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  • September 2008

    • PepsiCo Offers $1M for Winning Super Bowl Ad

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 24, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      PepsiCo Offers $1M for Winning Super Bowl Ad

      (Newser) - PepsiCo is aiming to grab Budweiser's crown as king of the Super Bowl ads with a contest offering $1 million to anyone who can create a Doritos ad that tops viewer ratings during the game, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company hopes the cash prize will put a fresh spin on the consumer-generated ad concept and give it the edge in pre-game hype. More »

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      advertising  • Super Bowl  • Anheuser-Busch  • Pepsi  • Budweiser  • television advertising  • Doritos

  • May 2008

    • New Soda Sizes Aim to Cap Fizzling Sales

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 2, 08 3:38 AM CDT

      New Soda Sizes Aim to Cap Fizzling Sales

      (Newser) - Coke and Pepsi are testing new bottle sizes in an effort to boost deflating soda sales, reports the Wall Street Journal . Coke pulled 20-ounce bottles of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke and other drinks from Virginia convenience store shelves this week and re-stocked them with 16-ounce and 24-ounce bottles. Pepsi plans to try out 12-ounce and 16-ounce bottles. More »

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      obesity  • Pepsi  • Coca Cola  • soda  • soft drink bottles

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin Over Pepsi Ads

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 26, 08 2:55 AM CDT

      Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin Over Pepsi Ads

      (Newser) - The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records, claiming the company illegally used the band's name and music in ads for Pepsi and Amazon.com, the Guardian reports. The rockers' contract does not allow using the band in promotional campaigns such as the Pepsi Stuff ads, and members would “never grant such authority" that undermines "artistic integrity," the suit charges. EMI, which owns Virgin, declined to comment. More »

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      lawsuit  • advertising  • Amazon.com  • Pepsi  • The Smashing Pumpkins  • Billy Corgan  • Virgin Records

    • Mexico May Overtake US as Fattest Country

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Mar 24, 08 11:23 AM CDT

      Mexico May Overtake US as Fattest Country

      (Newser) - Mexico is the second-fattest nation after the US, and it could top the list within 10 years if waistlines continue to expand at the current rate. Nearly three-quarters of Mexican women and two-thirds of men are overweight, and diabetes is now the main cause of death. Health officials are launching anti-junk-food campaigns, but industry lobbyists aren't about to throw in the towel. More »

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      health  • Mexico  • obesity  • diabetes  • obesity epidemic  • Pepsi  • junk food  • soft drinks

  • February 2008

    • Boardroom Hoax Has Street Abuzz

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 16, 08 7:47 AM CST

      Boardroom Hoax Has Street Abuzz

      (Newser) - Joe Herrick asks wonk-like questions about the impact of lean Six Sigma management techniques, is unfailingly polite and talks the talk of quarterly corporate conference earnings calls, fitting in nicely with the other securities analysts asking questions of the company’s head honchos. The problem is, reports the Wall Street Journal, Herrick is a hoax, and his mission is a mystery. More »

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      earnings reports  • Pepsi  • hoax

  • December 2007

    • 2007's Weirdest at-Work Hijinks

      CNN  |  Dec 18, 07 9:50 AM CST

      2007's Weirdest at-Work Hijinks

      (Newser) - Not everyone burns down the office in retaliation over a lost stapler, a la Office Space's Milton, but some pretty strange stuff goes on at work. The weirdest occurrences of 2007, according to CNN: Worker eats 32 vending-machine items to win bet with co-workers (and $300 for charity). Pepsi worker attacks Coke worker in scuffle over Wal-Mart shelf space. Man robs Domino's deliverywoman, then calls to apologize—and ask her out. More »

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      list  • Pepsi  • Coca Cola  • Taco Bell  • vending machine  • US workers

    • Gaza Loses Fizz in Face of CO2 Blockade

      Time  |  Dec 17, 07 3:25 PM CST

      Gaza Loses Fizz in Face of CO2 Blockade

      (Newser) - The Israeli and international blockade of Gaza means Ammar Yagezi, a third-generation soft drink bottler, has been unable to supply Palestinians with Pepsi and 7Up. Tel Aviv says the freeze on imports of cement, fertilizer and—in this case—CO2 is for “security reasons,” but Time says the Strip is uncarbonated because Israel hopes a shuttered Gazan marketplace will catalyze residents to throw out the Hamas leadership. More »

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      Hamas  • Gaza  • Pepsi  • blockade

    • Pepsi, Amazon Could Spark Digital Music Revolution

      Reuters  |  Dec 2, 07 11:55 PM CST

      Pepsi, Amazon Could Spark Digital Music Revolution

      (Newser) - Pepsi and Amazon aren’t music producers, but they may inspire large-scale changes in the industry, Reuters says. The two companies will launch a music download promotion of MP3 songs during the Super Bowl next year, a deal pushing music titans like Warner Music and Sony BMG to consider distributing songs in the same format, which bypasses digital rights management technology. More »

    • 3 Stars Means It's Healthy, Right?

