Snacks & Candy

PepsiCo Aims Snacks at Women

Sees opportunity for $650 million in additional annual sales
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- PepsiCo, with snacks including bags of Doritos, Fritos and Lay's chips, is aiming a new snack at women looking for a low-calorie, healthier alternative, reported Reuters. It introduced Smartfood popcorn clusters last week as the company's first snack targeted specifically at women.

The clusters combine sweet and salty flavors, have no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and come in 120-calorie packages tucked into a white box with purple details. PepsiCo sees an estimated annual opportunity of $650 million in additional sales to women, according [image-nocss] to the report, and said the majority of women snack more than men.

Pepsi, the maker of soft drinks such as Pepsi, Tropicana juice, Lipton tea and SoBe Lifewater, also said on Thursday that it signed a deal with Rockstar Energy Drink to distribute the caffeinated beverage through its bottlers, which include Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas. (Click here for previous CSP Daily News coverage.)

Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo expects commodity costs to ease this year, yet still be inflationary, John Compton, the chief executive of PepsiCo Americas Foods, said on Thursday. Going into 2010, he expects commodities to be deflationary.

Compton, speaking at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference in Boca Raton, Fla., also said PepsiCo's Frito-Lay snack unit is bringing out new curved displays where it will showcase healthier snacks to appeal to women who do the majority of food shopping.

Click hereto access PepsiCo's CAGNY presentation.

Members help make our journalism possible. Become a CSP member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.

Multimedia

Exclusive Content

Regulation & Legislation

The FTC Signals a Tougher Stance on Franchising, For Now

Agency’s recent comments represented some of its toughest regulatory moves on franchising in years, but the election might have a say in it

Regulation & Legislation

12 Big Complaints Franchisees Have With Franchising

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently listed some of the biggest concerns franchisees expressed during public comments last year.

Company News

Analysis: Is the Economic Heatwave Finally Breaking?

Signs point toward inflation’s end, but questions remain

Trending

More from our partners