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Tar Sands and Soda? Launching the Future Fleet Campaign

Michael Marx | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Read More: Tar Sands, Coca-Cola, Climate Change, Keystone XL, Carbon Emissions, Pepsi, Sierra Club, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News
Michael Marx

The Sierra Club is joining and expanding this successful effort to convince even more companies to get on board and go even further to reduce their oil consumption altogether. To date, the climate movement has largely given large corporate oil consumers a free pass. Those days are over.

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PepsiCo Investors Push Company To Break Up With... Pepsi

Quartz | Gina Chon | Posted 04.19.2013 | Business
Read More: Pepsi Profits, Soda Industry, Pepsico Profits, Pepsi Breakup, Pepsi, Pepsico, Business News

Quartz: Did Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi throw activist investors a bone yesterday? During the call to discuss the company’s latest earnings, Nooyi sa...

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FASHION FLASHBACK: Beyonce Reminds Us Of Britney Spears' Pepsi Commercial

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Adams | Posted 04.04.2013 | Style
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Beyonce's Pepsi commercial is pretty great. But you already know this -- if you didn't spend the morning under a wifi-less rock, that is. The star ...

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Major Changes For Pepsi CEO

AP | Posted 03.24.2013 | Business
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NEW YORK -- PepsiCo gave CEO Indra Nooyi a pay package worth $12.6 million last year, down 11 percent from the previous year, as the soda-and-snack fo...

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Pepsi Makes Big Change

AP | Posted 05.21.2013 | Business
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NEW YORK -- Pepsi is rolling out a new shape for its 20-ounce bottle for the first time in about 17 years. The new bottle has a contoured bottom ha...

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SXSW SHINGERVIEW: Bonin Bough, Vice President of Global Media and Consumer Engagement at Mondelēz International

David Shing | Posted 05.11.2013 | Business
Read More: Bonin Bough, Superbowl, Mobile, Oreo, David Shing, Media, Pepsi, Bonin, Sxsw, Interview, Kraft, Tech, Social, Digital, Mondolez, Shing, Gaming, Superbowl Commercials, Video, Business News
David Shing

Oreo has quickly emerged as the hot brand here in Austin -- a place so overrun with marketing ploys it's almost impossible to stand out.

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Pepsi Vending Machine Sold Malt Liquor

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 02.27.2013 | DC
Read More: Pepsi Vending Machine Malt Liquor, Video, Pepsi Vending Machine, Washington DC, Vending Machine, Vending Machine Malt Liquor, Pepsi, Washington Dc Vending Machine, DC News

There isn't really a good way to spin a recent report of a Pepsi machine in the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington, D.C. that was rigged to vend malt...

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Answering Mark Bittman: Why Does Beyoncè Think It's OK to Sell Pepsi?

Rajiv Narayan | Posted 03.30.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Beyonce Pepsi, Super Bowl Halftime Show, Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Obesity, Pepsi, Mark Bittman, Super Bowl, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Advertising, Let's Move, Beyonce Pepsi Deal, McDonald's, Beyonce Knowles, Entertainment News
Rajiv Narayan

New York Times food journalist Mark Bittman asked, "Why Do Stars Think It's OK to Sell Soda?" The question is brilliant, but goes unanswered -- a rhetorical question where perhaps we'd do better than to take the answer for granted.

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According to Kids, Coke and the Critics Are Missing the Point

Rose Cameron | Posted 03.29.2013 | Business
Read More: Kids Advertising, Kids Marketing, Pepsi Marketing, Coca Cola Marketing, Soda Marketing Kids, Coke Marketing, Pepsi Advertising, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Business News
Rose Cameron

The industry doesn't get it. Not many kids crave Coke or sip it from that iconic bottle because it is 'sugar and fizzy water,' they love or loved Coke because of its marketing.

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Gatorade To Remove Controversial Ingredient

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 03.27.2013 | Business
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NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints. ...

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How Big Soda Co-Opted the NAACP and Hispanic Federation

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.27.2013 | Taste
Read More: Coca-Cola, Soda Ban, New York Soda Ban, Soda, Bloomberg Soda Ban, Ssb, Sugary Drinks, Pepsi, Hispanic Federation, Naacp, Taste News
Nancy Huehnergarth

It seems unconscionable that the NAACP and the Hispanic Federation are supporting Big Soda rather than their constituents' health -- particularly when their communities have been disproportionately impacted by obesity and related chronic disease like diabetes, heart disease, asthma and certain cancers.

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Parents, Don't Let Beyoncé, Let's Move! Spokeswoman, Tell Your Kids To Guzzle Pepsi

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Read More: Michelle Obama, Nutrition, Soda, Let's Move, Fitness, Beyonce, Ssb, Obesity, Pepsi, Childhood Obesity, Parents News
Nancy Huehnergarth

A noisy grassroots uprising against Beyoncé could get other celebrities to back off from endorsing non-nutritious products to impressionable kids. Remember, once upon a time, celebrities regularly promoted tobacco products. Now, they wouldn't be caught dead hawking cigarettes.

