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Will PepsiCo be naked once it sells Naked, Tropicana, and other juice brands?

PepsiCo announced this morning that it is selling Tropicana, Naked, and other juice brands to a French private-equity firm for $3.3 billion.

Will PepsiCo be naked once it sells Naked, Tropicana, and other juice brands?

Watching LeBron James salsa dance in this new Mountain Dew ad is the best thing you’ll see today

In his first major ad since signing with PepsiCo, James’ own brand power eclipses even the Mountain Dew Rise he’s slinging.

Watching LeBron James salsa dance in this new Mountain Dew ad is the best thing you’ll see today

Pepsi Apple Pie and Candy Kraft Mac & Cheese: Why food giants are designing extreme new flavors

Pumpkin Spice Kraft Mac & Cheese. Pepsi Peeps (pink). Pepsi Peeps (yellow). Have the food and beverage giants gone mad?

Pepsi Apple Pie and Candy Kraft Mac & Cheese: Why food giants are designing extreme new flavors

This could be the worst Earth Day ad of 2021

Randi Zuckerberg stars in SodaStream’s bizarrely disjointed ode to the planet.

This could be the worst Earth Day ad of 2021

PepsiCo is scaling up regenerative agriculture on 7 million acres of land

The push will bring new techniques to sequester carbon to nearly all of the company’s agricultural footprint.

PepsiCo is scaling up regenerative agriculture on 7 million acres of land

Mountain Dew debuts Rise, an energy drink designed to replace your morning coffee

Sorry Starbucks. The Dew is coming.

Mountain Dew debuts Rise, an energy drink designed to replace your morning coffee

PepsiCo says it will reach net-zero emissions by 2040

In two decades, the giant food and beverage company plans a major shift to renewables and changes throughout its supply chain.

PepsiCo says it will reach net-zero emissions by 2040

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé lead the ’10 worst plastic polluters’ of 2020

Break Free From Plastic says multinational corporations are pumping out so many single-use plastics that harmful plastic production could double by 2030.

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé lead the ’10 worst plastic polluters’ of 2020

PepsiCo wants to help the caffeinated masses get better sleep with its new relaxation drink

Say hello to Driftwell. The perfect nighttime antidote to . . . soda?

PepsiCo wants to help the caffeinated masses get better sleep with its new relaxation drink

Starbucks, PepsiCo, and BMW partner to fix a global problem worth trillions

COVID-19 made it clear: The supply chain desperately needs an upgrade.

Starbucks, PepsiCo, and BMW partner to fix a global problem worth trillions

Why Cheetos is taking its Flamin’ Hot brand into mac and cheese

PepsiCo is combining powers from Frito-Lay and Quaker to take an unofficial fan favorite to grocery store shelves.

Obesity researchers say Coke and Pepsi should stop targeting communities of color with ads

Black children and teens see more than twice as many sugary drink ads (256 and 331 ads per year) as their white counterparts.

Obesity researchers say Coke and Pepsi should stop targeting communities of color with ads

PepsiCo is retiring the Aunt Jemima brand—and it’s about damn time

Despite several makeovers and image redesigns, the company is finally set to erase the 130-year-old brand with racist foundations.

Rival snack brand trolls PepsiCo with ‘Better Snacks,’ a DTC website to counter Frito-Lay

One week after Frito-Lay unit entered the e-commerce fray, an upstart snack rival called PeaTos is launching its own direct-to-consumer effort.

Pepsi and Frito-Lay want you to buy all these snacks online with their new DTC websites

Snacks.com lets you buy Frito-Lay brands such as Tostitos, Cheetos, and Ruffles—as well as dips, crackers, and nuts—online.

Pepsi and Frito-Lay want you to buy all these snacks online with their new DTC websites

Disposable plastic is bad for the environment, but is it illegal? Coca-Cola and Pepsi are about to find out

A landmark suit filed in California is putting some of the biggest producers of plastic on trial.

Disposable plastic is bad for the environment, but is it illegal? Coca-Cola and Pepsi are about to find out

PepsiCo’s U.S. operations will be powered by 100% renewable electricity this year

It’s part of the company’s global goal to cut emissions 20% by 2030.

PepsiCo’s U.S. operations will be powered by 100% renewable electricity this year

The next decade of design will be about fixing the last century of excess

As experts weigh in with predictions for the year 2030, one thing is clear: We’ve gone too far.

The next decade of design will be about fixing the last century of excess

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are the world’s biggest plastic polluters—again

Here’s an idea: If they’re not going to change it, make them pay for it.

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and PepsiCo are the world’s biggest plastic polluters—again

Meet the mastermind inventing fast food’s craziest menu items (Cheetos mozzarella stick, anyone?)

Dena vonWerssowetz is the queen of cheese.

Meet the mastermind inventing fast food’s craziest menu items (Cheetos mozzarella stick, anyone?)

Impact

More than 10,000 John Deere workers are on strike

Reasons to hope: 16 companies, people, and ideas that might save the planet

7 of the most polluting industries are working on sector-wide strategies for decarbonization

News

With Megan Thee Stallion Hottie Sauce, Popeyes just leveled up in the celebrity arms race

The ‘mountain’ of electronics we discard in 2021 could weigh more than the Great Wall of China

The candy corn debate is over

Co.Design

See NYC’s bold new subway map, inspired by Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 classic

Meet the landscape architect turning Superfund sites into must-see destinations

Sucking CO2 from the sky could help save the planet. But it faces a vexing design problem

Work Life

Why startup equity can feel like a scam—and how companies can fix it

Leaders, it’s about time you get comfortable being uncomfortable

I tried starting my day off by screaming in order to release stress