      New York Times  |  Dec 1, 07 10:01 PM CST

      3 Stars Means It's Healthy, Right?

      (Newser) - Stars, numbers, and letter grades are coming to grocery stores near you, the New York Times reports—but experts fear that these health ratings may befuddle shoppers with conflicting information. Consumer advocates are studying three new food ranking systems, while the FDA, approached by a nutrition group, is soliciting ideas about a possible system of its own. More »

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      FDA  • Pepsi  • American Heart Association  • healthy eating  • grocery stores  • supermarket  • Kraft Foods  • Unilever

  • November 2007

    • Companies Go Green for Consumers— and Profit

      New York Times  |  Nov 15, 07 12:12 PM CST

      Companies Go Green for Consumers— and Profit

      (Newser) - As consumers look for more eco-friendly products, a Frito-Lay plant in Arizona is working toward ways to turn 500,00 pounds of spuds into environmentally friendly potato chips, the New York Times reports, changing an energy- and water-hogging process into one that uses renewable fuel, solar energy, and recycled water in a “net zero” operation backed by parent PepsiCo. More »

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      environmentalism  • Pepsi  • ecology  • Frito Lay

  • October 2007

    • US Forces Hunt Down Iraqi Rackets

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 26, 07 8:32 PM CDT

      US Forces Hunt Down Iraqi Rackets

      (Newser) - Iraq's mafia-style rackets are funneling big money to insurgents, making them key targets for US commanders. Corruption and kickbacks in real estate, soft drinks, cement—even the extortion of US contractors—are fueling what Maliki calls a “second war” in Iraq. "We have got to attack the insurgency from what source it comes from,” says a US general. “Part of that is the financing." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • terrorism  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • corruption  • Pepsi  • militias

    • Wal-Mart Era Reaching Its End

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 3, 07 8:27 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Era Reaching Its End

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart may be king, but its throne is shrinking: A judge awarded $62.3 million to underpaid workers today, yet another blow to the mega-seller. Big-name brands like PepsiCo are opting for companies like Whole Foods, as rivals lure American buyers and the Internet dwarfs Wal-Mart's 142,000-item stock, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Wal-Mart  • Pepsi  • Whole Foods  • Target

  • August 2007

    • Freddy Adu Heads to Portugal

      Washington Post  |  Aug 1, 07 7:07 AM CDT

      Freddy Adu Heads to Portugal

      (Newser) - Teenage phenom Freddy Adu is leaving American soccer for the Portuguese Benfica squad. The midfielder, who's played in MLS since the age of 14, has signed a 5-year deal with the 103-year-old European club for an undisclosed amount. Though he's had his eye on an oversease contract for a decade, international rules barred Adu from signing until he turned 18. More »

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      soccer  • Portugal  • Pepsi  • Major League Soccer  • Nike

  • July 2007

    • Aquafina Is Tap Water

      Reuters  |  Jul 27, 07 11:18 AM CDT

      Aquafina Is Tap Water

      (Newser) - Pepsi has agreed to reveal the source of its Aquafina brand of bottled water on the label: the tap. In response to a backlash against the bottled water industry, the company will add the words "public water source" to each bottle, Reuters reports. Like Coke's Dasani, Aquafina is a purified water from public reservoirs. More »

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      Pepsi  • Coca Cola  • bottled water  • Aquafina

    • Bud Plans to Ditch Earnhardt

      ESPN  |  Jul 11, 07 6:06 AM CDT

      Bud Plans to Ditch Earnhardt

      (Newser) - Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s number 8 car is fixing for a makeover: ESPN says the Hendricks Motorsports driver is likely to lose his Budweiser sponsorship to number 9 Kasey Kahne. And though negotiations are largely undisclosed, rumor has it that Jr.'s Chevy will be painted in PepsiCo colors next season. More »

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      NASCAR  • Pepsi  •