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Tag Archives: PepsiCo
A leopard like PepsiCo cannot change its spots
PepsiCo makes money selling salty and sugary foods and whatever the aims it has stated in Performance with Purpose, it cannot get away from this, says Michele Simon. Read article at The Guardian (UK).
PepsiCo: Master of Corporate Spin?
When I ask people to name the largest food company in America, most don’t realize the answer is PepsiCo. You may just think soft drinks when you hear the name, but PepsiCo actually owns a dizzying array of food and … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Child Nutrition, Lobbying, Marketing to kids, Public Health
Tagged Big Food, food industry lobbyists, junk food, marketing to kids, PepsiCo, public health
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Lawsuit Alleges Frito-Lay’s GMO Snacks Aren’t “Natural”
In August, I reported on a lawsuit against ConAgra for deceptive labeling of its Wesson brand of cooking oils as “natural.” The case alleges that the products contain genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), which are not by any stretch of the imagination, … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, GMOs
Tagged American Dietetics Association, FDA, Frito-Lay, junk food, Monsanto, natural, PepsiCo
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PepsiCo wants to “scare the crap” out of your kids
The “chainsaw-wielding maniac” from Frito-Lay’s online game. PepsiCo has long been my poster child for food corporations whose actions speak louder than words when to comes to responsible marketing. CEO Indra Nooyi loves to tout the company’s “Performance with Purpose” … Continue reading
One health blogger’s change of heart over Pepsi Refresh
My readers know by now that I am not exactly a fan of PepsiCo’s mega-marketing campaign disguised as philanthropy known as the Pepsi Refresh Project. As I wrote about previously, the nation’s largest food company is exploiting schoolchildren as young … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Uncategorized
Tagged corporate grants, marketing practices, Megan Yarbrough, Pepsi Refresh, PepsiCo
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Too noisy to save the environment? Frito-Lay responds to SunChips compostable bag debacle
These days, many companies–and especially food companies–are falling over each other to prove their green cred to consumers. But given the usual challenges of trying to save the planet while you’re destroying it, most efforts amount to a whole lot … Continue reading
Why are healthy food advocates stumping for Pepsi?
As I wrote last month, it can get pretty annoying when your friends harass you to vote for their favorite cause to “win” a grant from the now-ubiquitous Pepsi Refresh Project.
While we battle over ingredients like HFCS, Big Food is winning the processed food war
If there was Twitter for food only, today’s trending topic would have been the Big News that the Corn Refiners Association (yes, there are lobbyists for people who refine corn) is asking the Food and Drug Administration to rename high-fructose … Continue reading