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People With Dairy Allergies, Pay Attention to This Recall

Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Chips may contain undeclared milk, may spur bad reactions

(Newser) - Snackers in six states are being told to check their chip bags after Frito-Lay pulled certain Miss Vickie's Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Chips over undeclared milk. The voluntary recall, flagged by a consumer and announced by the FDA , warns that the product could trigger severe allergic reactions in people...

Your Protein Bar May Be Not Far Off From Halloween Loot

Nutritionists warn that many high-protein snacks mimic candy's health risks

(Newser) - Your "healthy" protein bar might not be that far off from a Snickers after all. Writing for the Atlantic , Nicholas Florko walks through how the booming protein-bar market has morphed into something that often looks, tastes , and—in some cases—nutritionally behaves a lot like candy, just with better...

PepsiCo Cuts Chip Prices Ahead of Super Bowl

Price cuts aim to win back inflation-weary snack shoppers

(Newser) - Fans of football and fluorescent-orange fingers are getting a price break. PepsiCo says it's trimming the cost of its big-name chips—including Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, and Tostitos—by as much as nearly 15%, with new prices starting to appear on shelves this week, just ahead of Super Bowl...

Prodded by Activist Investor, Changes Coming to PepsiCo

Cost cuts, product reductions are on the horizon

(Newser) - PepsiCo is slimming down its snack lineup and its costs to placate its powerful new shareholder. The maker of Pepsi, Lay's, and Doritos struck a deal with activist investor Elliott Investment Management that will see it cut expenses across its food and beverage operations, reduce the number of individual...

San Francisco Targets Food Giants in Unprecedented Suit

City attorney targets 10 major corporations over health costs tied to ultra-processed foods

(Newser) - San Francisco is gearing up to sue some of the nation's biggest food companies, claiming their ultra-processed products are fueling a public health crisis and saddling local governments with the bill. City Attorney David Chiu plans to file what he says is the first government lawsuit of its kind,...

Those New Doritos, Cheetos Are a Lot Less Orange

PepsiCo will offer versions of popular snack foods that use only natural colors, flavors

(Newser) - Doritos and Cheetos are getting a makeover. PepsiCo said on Thursday it's launching toned-down versions of its bright orange snacks that won't have any artificial colors or flavors. Doritos and Cheetos Simply NKD will hit store shelves on Dec. 1, reports the AP . It's part of a...

Judge Rejects Claim Over Origin of Flamin' Hot Cheetos

But Richard Montañez is given a chance to amend lawsuit claiming he is the inventor

(Newser) - The long-contested legend that Richard Montañez invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor at Frito-Lay hit a major legal snag this week. A federal judge dismissed Montañez's fraud and defamation lawsuit against Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, though he left the door open for Montañez...

PepsiCo Snaps Up Poppi in $1.95B Deal

Prebiotic soda was featured on Shark Tank

(Newser) - PepsiCo said Monday it's acquiring the prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95 billion. The acquisition gives PepsiCo a fast-growing brand in the popular functional beverage category, the AP reports. Allison Ellsworth, the co-founder of Austin, Texas-based Poppi, said the combination with PepsiCo will expand Poppi's reach. Ellsworth...

Ex-PepsiCo Exec Is Suing Over Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Richard Montanez says he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos, claims company ruined his career

(Newser) - A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos? A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he invented the popular flavor of Cheetos. According to his lawsuit, Richard Montanez began working for PepsiCo as...

'The Cola Wars Are Now a 3-Horse Race'
'The Cola Wars
Are Now a
3-Horse Race'
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Jun 8, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

'The Cola Wars Are Now a 3-Horse Race'

Dr Pepper ties with Pepsi as No. 2 carbonated soft drink, behind (big surprise) Coke

(Newser) - It's long been accepted that Pepsi is Coke's main rival in the soda biz, but that truth has just been overturned. "The Cola Wars are now a three-horse race," per 24/7 Wall St. , which reports that sales of regular Dr Pepper now equal regular Pepsi, the...

