Frito-Lay North America has unveiled the results of its inaugural US Snack Index polling consumers on what snacks they plan to serve on Super Bowl Sunday.
The University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, is serving as a test site for PepsiCo’s Snackbots delivering better-for-you snack and beverage brands from Hello Goodness via an app.
Did you know that Lay’s potato chips were first sold from the back of a car? If not, here are 10 more interesting facts about the PepsiCo-owned brand of potato chips to nibble on.
Tritordeum has added another award to its belt with the nomination of the Best Better-for-You Ingredient of the Year at the Food Matters Live Awards 2018.
Quaker Oats is recalling its Cap’n Crunch’s Peanut Butter Crunch cereal from Target stores in three US states after tests showed the potential presence of Salmonella.
PepsiCo's Walkers is recalling its Thai Sweet Chilli Sensations crisps (potato chips) over fears the snack could trigger reactions in consumers allergic to gluten.
Mintel has revealed that modern takes on sustainability, health and wellness, and convenience will be the biggest influences of innovation next year, the latter certainly opening opportunities for the bakery and snacks sectors.
PepsiCo has chosen 10 emerging food and beverage startups, four of which play in the snacks category, to join its first collaborative accelerator program in North America.
From an ingenious vessel created to appeal to consumers who want to eat cereal on the go, to a new lineup of healthy yogurt and cheese snacks for kids from PepsiCo and the launch of Party Milkshake biscuits from Fox’s, BakeryandSnacks has scoured the...
Only a handful of women lead with world’s largest companies. Fortune 500 lists 20 in the position of CEO – actually, now 18 following the departure of PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and Campbell Soup’s Denise Morrison – down from 32 in 2017.
FMCG giants join global pledge to fight plastic pollution; Campbell in fight to avoid split; Mondelēz set to up prices of biscuits in the US; and Grupo Bimbo’s CEO wins CSR award.
Everyone loves a good snack, and while the slant has definitely skewed towards healthier options that offer nutritional benefits, the salty snack sector still remains king.
The e-commerce data provider has revealed that PepsiCo and Kellogg account for six of the 10 best-selling breakfast cereal products on Amazon in the US, driving the overall category’s year-to-date (YTD) sales by 25%.
The snacks and beverage giant has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the India’s Odisha State Government to set up a potato chips unit in the district to support its initiative to promote a new variety of potato.
Just before handing the reins to Ramon Laguarta, CEO Indra Nooyi reported PepsiCo’s third quarter growth was at all-time in the past 12 quarters and was the ‘largest contributor to food and beverage growth’ in US retail during the period.
Nestlé announced it closed its joint venture with the Indofood Group last month, while PepsiCo reiterated its stance to not source palm oil – either directly or indirectly – from the company and its subsidiaries, purportedly linked to deforestation and...
PepsiCo has announced it will select 10 startups that can drive change to the industry to support the launch of its food and beverage accelerator program in North America.
New York-based startup Cargo – which provides in-car commerce to the rideshare economy – has signed an exclusive partnership deal with driver app Uber to offer a vending serving to passengers.
Pepsi posted a second-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates, helped by strong sales of Frito-Lay and other salty snacks, which offset pressures as health conscious consumers shift away from colas.
PepsiCo India will launch its first plant-based packaging for Frito-Lay and KurKure snack productslater this year in its effort to tackle domestic plastic waste.
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) plans to launch a raft of South Asian breakfast options to capitalize on the Indian consumer’s growing demand for more traditional products.
PepsiCo posted a 4.3% net revenue growth and a 2.3% organic revenue growth in Q1 2018, driven by Frito-Lay’s ‘solid performance’ in North America, according to PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.
F&B launches that fused healthier-for-you attributes with indulgence raked in the most sizable year-one sales, according to IRI's 2017 New Product Pacesetters report.
Kellogg Company, Post, PepsiCo, Unilever, General Mills and ConAgra Foods are some of the suppliers to have joined with Walmart in its ‘Fight Hunger. Spark Change’ program in the US and Puerto Rico.
PepsiCo-owned Quaker Oats has collaborated with South Korea snack maker Lotte Confectionary to enter the fast-growing Korean cereal market currently dominated by Kellogg’s and Post in JVs with local producers.
Kellogg’s, PepsiCo, PZ Cussons and Kraft Heinz are among the companies listed by Greenpeace that are allegedly dragging their feet in eliminating Indonesian palm oil from their supply chains.
A California couple have filed lawsuits against Kellogg Company and Frito-Lay North America alleging the chip makes have deceptively advertised their Salt & Vinegar chips as ‘naturally flavored’.
Elizabeth Roark, a registered dietitian and principal nutrition scientist for PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay, said not all snacks should or will fall into the health and wellness space.
Japanese snack giant Calbee posted a profit decline for its third quarter results for fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 due to sharp slowdown in North America, possibly putting its business partnership with PepsiCo on the line.
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...
PepsiCo has called reports of it launching snacks specifically for women inaccurate, noting 'We already have Doritos for women - they’re called Doritos - and they’re enjoyed by millions of people every day.'
Mars plans to quit industry-funded science group, the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), and says it will support research regardless of results after making its science policy public.
Sustainability efforts made by some of Europe’s leading food manufacturers slashed CO2 emissions from manufacturing operations by more than half in 2016 compared to a 1990 baseline, says the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).