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Why I Won't Listen to Beyonce

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 03.23.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Michelle Obama, Inauguration 2013, Obama Inauguration, Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Beyonce, Obesity, Pepsi, Super Bowl, Sugar, Childhood Obesity, Soft Drinks, Inauguration, Soda, Beyonce Inauguration, Let's Move, Ssb, Pepsico, Black Voices News
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore

You would have to be living in a bubble to have missed the news that Beyonce cut a reported $50 million deal with PepsiCo. Although the deal may meet Beyonce's and Pepsi's mutually-beneficial marketing needs, it does not serve the best interests of the U.S. public.

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Coke's Ad on Obesity Is Brilliant

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.18.2013 | Healthy Living
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Nancy Huehnergarth

Obesity prevention funders can continue to fund dozens of small local or regional anti-soda/anti-junk food campaigns that will have limited impact. Or, they can try something different -- like banding together and funding one brilliant national counter-marketing campaign.

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Why Beyonce Is the Wrong Star for the Star-Spangled Banner

Laurie David | Posted 03.16.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Huffington, Huffington Magazine, Huffmag, Obama Inauguration, Soda, Beyonce Star Spangled Banner, Beyonce, Ssb, Obesity, Pepsi, Entertainment News
Laurie David

Enough is enough. Beyoncé's Pepsi deal was a serious lapse of judgment. And the White House tarnishes its own "brand" by selecting her to sing the national anthem at the inauguration, unwittingly boosting the beverage industry that is helping to drive the obesity epidemic.

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The Evolution Of Pepsi's Logo

Posted 12.28.2012 | Home
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When we think of Pepsi, we envision a red, white and blue circle, waving like a flag. But a version of the iconic logo that we now attribute to the so...

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Beyonce, Please Put the Pepsi Down

Ernest Owens | Posted 02.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Beyonce Pepsi, Beyonce Baby, Beyonce, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Obesity, Pepsi, Childhood Obesity, Beyonce Crazy in Love, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Beyonce Pepsi Deal, Beyonce Knowles, Healthy Living Health News, Obesity America, Healthy Living News
Ernest Owens

Looking into the future, as a mother, can you imagine Blue Ivy drinking Pepsi over something like Juicy Juice or Pediasure? I doubt it, neither would our first lady.

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Let's Ask Marion: Is Beyoncé's Private Gain the Public's Pain?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.17.2013 | Business
Read More: Public Health, Dr. Marion Nestle, Diabetes, Pepsi, Beyoncé, Childhood Obesity, Business News
Kerry Trueman

Do celebrities with Beyoncé's massive influence on young kids have a moral obligation to consider the horrendous impact of excessive soda consumption in our culture when they mull over megabuck branding opportunities?

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Diet Pepsi Quietly Changes Recipe

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 02.27.2013 | Taste
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NEW YORK -- Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener ahead of a major rebranding of the soft drink set for next month. The change comes as PepsiC...

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Beyoncé & PepsiCo: The $50 Million Deal with the Devil

Kristin Wartman | Posted 02.12.2013 | Home
Read More: Diabetes, Obesity, Pepsi, Childhood Obesity, Pepsico, Beyoncé, Home News
Kristin Wartman

There's no doubt that these Pepsi ad executives know what they're doing, they've taken one of the biggest pop stars and sex symbols in the world, and conflated her talent and success with their product -- it is marketing genius. But who suffers as a result?

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Beyonce's Pepsi Deal Pisses Me Off: Here's Why

Starre Vartan | Posted 02.27.2013 | Green
Read More: Soda Ban, Video, Michelle Obama, Celebrity Endorsements, Beyonce Pepsi, Health, Soda, Beyonce Pepsi Deal, Beyonce, Ssb, Celebrity, Pepsi, Unhealthy Food, Green News
Starre Vartan

Not much more than a year and a half after working with Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign Let's Move, Beyonce has recently signed a $50 million deal with Pepsi, which already includes her parading around pantsless pushing a cart of soda cans.

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The Problem With Beyonce's Pepsi Deal

Dawn V. Woollen | Posted 02.28.2013 | Taste
Read More: Soda Ban, Celebrity Endorsements, Beyonce Pepsi, Soda, Bloomberg Soda Ban, Beyonce Pepsi Deal, Beyonce, Sugary Drinks, Pepsi, Childhood Obesity, Taste News
Dawn V. Woollen

Beyonce's $50,000,000 deal with Pepsi provided a stark contrast to a New York Times article this week about the decreasing childhood obesity rates in several cities across the United States.

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PHOTO: Pepsi And Chicken-Flavored Lay's Potato Chip

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Video, China Potato Chip Flavors, Lay's, Pepsi Chicken Flavored Potato Chip, Weird Potato Chip Flavors, Pepsi Potato Chip, Potato Chip, Pepsi, China, Pepsico, Home News

Overseas markets have yielded a slew of weird and wacky snack flavors of late, particularly in the potato chip realm. The latest example: PepsiCo, whi...

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Beyonce's $50 Million Deal

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 12.10.2012 | Entertainment
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Beyonce has signed a $50 million deal with Pepsi, The New York Times reports. The agreement includes traditional promotional appearances and a new com...

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Could Pepsi Impact Uganda's Controversial 'Kill The Gays' Bill?

Posted 12.05.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Uganda Gay Rights, Video, Pepsi Uganda, Gay Rights, Uganda Kill Gays Bill, Global Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Uganda Gays, Uganda, Uganda Anti-Gay Bill, Pepsi, Pepsico, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Gay Voices News

An international soft drink giant is being pressured to take a stance on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights as Uganda's infamous "ki...

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