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Yahoo
17 minutes ago
- Business
- Yahoo
PepsiCo's Snack‑Soda Synergy: A Consumer Combo Worth Buying
Key Points PepsiCo enjoys a measure of safety because of the breadth of its food and beverage portfolio. The stock will likely make money in the long term, but gains could be relatively modest. 10 stocks we like better than PepsiCo › There are many approaches to investing. And individual investors each bring unique insights, experiences, and perspectives to the table. And yet despite the disparities, everyone who buys stocks has the same goal: to make money. The flip side of this is that every shareholder of every stock thinks the same thing: I sure don't want to lose money. This fear of losing money can keep them on the sidelines. They want to feel that an investment is safe before risking the money that they worked hard to get. This is why I believe that PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is a stock that many should consider. It's one of the safest investments on the stock market and can provide a foundation for a larger portfolio. Of course, safety means different things to different people. So, I will clarify what I mean. But first, let me explain why PepsiCo stock is almost always a good consideration for investors. A consumer combo worth buying Everyone knows that PepsiCo sells Pepsi. The iconic cola began selling under the name Pepsi-Cola in 1898. As of 2024, it's the fourth most popular carbonated beverage in U.S., behind only Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper from Keurig Dr Pepper, and Sprite, according to Beverage Digest. Many people also know that PepsiCo isn't limited to its namesake beverage. The company owns the country's sixth most popular carbonated beverage as well, which is Mountain Dew. And on top of these two bestsellers, the company owns dozens of other beverage brands, including Gatorade. However, PepsiCo is far more than a beverage empire. The company owns snacks such as Lay's potato chips, food such as Quaker oatmeal, and more. Indeed, the company's portfolio is quite large and continues to get bigger every year. Consumer tastes do shift. But the advantage for Pepsi is that there's usually something in its portfolio that's in style. Consider that over the last 15 years, the most that quarterly revenue has ever been down is by less than 7%. In other words, if revenue drops in one area, there's usually something else to take up the slack. The profitability in this business is strong. In the first half of its fiscal 2025, the company had an operating margin close to 11%. Considering its huge scale, this means that it has earned over $12 billion in operating income over the last 12 months. Having a consistent flow of cash to work with helps PepsiCo maintain its competitive edge. The consumer packaged-goods industry has fairly low barriers to entry, meaning new upstart players frequently emerge. But the company has the means to acquire the most promising ones before they become problematic. For example, it acquired prebiotic soda company Poppi for almost $2 billion earlier in 2025. And not long thereafter, the company even launched a prebiotic version of its iconic Pepsi flavor. If PepsiCo were only a beverage company, then the stock simply wouldn't have the same measure of safety as it has by having the extra component of its business, which is food. That's why the snack-soda synergy is worth buying. Some thoughts on PepsiCo's safety By saying that it's a safe stock, I mean that I believe the stock will make money for investors over the next five years or more with limited downside risk. That said, the upside may be modest compared to other potential investments. PepsiCo stock currently trades at 26 times earnings, which isn't cheap. It's facing headwinds with second-quarter net revenue only up 1% year over year. And earnings per share dropped sharply, in part, due to higher expenses. Moreover, it has opportunity for growth but, being a scaled-up business already, it takes a lot to move the needle. In short, the business' growth has slowed, and the stock isn't cheap, which might mean that it struggles to keep up with the S&P 500 long term. For perspective, it's underperformed over the past decade. For investors looking for a safe position in their portfolios, there may be both safety and more upside potential with a simple S&P 500 index fund. However, the company does also pay a reliable quarterly dividend, something it started doing over 50 years ago. With a high yield at 3.8%, as of this writing, this may tip the scales back to a PepsiCo investment instead of settling for an index fund. It probably won't be the highest performer in a portfolio. But a broad range of products and massive global scale make it a safe stock for most investors. And with an attractive dividend yield, PepsiCo could be a dividend stock to buy today. Should you invest $1,000 in PepsiCo right now? 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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
AutoScheduler Hosts Webinar with PepsiCo and Supply Chain Now on the Agentic Supply Chain
AutoScheduler CEO Keith Moore and PepsiCo Senior Manager Warehouse Orchestration, Peter Hall, Share Real-World Examples PepsiCo and AutoScheduler Discuss the Agentic AI Supply Chain AUSTIN, Texas, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- a leader in Agentic AI Warehouse Orchestration, will host a webinar with Supply Chain Now on the Agentic Supply Chain. Supply Chain Now hosts Scott Luton and Jake Barr welcome Peter Hall, Senior Manager Warehouse Orchestration at PepsiCo and Keith Moore, Chief Executive Officer at AutoScheduler, to the show for a practical conversation about the future state of the Agentic Supply Chain. 