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PURCHASE, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) announced today the official start of the Dream Machine Recycle Rally contests for the 2012/2013 school year. Now in its third year, the Dream Machine Recycle Rally is a national program that aims to encourage students, grades K-12, to make recycling a part of their everyday lives and offers participating schools the chance to earn rewards and compete for contest prizes. To learn more about the Dream Machine...
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doritos brand today announced the return of Crash the Super Bowl, the groundbreaking contest that invites consumers to create homemade Doritos ads for the chance to see their work air during the Super Bowl broadcast. Marking the seventh anniversary of the program, this year's contest promises to be the biggest, boldest to date with many exciting new twists and an opportunity for the winner that could be a true career game changer. Full...
CHICAGO, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo, along with NFL PLAY 60 and NFL rookie quarterback Andrew Luck are teaming up to find inspiring kids who make eating right and physical fitness a priority and can motivate their peers to do the same. Starting today, parents can encourage their kids, ages six to thirteen, to enter The NFL PLAY 60 Super Bowl Contest presented by Quaker by sharing how they help power their play with nourishing foods...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online PepsiCo is working on a new Diet Pepsi product that will taste more like what it serves in its international markets. The company is aiming to create a Diet Pepsi formula for the U.S. that tastes like what it does as soon as its made, before it is exposed to the heat and transportation it faces when being moved from production to retail stores. The artificial sweetener used in U.S. Diet Pepsi, aspartame, breaks down and loses some...
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fantasia, Raphael Saadiq, Chris Spencer, Marc Curry, Michael Colyar and Celebrity DJs M.O.S. and KISS will join 1,000 of the nation's top African American entrepreneurs, executives and professionals at the Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge in Miami, FL. Whatever your pleasure--be it entertainment, lounging poolside, hitting the links or courts, or being pampered at the spa--the power networking is "Hotter In Miami" this Labor...
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Among the excitement and debate that comes with preseason rankings for college football, mascots have traditionally stood as the unsung heroes that will ultimately be responsible for driving school spirit among fans through landslide victories and crushing defeats. With clipboard, stopwatch and a bag of Cheetos snacks in hand, Chester Cheetah, the iconic spokescat for the most playful snack in the world and a leading brand from PepsiCo's...
NEW RESEARCH STUDY SHOWS A 90 PERCENT REDUCTION IN BEVERAGE CALORIES SHIPPED TO SCHOOLS SINCE 2004 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research published today in the American Journal of Public Health confirms that the beverage industry has successfully removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools nationwide and replaced them with lower-calorie, smaller-portion options. Through this effort, The Coca-Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, PepsiCo and their...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New campaign finance reports reveal that Monsanto Co. just contributed $4.2 million to defeat Proposition 37, which would require labeling of genetically engineered food. That is the largest contribution in the race. Total contributions to defeat Proposition 37 amount to $25 million, and nearly $23 million during the last week. Other major new contributions against Proposition 37 were given by E. I. Dupont de Nemours...
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepsi and the National Football League (NFL) today announced the launch of the Pepsi NFL Anthems program, a national campaign that will feature some of today's most talented musical artists, iconic NFL teams, and exciting players. The program will bring to life four originally created anthems by Kid Rock, Kelly Clarkson, Ice Cube and Travie McCoy, as well as a remixed version of Wiz Khalifa's 'Black and Yellow,' an anthem that swept the nation...
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division today announced the launch of a gluten free recipe section on its corporate website (www.fritolay.com) to help make snacking easier and more enjoyable for consumers with Celiac Disease or gluten sensitivities. The new recipe section on the company's website now features gluten free recipes that can be paired or made with Frito-Lay's gluten free snacks, such as Lay's Classic potato chips, Fritos...
