KABUL, May 20 (Reuters) - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war.

Simpson and Bowles and austerity's other sales people aren't really economic thinkers. They're paid to pitch a product. They didn't invent austerity any more than Alex Rodriguez invented Pepsi. But what they're peddling isn&#

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Microsoft's new operating system is being compared to Coca-Cola's notorious introduction, but it could be worse than that.

Four years after Coca-Cola launched its Freestyle soda fountains that allow users to mix/match/blend/concoct whatever flavor monstrosities they want without the hassle of having to bounce from nozzle to nozzle, PepsiCo has finally gotten on board the

Giants like Pepsi and Coke are going abroad to make money. What happens to old North American-based Dr. Pepper?

The "Pepsi Challenge" was a legendary marketing promotion in which regular people blind taste test one cup filled with Pepsi and another with Coca Cola. Upon tasting the colas, drinkers are asked which they prefer. Not surprisingly, every Pepsi Chall

A bizarre online ad for Mountain Dew, featuring a talking, abusive goat and featuring a bruised and battered woman has been pulled by parent company PepsiCo following complaints. The ad, which you can see above, is the latest in a series of spots for

NEW YORK -- PepsiCo pulled an online ad for Mountain Dew that was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women....

As previously disclosed, the Board of Directors of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today declared a six percent increase in the company's annual dividend, from the current annual rate of $2.15 to $2.27 per share on PepsiCo common stock.

How young businesses can develop relationships with companies such as Nike and Pepsi.Earlier this year, Kathryn Sheaffer made her daily commute to the Palo Alto, California, offices of Waze, a start-up that makes a social-navigation app. From her sea

In the realm of soft drink preferences, there are many great debates. Coke or Pepsi? Regular or diet? What's it called, anyway -- soda, pop...

If our readership understands anything, its fanatical devotion to one product and an almost equally fanatical need to make stores follow their own policies. That is how Tom got in serious trouble with the employees of his local Walmart. Or did the lo

Persistent speculation suggests Pepsi thinks the snack-food company would make a good mix.

Activism is on the rise and that means Nelson Peltz is at it again.  The billionaire investor has been amassing positions in PepsiCo and snacks food firm Mondelez, an SEC filing revealed on Friday, which suggests he could be pushing for a strate

Quartz: Did Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi throw activist investors a bone yesterday? During the call to discuss the company’s latest earnings, Nooyi said Pepsi is...

Why Pepsi is more than just soda.

PepsiCo's earnings came in better than expected, showing the company's path to growth.

Shares of both companies hit new highs after they separately reported better-than-expected earnings this week.

Check out Jim Cramer's latest trading recommendations on"Action Alerts Plus".NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- With Pepsicoreporting strong earnings today, sending its shares up 5%, Jim Cramer told Debra Borchardt at TheStreet.com Thursday he's still a fan of

Stocks are inching lower in early trading on Wall Street as strong earnings from Pepsi, Verizon and other big companies stabilized the market after two big drops this week.    

PepsiCo's first-quarter net profit fell 4.6% as restructuring and other charges offset the food and beverage company's stronger-than-expected revenue growth.

PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) reported a 4.6% decline in its first-quarter earnings.Pepsi's quarterly profit fell to $1.08 billion, or $0.69 per share, from $1.13 billion, or $0.71 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding one-time items, its core earnings

Ann Cates reports on profits from Pepsi, American Express and others.

Tasty investing treat or disastrous feat?

Coca-Cola just released singer Taylor Swift's first commercial for Diet Coke. Swift was signed as the soda company's brand ambassador in January, a month after Beyoncé was named to the same role for Pepsi (for $50 million). The ad, made by Dro

Even though Beyoncé signed a $50 million deal with PepsiCo to be its official brand ambassador, the singer is peddling other beverages too. Specifically: She wants you to drink Budweiser. She's headlining "Budweiser Made in America," a tw

One of the greatest rivalries of all time, is Coke or Pepsi a better stock for your portfolio?

April 10 (Reuters) - Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit, as sales from newly added items such as cigarettes and Pepsi drove revenue.

At most companies, the marketing chief picks an ad agency to work with on a permanent, ongoing basis and the agency creates a dedicated account team to work with that client. The advantage of the arrangement is that the client can get work done quick

From Beyonce's $50 million Pepsi deal to Taylor Swift's dances with Walgreens, it's clear that American pop music has cozied up quite comfortably with big...

This week, Diet Pepsi confirmed what consumers have suspected for a while — the brand is for only half the population: women. "It's targeted at females who love home design," Amy Spiridakis, Diet Pepsi's director of marketing, said of the bever

Beyonce released a new commercial today for Pepsi in which she confronts some of her past looks from old music videos. We did the world a huge favor by going through the video, frame by frame, and identifying which of Beyonce's old looks were resurre

Pepsi really needs a hit ad campaign — the soda has been in a years-long sales funk — and Beyonce might just have delivered the goods. In a new commercial out today, Beyonce is show rehearsing in a dance studio when, suddenly, the mirrors

Pepsi ad features Beyonce reliving her past and exploring her future.

By Timothy McIntosh:PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) is a diversified beverage and snack company that sells a wide assortment of brand name products including Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Aquafina, 7UP, Tropicana, and Sierra Mist. It also markets foo

Earlier this month, the Cleveland Cavaliers gave away Kyrie Irving bobbleheads. But what made this promotion different was that 50 lucky fans also received an "Uncle Drew" bobblehead, based on the character Irving plays in recent Pepsi Max commercial

Pepsi, which got a new logo and a new set of package designs back in 2008, is about to get yet another redesign, according to Ad Age. While the core logo won't change, the company will become more playful in how it is presented: Brad Jakeman, preside

NEW YORK -- PepsiCo gave CEO Indra Nooyi a pay package worth $12.6 million last year, down 11 percent from the previous year, as the...

For the first time in almost 17 years, Pepsi is completely changing the shape of its familiar bottle. The new, strange, twisty shape is certainly different from what we're used to, but VP of marketing Angelique Krembs wanted to make sure consumers kn

NEW YORK -- Pepsi is rolling out a new shape for its 20-ounce bottle for the first time in about 17 years. The new bottle...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pepsi is rolling out a new shape for its 20-ounce bottle for the first time in about 17 years. The new...

Why is the battle between Coke and Pepsi -- two ultimately similar types of sugar water -- the most important struggle in the history of...

For first time in 17 years, Pepsi bottle has contoured bottom half, easier for holding.

Last week Pepsi released what is already the 14th most-shared branded video of all time. The spot shows NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon putting on everyman makeup and facial hair, going to a used car dealership in disguise, and then scaring the heck out of

For years, Pepsi was the No.1 soda in Thailand, with a 48 percent market share. Coke was only the second most popular drink there, with 42 percent. But all that changed late last year when PepsiCo failed to renew a distribution contract. Pepsi's main

PepsiCo's global chief marketing officer, Salman Amin, has left the company to become COO at S.C. Johnson, Ad Age reports. Amin will be the 29th senior brand manager to leave Pepsico since 2008. The company, after a years-long list of setbacks, is tr

The numbers this year for the Super Bowl were staggering, with some 28 million tweets generated during the event with millions associated with the Pepsi halftime show alone. But it had me thinking further about gross rating points (GRP) as an anchor

ByCasey Hoerth:Last December I wrote an article about PepsiCo (PEP), concerned with flat to shrinking earnings led by the decline of its flagship Pepsi brand. In 2012, the dividend was raised by only a meager four percent, the lowest increase in a lo