'From Framework to Action: Decision Automation in the Agentic Supply Chain' will take place on August 13, 2025, at 12:00 PM ET. To register for the webinar, visit: 'The Agentic Supply Chain isn't a theory anymore—it's happening now – as intelligent agents are already making real-time decisions in the warehouse that used to take teams of people hours—or days—to coordinate,' says Keith Moore, CEO of 'This webinar will show how leading organizations are using the Agentic Supply Chain to improve operations, unlock efficiencies, reduce risk, and enable faster, smarter execution across the supply chain. Decision automation orchestrates supply chain processes while freeing up workers to focus on higher-value work while the agents handle the complexity.' In this session, will move beyond the conceptual framework and explore how intelligent agents are being used today to automate complex, real-time decisions in warehouse and supply chain operations. Attendees will hear real-world examples of how companies are deploying decision automation to orchestrate labor, dock scheduling, inventory prioritization, and more, without relying on manual interventions. Keith Moore will also break down how these agentic systems integrate with existing technologies and what it takes to get started. Keith Moore is CEO of AutoScheduler and a thought leader in the global supply chain community. As a Forbes Technology Council member and frequent speaker on AI in logistics, he brings visibility to operational challenges and drives conversations around Agentic AI, labor optimization, and supply chain resilience. His writing and speaking engagements help supply chain professionals understand how to modernize their operations in practical, human-centered ways. Peter Hall is the Senior Manager of Warehouse Orchestration at PepsiCo, with over 16 years of experience at the company, progressing from frontline supervisory roles to strategic leadership. Peter spearheads design and implementation of advanced Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Labor Management Systems (LMS), delivering real-time automation, labor optimization, and seamless interoperability across distribution centers. He is also a recognized thought leader in warehouse orchestration and continues to drive innovation in supply chain operations. About empowers your supply chain with its Agentic AI-based warehouse orchestration platform that integrates with your existing WMS/LMS/YMS or any other solution to drive value across the supply chain by improving throughput, cutting labor costs, and ensuring customer service goals are met. AutoScheduler automates critical tasks for the warehouse like labor scheduling, task sequencing, and dock management, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Our Agentic AI-based platform makes better decisions to create an adaptive, living supply chain. For more information, visit: Contact: Becky BoydMediaFirst PRBecky@ (404) 421-8497 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Mint
7 hours ago
- Health
- Mint
Cane sugar vs. corn syrup: How soda sweeteners stack up for your health
Americans love drinking soda, cracking on average about five cans of full-calorie sodas a week. What is used to sweeten sodas has recently become a thing after US President Donald Trump posted about it. This month Coca-Cola said it would launch a new soda sweetened with cane sugar rather than the high-fructose corn syrup the company regularly uses, and PepsiCo said it would consider doing something similar if consumers want the option. Nutrition researchers say focusing on the two sweeteners is besides the point because scientific studies have found that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages frequently is associated with weight gain and a higher risk of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. 'Whether it's high-fructose corn syrup or table sugar, it's soda, and we need to drink a lot less,' said Christopher Gardner, a nutrition scientist and professor of medicine at Stanford. Coca-Cola already sells Mexican-made Coca-Cola sweetened with cane sugar in the U.S., and its Kosher for Passover Coke is made with sugar. PepsiCo sells a 'real sugar' option. Sugars are carbohydrates with a sweet taste, said John Coupland, a professor of food science at Pennsylvania State University. Fructose and glucose are among the simplest of sugars. Other sugars, such as sucrose, are made up of combinations of these simple sugars. High-fructose corn syrup and cane sugar, which is a type of sucrose, are both made up of glucose and fructose. The high-fructose corn syrup often used in soda is typically made up of 55% fructose and 45% glucose. Table sugar is composed of 50% fructose and 50% glucose. Both sweeteners are highly processed and refined. 'Both of them are just a natural food stripped way down to nothing but sugar,' said Kimber Stanhope, a research nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis. To make high-fructose corn syrup, starch from corn is first turned into a syrup composed mostly of glucose. Manufacturers add enzymes to convert some of that glucose into fructose, which tastes sweeter, Coupland said. To make table sugar, manufacturers use machines to squeeze juice out of sugarcane or sugar beets, then purify the liquid and refine it through heating and other processes to turn it into the white crystals we buy in bags at the supermarket. Some studies have found little difference between the health impacts of drinks made with high-fructose corn syrup and those made with sucrose. 'The calories will be the same, the impact on blood sugar is almost the same, and the risk of obesity will be the same,' said Eric Rimm, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. People who drank three servings a day of beverages with high-fructose corn syrup had higher levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides and more liver fat, markers of decreased insulin sensitivity and increased heart-disease risk, after 12 days, according to a study by Stanhope and colleagues. So did the people who had the same amount of drinks sweetened with sucrose. The study involved 75 participants and was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2021. The modestly higher percentage of fructose in drinks with high-fructose corn syrup could make those products slightly worse for health over the long term, compared with ones with sucrose, Stanhope said. This is because of how fructose and glucose are handled by the liver. The glucose that isn't used by the liver is sent to the rest of the body to be used for energy. But when fructose gets to the liver, it largely stays there, she said. What isn't needed for energy is turned into fat. Fat in the liver can cause inflammation and raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. 