On December 5, 2025, PepsiCo Inc stating that Elliott Investment Management LP is nearing a settlement with the Company expect that an announcement will come soon. In addition, the Company stated that Elliott urged Company to refranchise U.S. bottling and distribution and consider divesting SodaStream and some Quaker Oats brands to improve efficiency and growth, Company?s CEO Ramon Laguarta described discussions with Elliott as constructive, acknowledging PepsiCo is undervalued, and the Company stated that it has been restructuring, cutting costs, and hired Steve Schmitt (ex-Walmart) as CFO. Further, the Company stated that it expanded its partnership with Celsius Holdings, investing $585 million in convertible preferred stock, raising its stake to ~11%, also added a director to Celsius?
PepsiCo, Inc. is one of the worldwide leaders in producing non-alcoholic beverages and snacks. Net sales break down by area of activity as follows:
- North America (60%): sale of beverages (50.3% of net sales; sodas, concentrated juices, water, tea and coffee-based beverages; Aquafina, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, Gatorade Zero, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Propel brands, etc.), snacks (44.9%; chips, tortillas and pretzels; Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Fritos, Ruffles, etc.), and cereals (4.8%; ready-to-eat cereals, rice, wheat, etc.);
- Europe (15.1%): sale of snacks (Cheetos, Chipita, Doritos, Lay's, Ruffles and Walkers brands) and beverages (7UP, Diet Pepsi, Lubimy Sad, Mirinda, Pepsi and Pepsi Max);
- Latin America (12.8%): sales of snacks (Cheetos, Doritos, Emperador, Lay's, Mabel, Marias Gamesa, Ruffles, Sabritas, Saladitas and Tostitos brands) and beverages (7UP, Gatorade, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Black, San Carlos and Toddy);
- Africa/Middle East/South Asia (6.8%): sale of snacks (Chipsy, Doritos, Kurkure, Lay's, Sasko, Spekko and White Star brands) and beverages (7UP, Aquafina, Mirinda, Mountain Dew and Pepsi);
- Asia/Pacific/Australia/New Zealand (5.3%): sale of snacks (BaiCaoWei, Cheetos, Doritos, Lay's and Smith's brands), beverages and syrups (7UP, Aquafina, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Sting).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (56.3%), Mexico (7.8%), Russia (4.2%), Canada (4.1%), China (3%), the United Kingdom (2.2%), South Africa (2%), Brazil (1.9%) and other (18.5%).
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