereotype.โ Indeed, the logo was inspired by 19th century minstrel celebrating the โmammy,โ a black woman content to serve her white masters. Richardson said Aunt Jemima epitomizes the dark comfort that some Americans take from imagery of black servitude, so normalized that it's on their box of pancake mix. Earlier this week, the singer Kirby posted a TikTok video called โHow to Make a Non Racist Breakfastโ explaining some of the backstory of the Aunt Jemima brand.