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        <title><![CDATA[PepsiCo gets boost from Doritos, Lays as soda sales drop]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PepsiCo warned on Tuesday surging demand for Lays and Doritos would only partially offset a hit to business in the second quarter from coronavirus lockdowns that have shuttered restaurants, theaters and sports venues key for its soda sales.</p><p>The company said it had seen an increase in consumers making breakfast and <strong>snacking during the day while stuck under stay-at-home orders</strong>, leading to a surge in sales of snacks, oatmeal and Aunt Jemima pancakes late in the first quarter.</p><p>Its drinks business, however, is not faring as well under the tough moves to stifle the virus, and the company ditched its full-year forecast and predicted second-quarter organic sales would decline at a low single digit rate.</p><p>The warning mirrored that of rival Coca-Cola, last week, which said volumes had fallen 25 percent globally since the beginning of April, largely stemming from a loss of sales other than at retail stores.</p><p>PepsiCo finance chief Hugh Johnston stressed the group was less exposed than Coca-Cola to the part of the market hit the hardest by the lockdowns.</p><p>“Compared to our biggest competitor in beverages, they clearly have higher market share in away from home channels — restaurants, movie theaters and the like,” Johnston told Reuters.</p><p>Analysts at Jefferies estimate about 40 percent of Coca-Cola’s volumes are sold through channels other than retail stores, compared with only about 10 percent for Pepsi.</p><p>Still, demand for sodas at grocery stores is also starting to taper off after an initial <strong>phase of stockpiling</strong> at the beginning of the health crisis, Johnston said.</p><p>PepsiCo’s net revenue rose 7.7 percent, to $13.9 billion, in the quarter ended March 21, beating analysts’ estimates of $13.21 billion, also helped by a massive advertising campaign during the Super Bowl. Organic sales of snacks under its Frito-Lay North America unit rose 7 percent in the quarter.</p><p>Excluding one-time items, earned $1.07 per share, beating estimates of $1.03, according to Refinitiv IBES data.</p><p>PepsiCo also said it still expected to pay $5.5 billion in dividends and buy back shares worth $2 billion this fiscal year, signaling financial stability at a time when several blue-chip firms have suspended shareholder returns to preserve cash.</p><p>However, the company ditched its full-year forecast over uncertainty related to the pandemic.</p><p>PepsiCo also announced a new North America distribution agreement with Bang Energy drinks on Tuesday, only a few weeks after striking a<strong> $3.85 billion deal to buy Rockstar Energy Beverages</strong>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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