● increase their annual dividend by 4 percent to $2.15
● return more than $6 billion to shareholders since 2012
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decrease its contribution to poor health >changes to its product line ● reduce the sodium content of "key foods" by 25 percent by
2015
● add sugar content in "key drinks" by 25 percent by 2020
● incorporate more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and lowfat dairy into its product line
● develop new artificial salts and low or nocalorie sweeteners ● expand and triple the sales of its healthier product lines, including Naked juice , Tazo tea, Tropicana and Quaker.
Recently, PepsiCo Inc , the maker of Pepsi and FritoLay snacks…, has raised its annual dividend by 4 percent to $2.15.
This also was 40th consecutive annual dividend increase of the company.
Besides, the company has expected to return more than $6 billion to shareholders since
2012.
After the anti-childhood obesity initiative of first lady Michelle Obama in the US and a demand from parents around the world for healthier options in schools — from Mexico, India and Japan,
PepsiCo is planing to decrease its contribution to
poor health through widespread changes to its product line.
The company has committed to reduce the sodium content of "key foods" by 25 percent by 2015, the saturated fat content of "key foods" by 15 percent by 2020, and the added sugar content in "key drinks" by 25 percent by 2020. It plans to incorporate more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and lowfat dairy into its product line and to develop new artificial salts and low or nocalorie sweeteners. Pepsi also plans to expand and triple the sales of its healthier product lines, including Naked juice , Tazo tea, Tropicana and Quaker.
The company's commitment to stop selling fullsugar beverages in schools worldwide by 2012. Under the