'Maybe the negative consequences are slightly smaller, but don't think you're doing your body any favors,' by picking soda with sucrose, she said. U.S. dietary guidelines recommend that Americans limit their consumption of added sugars to 10% of daily calories. For someone with a 2,200-calorie-a-day diet, that could mean one 16.9-ounce bottle of classic Coca-Cola a day or about two-thirds of a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. The American Heart Association recommends a limit of 6%. Americans average about 13%, federal data shows. Sugar-sweetened beverages are the top source of added sugars in the American diet, making up 24% of daily added sugar intake, according to federal data. (Added sugars found in processed foods are distinct from sugar that occurs naturally in foods like fruit and dairy products.) Christina Roberto, director of the Center for Food and Nutrition Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said sugary beverages are more problematic than other kinds of sweets because they have little nutritional value and aren't filling. 'This is just pure liquid sugar,' she said. 'At least a Snickers bar has some nuts.' The drinks also deliver sugar quickly and in high doses, which causes them to act potently on the brain's reward system in a way that makes us crave them, said Ashley Gearhardt, a University of Michigan psychology professor who studies food addiction.
Fast Company
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fast Company
Mauro Porcini loves surprising the board room
Mauro Porcini became the world's first chief design officer at 3M, before taking the role at PepsiCo and, now, Samsung. But despite defining what it means for a designer to take a seat in the C-suite, he admits that, for a few decades now, he's ceased to fit anywhere perfectly. 'Designers see me as a business person. The business people see me as a designer. I'm there in the middle between the two worlds, like I'm Italian and American. I'm both of them,' laments Porcini, before flipping this self-critique on its head. '[But that means] I'm exotic in Italy, and I'm exotic in America. Now I'm exotic in Korea.' Porcini captures these dualities in the way he styles himself. With roots in Varese, Italy, he grew up alongside the Missoni family, and into his early 20s, he became friends with many of Italy's most prominent voices in fashion. To this day, he has a penchant for Italian luxury brands like Gucci, Prada, and Valentino. But he insists that he's not afraid to mix them with drops from Zara. A longtime collector of fine footwear, his latest obsession is a Gucci x Adidas collab, which he owns in six colors. (He recently added their gold-clad loafer to his collection.) The pieces showcase the materials and silhouettes of Gucci, but with the three stripes of Adidas. It's an unexpected mashup that adds a signature to just about anything Porcini wears these days. 'The shoe has always been very powerful, because you can go crazy with the shoes. You can be really different. And for a man, it's an easy accent,' says Porcini. 'But then you go into these boardrooms, and you need to pitch investments of millions of dollars, or hundreds of millions of dollars, so rebalancing that with a jacket or blazer—something that reminds them that you're still part of that [business culture is essential]. So you're not going there with just a T-shit and sneakers.' Porcini adores a double-breasted wool coat, and his latest is a custom commission from Golden Goose, embroidered with cities from his life: Milan, Dublin, Minneapolis, New York, and Seoul. The overall effect is that Porcini has been mixing classic suit silhouettes with hints of sport (I've even seen him mix trousers with a track pant piping into his look). It's perpetually surprising without being heavy-handed; intentional without feeling try-hard. 'Each of us has different ways of dressing, but show that you have an original point of view. Because this is what designers do,' says Porcini. 'They look at reality, they look at their world, and have a unique and original point of view on what they need to do. So through your dress, communicate that kind of original point of view. And communicate the confidence of sharing it.' For Porcini, dressing well is a tool to be taken seriously as a creative in business, but its base is about self-acceptance, love, and expression. As he learned as a teenager reading the 1926 allegory One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello—in which a man becomes so obsessed with the shape of his nose that it ultimately destroys his life—you cannot let people's perception of you dilute who you are. 'You need to have the peace of mind and the awareness that people will judge you, not on the basis of just what you do, but on the basis of who they are,' says Porcini. 'And you need to be okay with it.' Describe your style in a sentence. A mix of creativity, confidence, self-love, but also love for the world. What's the one piece in your closet you'll never get rid of? There is a trouser that I painted when I was, I think I was 17, and I still have it, even if, obviously it doesn't fit anymore. I have more than one, but there is one that I really love. I started to paint on clothing, and I started to sell this clothing to make a little bit of money. I paid for my driving school in this way. When I was 18, I even sold one to my teacher who was giving me driving lessons. How long does it take you to get dressed in the morning? Super quick. Between the time I wake up and leave, it's 45 minutes. And that includes emails, breakfast, shower, and getting dressed. What do you wear to a big meeting? I try to have a touch of creativity that creates surprise in the room and talks about my belonging to the creative community. But then I blended with a code that is more accepted by the audience, the business community. I try to create that comfort and discomfort together. What's the best piece of fashion advice you've ever gotten? It was not articulated in one sentence, but it's literally, be yourself and be unique. Don't be a slave to fashion. Your pieces don't need to be the latest. They need to be something that makes sense for you and makes sense for what you want to project to the world.
Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Cane Sugar vs. Corn Syrup: How Soda Sweeteners Stack Up for Your Health
Americans love drinking soda, cracking on average about five cans of full-calorie sodas a is used to sweeten sodas has recently become a thing after President Trump posted about it. This month Coca-Cola said it would launch a new soda sweetened with cane sugar rather than the high-fructose corn syrup the company regularly uses, and PepsiCo said it would consider doing something similar if consumers want the option. Nutrition researchers say focusing on the two sweeteners is besides the point because scientific studies have found that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages frequently is associated with weight gain and a higher risk of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. 'Whether it's high-fructose corn syrup or table sugar, it's soda, and we need to drink a lot less,' said Christopher Gardner, a nutrition scientist and professor of medicine at Stanford. Coca-Cola already sells Mexican-made Coca-Cola sweetened with cane sugar in the U.S., and its Kosher for Passover Coke is made with sugar. PepsiCo sells a 'real sugar' option. What's the difference between high-fructose corn syrup and cane sugar? Sugars are carbohydrates with a sweet taste, said John Coupland, a professor of food science at Pennsylvania State University. Fructose and glucose are among the simplest of sugars. Other sugars, such as sucrose, are made up of combinations of these simple sugars. High-fructose corn syrup and cane sugar, which is a type of sucrose, are both made up of glucose and fructose. The high-fructose corn syrup often used in soda is typically made up of 55% fructose and 45% glucose. Table sugar is composed of 50% fructose and 50% glucose. Both sweeteners are highly processed and refined. 'Both of them are just a natural food stripped way down to nothing but sugar,' said Kimber Stanhope, a research nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis. To make high-fructose corn syrup, starch from corn is first turned into a syrup composed mostly of glucose. Manufacturers add enzymes to convert some of that glucose into fructose, which tastes sweeter, Coupland said. To make table sugar, manufacturers use machines to squeeze juice out of sugarcane or sugar beets, then purify the liquid and refine it through heating and other processes to turn it into the white crystals we buy in bags at the supermarket. Does cane sugar affect your health differently from high-fructose corn syrup? Some studies have found little difference between the health impacts of drinks made with high-fructose corn syrup and those made with sucrose. 'The calories will be the same, the impact on blood sugar is almost the same, and the risk of obesity will be the same,' said Eric Rimm, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. People who drank three servings a day of beverages with high-fructose corn syrup had higher levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides and more liver fat, markers of decreased insulin sensitivity and increased heart-disease risk, after 12 days, according to a study by Stanhope and colleagues. So did the people who had the same amount of drinks sweetened with sucrose. The study involved 75 participants and was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2021. A (slightly) less bad option? The modestly higher percentage of fructose in drinks with high-fructose corn syrup could make those products slightly worse for health over the long term, compared with ones with sucrose, Stanhope said. This is because of how fructose and glucose are handled by the liver. The glucose that isn't used by the liver is sent to the rest of the body to be used for energy. But when fructose gets to the liver, it largely stays there, she said. What isn't needed for energy is turned into fat. Fat in the liver can cause inflammation and raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. 'Maybe the negative consequences are slightly smaller, but don't think you're doing your body any favors,' by picking soda with sucrose, she said. Is there too much sugar in American diets? U.S. dietary guidelines recommend that Americans limit their consumption of added sugars to 10% of daily calories. For someone with a 2,200-calorie-a-day diet, that could mean one 16.9-ounce bottle of classic Coca-Cola a day or about two-thirds of a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. The American Heart Association recommends a limit of 6%. Americans average about 13%, federal data shows. Sugar-sweetened beverages are the top source of added sugars in the American diet, making up 24% of daily added sugar intake, according to federal data. (Added sugars found in processed foods are distinct from sugar that occurs naturally in foods like fruit and dairy products.) Christina Roberto, director of the Center for Food and Nutrition Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said sugary beverages are more problematic than other kinds of sweets because they have little nutritional value and aren't filling. 'This is just pure liquid sugar,' she said. 'At least a Snickers bar has some nuts.' The drinks also deliver sugar quickly and in high doses, which causes them to act potently on the brain's reward system in a way that makes us crave them, said Ashley Gearhardt, a University of Michigan psychology professor who studies food addiction. Write to Andrea Petersen at
