New Delhi: Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will visit India next month for the grand finale of the Pepsi T20 Football event. The final-winning team will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be coached by Drogba, before they face the Indian cricketing stars in a fast-paced game of Pepsi T20 Football, a statement from the organisers said. Drogba, who has been a Pepsi brand ambassador since 2009, played a...
01:23 PM, May 22, 2012
New York: The India-born chief executive of Pepsico Indra Nooyi is one of the 18 women who are at present at the helm of America's biggest 500 corporations, according US business magazine Fortune. Nooyi is ranked fourth by Fortune in the list of Fortune 500's "female powerbrokers". "Nooyi has overseen a shift in focus from soft drinks into less profitable, albeit healthier, snack foods market in recent years," Fortune said....
05:04 PM, May 09, 2012
New York: In the 1980s Michael Jackson pitched it as "the choice of a new generation." In 1990 Ray Charles told people they "had the right one, baby." Now, Pepsi wants people to "Live for Now." A multi-year campaign featuring that tagline, as well as various online components, ads and partnerships will roll out globally for the cola brand this year, starting on Monday in the United States. The campaign...
06:38 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New York: PepsiCo Inc. is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers. The No. 2 soda company is partnering with Twitter to provide streaming videos of live music concerts to Pepsi's followers on the social networking site. The deal is part of Pepsi's new global ad campaign that will also feature a TV ad with singer Nicki Minaj. The company, based in Purchase, New York, isn't yet saying which...
05:31 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Washington: PepsiCo's Indian-born chairman and chief executive Indra Nooyi received $17.1 million in compensation in 2011, a 5.8 percent increase from her 2010 package, according to a regulatory filing. The increase was driven largely by changes in the value of her retirement benefits at PepsiCo, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission filing released on Friday. Nooyi, 56, who has been the soft drink major's chief executive since 2006, got...
10:05 AM, Mar 24, 2012
New York: Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc are changing the way they make the caramel colouring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label. The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their manufacturing processes. The changes have already been made for drinks sold in California. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo account...
09:43 AM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: If it had not have been showbiz for Ranbir Kapoor, it would definitely have been football, says the actor, who is endorsing a campaign on the sport. "Football is life for me and if not an actor, I would have loved to be a footballer. It teaches team work, determination and discipline apart from being such an exciting sport," Ranbir said in a press statement. The 29-year-old is...
01:59 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Dubai: The UAE's Ministry of Economy has ordered removal of certain cans and bottles of Pepsi and Coca Cola from the market within one month, saying that the companies have reduced quantities without prior permission. The decision was taken after meeting between the Ministry and local departments following complaints the two multi-national companies have reduced the size of their cans or bottles without prior approval. The meeting concluded that reducing...
02:00 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Washington: After five years on top, PepsiCo's Indian American chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been pushed to the second spot as most powerful woman in US business by Kraft's CEO, Irene Rosenfeld. Nooyi was the only woman in the top 10 most powerful to be among the top 10 highest paid, coming in at No 9 after earning $14 million last year, according to the 14th annual ranking by...
09:18 AM, Oct 01, 2011
New York: PepsiCo Inc is introducing a "social vending" machine that lets users buy each other drinks remotely, further proof that its decades-old rivalry with Coca-Cola Co is going ever-more high tech. A prototype of the new technology will debut at a trade show this week in Chicago. Coke started testing its Freestyle vending machine, which has a digital touchscreen and can dispense more than 100 flavor combinations, in 2009....
07:20 AM, Apr 28, 2011
Washington: Corporate America wants Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to give positive indications on raising the FDI cap in insurance sector and opening multi-brand retailing during presentation of budget. In their wish list to Mukherjee, as he prepares to present his annual budget in less than 10 days, the US business houses have sought increasing FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 percent, besides reducing tariff in a whole range...
02:21 PM, Feb 19, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood 'rockstar' Ranbir Kapoor, who will be seen giving batting tips to cricketer Virender Sehwag in a new TV commercial, actually taught him to dance during the shooting of the ad. Ranbir, who has showcased his dancing prowess in movies like Saawariya, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Anjaana Anjaani, has teamed up with the cricketer for Pepsi's cricket World Cup special commercial. "Thoda grace se hila... Kamar bhi hila…...
08:04 PM, Feb 17, 2011
Kuala Lumpur: Coca-Cola has no alcohol in it, said the firm's manufacturer in Malaysia as it rubbished reports that the secret of the way it is prepared is out. Coca-Cola Malaysia's public affairs and communications director Kadri Taib said alcohol was not an ingredient and no fermentation took place during the manufacture of the drink. "The precise formulation of the drink is our company's most valuable trade secret. "The ingredients...
01:27 PM, Feb 17, 2011
New York: She has decades of managerial experience and now, India-origin Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, the sister of PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi, is in the race for a Grammy award. Tandon's work 'Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call', which features Sanskrit chants, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the 'Best Contemporary World Music Album' category. The annual awards, given by the US National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, recognise...
12:03 AM, Dec 13, 2010
Washington: With trade high on his agenda, some 200 odd top US business chiefs, including soft drink giant Pepsico's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi, are expected to join US President Barack Obama on his India visit next month. Also expected are Honeywell CEO David M. Cote, who co-chairs the India-US CEO Forum with Tata group chairman Ratan Tata. So is Terry McGraw, CEO of leading publishing house McGraw Hill, who took...
12:06 PM, Oct 29, 2010
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