PepsiCo is to cut 8,700 jobs, or 3 percent of its work force, the beverage and snack foods company announced on Thursday, February 9.
The company, makers of brands such as Pepsi, Lipton, Doritos and Lay's, expects to save 1.5 billion dollars and channel some of the money into advertising.
“2012 will be a year of transition, one in which we will make the right investments to position PepsiCo properly to achieve long-term high-single-digit core constant currency earnings per share growth,” Hugh Johnston, PepsiCo chief financial officer, said in a statement.
Last year, PepsiCo profits rose 2 percent to around 6.4 billion dollars. The company saw a 15 percent increase in revenue to 66.5 billion dollars, M&C reported citing DPA.
