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Robin4918's avatar

Boycotters, remember that PepsiCo has hundreds of subsidiaries. This article points out some of the most popular, including Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Naked Juice, Aquafina, Sierra Mist, Quaker Foods, Tropicana, Lipton, Starbucks (that one hurts!). Some of those cover dozens of brands of snacks, cereals, beverages, and packaged foods (ex. Quaker makes Rice-a-Roni). When I write to PepsiCo, I plan to mention that I'll be reading labels carefully to avoid buying anything made by any PepsiCo subsidiary. https://startuptalky.com/pepsico-subsidiaries/#pepsico_subsidiaryPepsiCoSubsidiaries

Sean OFarrell's avatar

Pepsi bottles the Starbucks products that you buy in the grocery store, so if you go to Starbucks itself you’re fine.

Robin4918's avatar

Thanks for that happy detail, Sean!

Abby's avatar

Amazing link, Robin. Thanks for helping Judd out these hypocritical fools. Let's also remember the large number of workers who are employed by Pepsi and their subsidiaries. Do they know their labor supports these policies?

Ellie Kona's avatar

Add SodaStream, another one that hurts! I had posted the Pepsi alert to a well known Substacker with the suggested alternative of SodaStream to make sparkling water at home, and received the info that it's owned by Pepsi! Ouch!

“SodaStream, the Israeli-based home soda device manufacturer, was acquired by beverage giant PepsiCo in 2018 as part of a multi-billion dollar buyout…”

https://thedieline.com/blog/2019/10/25/sodastream-to-release-pepsico-concentrates

Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

Whoever in Pepsi's PR department thought up that lame excuse should lose their job. No one with half a brain will accept it.

LH's avatar

Thank you, Judd and team for the continued research and reporting. And thank you to those in this group for other information. Over the past years, I have been working to eliminate so many products owned by Pepsi and Coca Cola, Unilever, etc. Pepsi also aggressively purchases water rights, which will affect local communities sooner than later. These are so monolithic and have infiltrated every aspect of our daily lives it is challenging to avoid them, and they know it. But we can make life uncomfortable for them for some time and impact the financial picture. Please don’t forget to aggressively look at your institutional investments also.

SeekingReason's avatar

During covid I was forced to try many other brands due to hoarding by others early on. It turned out to be a good thing. I can make due with slightly lower quality paper products. But it is important to read the labels! Let’s do this and show our power!

Lib's avatar

EXCELLENT job Judd! If we we get #BoycottPepsi to trend again, maybe they’ll ask for their money back. Also, let’s get AT&T, Walmart & Ford trending as well!

Scot Bennett's avatar

Keep shining the light on these scumbags.

Harriet Langford's avatar

This is exactly what we must do as many times as it takes...expose these contributions!! THANK YOU!!!

August West's avatar

Getting things done. Great job, Judd. Happy to support the important work you are dong.

Jake G.'s avatar

PHENOMENAL follow-up. As soon as I read that they claimed to donate in 2020, I knew this was a garbage response. Checks don't last forever (180 days in most cases as you point out) the lying from these corporations never end. I will avoid Pepsi as much as humanly possible moving forward. Thank You Judd

Dr Bob's avatar

Shouldn't be drinking sugar water and the other crap they make anyway!

SeekingReason's avatar

😄pretty nasty stuff for general health & our teeth

mm's avatar

Thank you SO MUCH for everything you do.

SeekingReason's avatar

It’s great to see how effective you are Judd Legum! Thank you. This really inspires me. I think I’m even going to exhale today. 😄

William Arnold's avatar

Big Shout Out to Judd and the PI truth warriors!!!

DSN's avatar

Thank you for the work you are doing!

Louise Wollman's avatar

Bravo to you, Judd, on the PepsiCo response!

And if anyone wants to join my letter/email/tweet campaign to write, criticize, protest these backsliding corporations, email me at LASWNYC@gmail.com.

Jack's avatar

Seems that along with #BoycottPepsi we need #PepsiLies - thanks for the great research and writing.

PoetryIsDemocracy's avatar

Tweeted to also thank E Jean Carroll. Exciting news and investigation worthy of Scotland Yard!❤️