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PepsiCo said Wednesday it plans to close four US bottling plants and lay off nearly 400 workers as part of its efforts to streamline its operations. The company said the closures will impact 136 workers in Cincinnati; 131 in Chicago; 127 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and fewer than 50 in Atlanta. The Chicago plant is the only one that will fully close. PepsiCo confirmed that closure earlier this week. The company said sales, delivery and warehouse functions will continue at the other three locations. Earlier this month, PepsiCo lowered its sales forecast for the year as consumers in the US, China and elsewhere pulled back on buying its drinks and snacks after years of price hikes. PepsiCo's North American beverage sales fell 3 per cent in both the second and third quarters of this year. PepsiCo's net income fell 5 per cent to USD 2.9 billion in the July-September period. The company has repeatedly said it is sharply focused on efficiency and productivity gains. PepsiCo, which is ba

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola plan to launch budget-friendly soft drinks, known as B-brands, to safeguard the premium status of their flagship products and preserve profit margins

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In the AMESA (Africa, Middle east, South Asia) region the company's convenient foods unit volume declined 3 per cent in the 12 weeks ended September 7

The packaged food giant now expects fiscal 2024 organic sales to grow in a low single-digit range. It had previously forecast a 4 per cent rise

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the state's strong security environment and zero-tolerance policy towards crime have disturbed those who once saw crime as a profession. The chief minister was speaking at the inauguration of a new soft drink bottling and dairy product plant by Varun Beverages, a franchisee of PepsiCo, which was set up with an investment of Rs 1,170 crore near the Gorakhpur Link Expressway. "The state's strong security environment and zero-tolerance policy towards crime have disturbed those who once saw crime as a profession. Investment flourishes only in a secure environment. If people don't feel safe, their capital will also not be safe," he said. Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the youth to focus more on entrepreneurship instead of jobs, he said entrepreneurship is the most important medium to get more opportunities for employment. Adityanath said the developed countries have prioritized entrepreneurship, resea

With India's economy expanding at the fastest pace among major emerging markets, companies are trying to serve its diverse palette

The company's rivals, including Nestle and Unilever , also reported first-half sales growth below expectations

The company, which follows the January-December financial year, had reported a net profit of Rs 994 crore in the year-ago period

The food and beverage giant in India changed its financial year to January-December from April-March to align with its parent company

Pepsico India Holdings' consolidated revenue from operations during April-December 2023 was at Rs 5,954.16 crore and profit was Rs 217.26 crore, according to financial data accessed by business intelligence platform Tofler. Total income, which also includes other income, was at Rs 6,094.70 crore in the nine-month period. The company has changed its financial year from April-March to January-December, hence it has come out with three quarters results of 2023. It follows the calendar year as financial year from January 2024. During the nine months, its revenue from sales in the domestic market was at Rs 5,533.63 crore. Exports contributed Rs 266.19 crore to the total revenue of the company, which is not a publicly listed entity. Revenue from the snacks business in which it operates with brands including Kurkure, Lays, Doritos and Quaker was at Rs 4,763.29 crore. Pepsico India's revenue from the beverages business in which it operates with fizz-based drinks and juices with brands suc

Varun Beverages Ltd, a franchise partner of PepsiCo, on Monday said its two subsidiaries plan to enter into an agreement with the multinational food and beverages major to manufacture, distribute and sell the snacks brand 'Simba Munchiez' in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The company plans to set up manufacturing units in Zimbabwe and Zambia entailing an investment of USD 7 million (around Rs 60 crore), according to a regulatory filing by Varun Beverages Ltd (VBL). Through its subsidiaries - VFZ Varun Foods (Zimbabwe) Pvt Ltd (VFZ) and Varun Beverages (Zambia) Ltd (VBZ), VBL has discussed with PepsiCo to further strengthen and expand the latter's footprint in the snacks portfolio. It has discussed with PepsiCo to enter into an exclusive snacks franchising appointment with Premier Nutrition Trading LLC, Dubai (a PepsiCo Inc. subsidiary) to manufacture, distribute and sell 'Simba Munchiez' in the territory of Zimbabwe and Zambia, the filing added. "As per the understanding, an estimated ...

Beverage major sees double-digit growth in convenient foods, beverages in Q2 in India

PepsiCo reported higher-than-expected earnings in the second quarter even as customer demand for its snacks and drinks continued to slip. The Purchase, New York-based company said its net income rose 12% to $3 billion, or an adjusted $2.28 per share, for the April-June period. Wall Street had expected earnings of $2.16 per share. PepsiCo said its revenue grew less than 1% to $22.5 billion. That was slightly lower than the $22.59 analysts forecast. PepsiCo has leaned heavily into price increases over the past two years as its costs for ingredients and packaging rose. The fourth quarter of 2023 was the company's eighth straight quarter of double-digit percentage price increases. Prices rose 5% in the first quarter and 3% in the most recent quarter. But those higher prices have hurt demand. PepsiCo's global sales volumes have fallen for the last eight quarters. The company says some of that volume decline is strategic, since it has been shrinking package sizes. But it has also says ..

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Consolidated revenue from operations in the first quarter stood at Rs 4,397.98 crore as against Rs 3,952.59 crore in the year-ago period, it added

PepsiCo India has initiated trials to replace palm oil and palmolein with a combination of sunflower oil and palmolein in Lay's chips

Several rounds of price hikes in the U.S. have led consumers in the region to push back on the company's sodas and juices as sticky inflation makes customers cautious with their spending

Varun Beverages, leading bottler of beverage major PepsiCo, on Saturday said it has started commercial production of soft drinks and energy drinks from its production facility at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Jaipuria family-promoted firm will also start juices and value-added dairy products from the Gorakhpur facility, Varun Beverages Ltd (VBL) said in a regulatory filing. "Our company has today started commercial production of carbonated soft drinks & energy drinks (juices and value added dairy products to be started) at its production facility at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh," it said. VBL said it is investing about Rs 1,100 crore for the greenfield project. In its latest annual report statement, VBL said it is expanding production capacities in the juices and value-added dairy products segments in 2024. VBL operates across six countries. Three markets of the Indian Subcontinent -- India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal contributed 83 per cent of its net revenues, while three African ...