PepsiCo’s New Healthy Diet: More Potato Chips and Soda

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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For years, big food and beverage companies like PepsiCo leaned hard into launching new, healthy food products. But recently, PepsiCo has decided to double down on its flagship chips and soda and is looking to make those products healthier. WSJ's Jennifer Maloney explains what it means for both the company and public health. Further Reading: - Pepsi’s New Healthy Diet: More Potato Chips and Soda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Earlier this week, I had breakfast with my colleague Jennifer Maloney.
0:10.0	Jennifer, I have a little breakfast of champions here.
0:15.1	I have a can of Pepsi.
0:19.1	I have Lays classic potato chips.
0:23.5	I have Cheetos.
0:26.6	Yum.
0:28.6	I don't usually eat chips for breakfast, but I figured it was appropriate because
0:32.5	Jennifer has been reporting lately on PepsiCo, the big food and beverage conglomerate that
0:37.3	makes everything from Lays potato chips to Sobra hummus.
0:41.0	And of course Pepsi Cola.
0:42.6	Now that we've got that out of the way, I'm just going to have a sip here of this Pepsi.
0:49.1	You got to wash it down.
0:51.3	Oh man.
0:54.0	I haven't had a can of Pepsi in a long time.
0:55.7	This is good.
0:57.4	It tastes good, but it probably goes without saying that snacks like these aren't very
1:01.7	healthy.
1:03.2	And for years, PepsiCo had been pivoting away from them.
1:07.3	But now, the company is pivoting back and going big on things like chips and soda.
1:13.2	This time, with a twist.
1:17.8	Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business and power.
1:21.8	I'm Ryan Conidson.
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