One Big Company Is Tied to 11% of Branded Plastic Waste
One Big Company Is Tied to
11% of Branded Plastic Waste
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Apr 28, 2024 4:10 PM CDT

One Big Company Is Tied to 11% of Branded Plastic Waste

That would be Coca-Cola, though PepsiCo isn't too far behind

(Newser) - More than 50% of plastic pollution around the world can't be traced to a company, as the elements have erased all branding. But of the pollution that remains branded, more than half can be traced to 56 companies, and more than 10% to just one, according to a new...

French Grocery Giant Drops PepsiCo Products Over Prices

Carrefour says prices must come down as inflation does

(Newser) - Inflation may finally be starting to ease, but prices for some items are showing no signs of coming back down—and now one of the biggest supermarket chains in the world is taking a stand. Carrefour, France's largest food retailer, which runs thousands of stores in 30 countries, has...

Doritos Caters to Gamers With Crunch-Silencing App

Geared toward people talking over mics, the brand has an app that silences chewers

(Newser) - Doritos is helping out some of the brand's biggest fans: gamers who like to snack. Crunching on chips sounds pretty irritating over microphones, which gamers use to chat while playing—and anyone who's been on a Zoom or phone call with a loud chewer can relate. Using noise-canceling...

State Sues PepsiCo Over Plastic Pollution Along River

New York survey found more trash from company than from any other

(Newser) - A half-century of work and investment has brought back the ecosystem of the Buffalo River, a waterway once so fouled that it burst into flames. New York's attorney general says that the river needs to be cleaned up again and that PepsiCo should do it, the Albany Times Union...

For the 4th Time, Pepsi Takes Aim at Coke's Sprite

It hopes Starry will wrest the lemon-lime soda crown away from its No. 1 rival

(Newser) - Pepsi wants a piece of Coca-Cola's lemon-lime pie with its new soft drink, Starry, which it's marketing as for "a generation of irreverent optimists." Bloomberg reports that this marks the company's fourth try at taking on Sprite's dominance. Coca-Cola's clear soda (both regular...

PepsiCo Sets 'Not Easy' Packaging Goal for Doritos

Company wants all packaging for its snack brands to be compostable or otherwise green by 2030

(Newser) - Most people like their chips crunchy, but one of the nation's largest food and beverage conglomerates wants the bags they come in to dissolve softly and safely into the earth and ether. On Wednesday, the head of PepsiCo Foods North America, Steven Williams, popped up during the virtual CNBC...

Pepsi Tapped People's Memories for New Logo

The products name is no longer 'decoupled'

(Newser) - Pepsi has introduced a new logo after discovering the designs it has been using for decades are distinctly unmemorable. PepsiCo execs say that when people were asked to draw the logo from memory, they tended to draw its red, white, and blue stripes in a circle, with the word Pepsi...

More Major Brands Join Exodus Out of Russia

Pepsi. Coca-Cola, Starbucks, GE are suspending businesses

(Newser) - McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and General Electric—ubiquitous global brands and symbols of US corporate might—all announced Tuesday they were temporarily suspending their business in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine. McDonald's said it will temporarily close 850 stores but keep paying its...

Like Pepsi? Like Hot Chocolate? You're in Luck

Soft drink giant is launching Cocoa Cola

(Newser) - On Thursday, the Pepsi Twitter feed put up a rather intriguing call to action. In honor of bidding adieu to the "worst year ever" and welcoming 2021, the soft drink giant asked for 2,021 retweets of a picture of its latest potential offering: Cocoa Cola, a soda described...

NFL Team Takes Step Toward New Name

Owner has said it would never happen, but brands have told Washington to make a change

(Newser) - After decades of saying they'll never change a team name considered by many to be a slur against Native Americans, the Washington Redskins announced Friday they'll reconsider. People familiar with the team's talks with NFL officials, including Commissioner Roger Goodell, said a process is being set up...

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