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HUGH JOHNSTON FLATLY REJECTS PELTZ PLAN

$80bn Mondelez snacks splurge ‘too risky’ for PepsiCo – CFO

25-Jul-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

PepsiCo CFO Hugh Johnston says the firm is not interested in buying Mondelez for a premium price of $80bn due to integration risks and dubious value for his firm’s shareholders.

DISPATCHES FROM CAGNY, FLorida 2013

Sweet PepsiCo impasse delays beverage review until 2014

22-Feb-2013 By Ben BOUCKLEY

PepsiCo CFO Hugh Johnston tells analysts the firm believes its new sweetener innovations will be 'more evolutionary than revolutionary' and that work in this direction has delayed a beverage business review until 2014.

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‘Drinkifying snacks’: PepsiCo mush or master stroke?

18-Dec-2012 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Despite giving us object lessons in corporate word wash, can PepsiCo pull off what seems like a slightly puzzling mission, namely a long-term plan to ‘drinkify' snacks and vice versa under its Power of One banner?

PepsiCo gains Russian approval for Wimm-Bill-Dann deal

27-Jan-2011

PepsiCo has received all the necessary regulatory approvals from the Russian authorities required to close its acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann.