PepsiCo Q3 2021 Earnings Call Transcript

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October 4, 2021

There are 16 speakers on the call.

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to PepsiCo's 2021 Third Quarter Earnings Today's call is being recorded and will be archived at www.pepsico.com. It is now my pleasure to introduce Mr. Ravi Pamnani, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Mr. Pamnani, you may begin.

Speaker 1

Thank you, operator. I hope everyone has had a chance this morning to review our press release and prepared remarks, both of which are available on our website. Before we begin, please take note of our cautionary statement. We may make forward looking statements on today's call, including about our business plans and updated 2021 guidance and the potential impact of the COVID-nineteen pandemic on our business. Forward looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties and only reflect our view as of today, October 5, 2021, and we are under no obligation to update.

Speaker 1

When discussing our results, we refer to non GAAP measures, which exclude certain items from reported results. Please refer to our Q3 2021 earnings release and Q3 2021 Form 10 Q available on pepsico.com for definitions and reconciliations Joining me today are PepsiCo's Chairman and CEO, Ramon Laguarta and PepsiCo's Vice Chairman and CFO, Hugh Johnston. We ask that you please limit yourself to one question. And with that, I will turn it over to the operator for the first question.

Operator

Thank you. Our first question comes from Dara Mohsen with Morgan Stanley.

Speaker 2

Hey, good morning guys.

Speaker 3

Good morning there, Anthony.

Speaker 2

Obviously, very strong Top line results again here in Q3 and for the full year, you now expect 8% organic sales growth. That'd be the best result we've seen in recent history. So Can you just discuss some of the key drivers behind the recent acceleration in top line growth? How sustainable they are as you look out longer term? And then also just near term, are you confident you can sustain the mid single digit organic sales growth in line with the long term algorithm, particularly as maybe you catch up on Or as we look specifically at 2022, could there be some risk as you cycle these difficult comparisons from 2021?

Speaker 2

How you guys think about that conceptually would be helpful.

Speaker 3

Yes. Hi there. Good morning. Yes, listen, I think we're very pleased with the performance of the business overall. I think it's driven by categories are healthy, both our beverage and Food category or snacks categories are growing faster than food and beverage overall in the U.

Speaker 3

S. But globally. So We're playing in categories that are doing very well, I would say, during pandemic now, as we are exiting The pandemic in many markets around the world. So that's one thing. The other component of our success is I think we're becoming much more competitive across both our categories in most of the markets where we operate.

Speaker 3

And that's been a consequence of the investments we've been making in the brands, I think pretty good innovation. Obviously, investments we've made in go to market, capacity, new capabilities, talent, everything else we've been talking to you For the last couple of years, we're seeing the momentum across the business and we're seeing that momentum continuing into to the balance of the year. That's why we are kind of elevating our guidance for top line. And we've seen that that momentum will continue Well into the 2022. I think you Yes, I'm happy to jump in as well.

Speaker 3

As far as the question there.

Speaker 4

Yes, Dara, Specifically on 22 and I know obviously there's always going to be lots of questions on that. And historically, You've been with us for a long time. We typically don't talk about the following year until we get to February. But given the level question and given the level of volatility, I think we thought it was prudent at least to get some indication of where we are on 'twenty two. In short, we expect our organic revenue growth and our core constant currency EPS growth to be in line with our long term objectives in 2022.

Speaker 4

I know that's going to sort of create a lot of additional questions and candidly we're not ready to get into all of the details of that because frankly we're still early in our planning process. But I think we can say with confidence that we expect both revenue and core constant currency EPS to be in line with the long term objectives for 20Q. So hopefully that gives everyone some level of comfort that As we emerge from Q4, we emerge with a lot of momentum in the top line as well as a business that has Got it. Supply chain well managed and on good footing to deliver another good year next year.

Speaker 2

Thanks. Very helpful.

Operator

And we will take our next question from Bonnie Herzog with Goldman Sachs.

Speaker 5

All right. Thank you. Good morning, everyone.

Operator

Good morning.

Speaker 5

I guess I have a bit of a follow on question as it relates to And maybe specifically on innovation. We're hearing from some of our industry contacts Your innovation pipeline for next year, from what we've seen and what we've heard, it looks very robust. So just Love to hear some color from you in terms of if you are in fact stepping up your innovation significantly versus prior years. And if so, do you think you're going to need to also step up your A and M spend to really support

Speaker 3

Thank you, Bonnie. It's good that you're hearing from our customers that innovation is good. It's always a good feedback. Listen, now it's more seriously. I think we've always seen innovation as a key driver of our competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Speaker 3

And We've been investing a lot in R and D. We're investing a lot in insights and we're connecting better I think insights with R and D and the whole commercial execution to get the maximum return on those innovations. So I think the machine is ready and I think it It keeps getting better year after year. So yes, our pipeline is strong. I would say our pipeline in 2021 was very strong as well and we're seeing the return From that innovation across the world, we're trying to be much more local, much more mid term and long term, much more incremental in the way we think About our innovation.

Speaker 3

So yes, when it comes to the investment behind the innovation, I think we have The right level of A and M, Bonnie, in our business to support innovation in a big way. And it's not only A and M, But as you know, we have a very strong push system that allows us to give innovation a lot of visibility and separate it from The rest of the category and make sure that the trial levels are higher and the repeat levels are good. So I would say, yes, There will be a strong innovation across beverages and snacks. We think it's going to be quite incremental And I would think we have the right level of resources to support that innovation within our current algorithm. So I would not expect a higher A and M next year.

Speaker 5

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Andrea Teixeira with JPMorgan.

Speaker 6

Thank you and good morning to all. I just want talk about those, obviously, it's no surprise to anyone. But it was a 14 percentage point impact on EBIT. And I understand that your cost inflation had been running around mid single digits. And as such, I think like the EPS and you're having the pricing coming through also in the Q4, strongly.

Speaker 6

So Should we read the EPS flow of $1.47 a reflection of those of increased AEM, you said and not necessarily for 2022, but perhaps You're not going to flow all the upside that we saw so far in the year into the EPS for the year just because of these investments to set you up for a strong 2022. Is that the way we should read?

Speaker 4

Yes, Andrea, good question. I think I would think about it this way. Obviously, we've given some pretty specific guidance in terms of where we expect EPS to land for Q4. You know that we forward by 6 to 9 months those hedges that we had in the beginning of the year are starting to roll off. The new ones that are in place are Higher cost.

Speaker 4

We had shared on the last call as well as in the prepared remarks today that we expect to be able to price through the inflation that we're facing, whether it be commodities inflation or other types of operating expense inflation. Some of that pricing occurred in the summer, much more of it is occurring in the fall in the beverage business and substantially

Speaker 3

All

Speaker 4

of it for 2021 in the Snack Food business is occurring really as we speak during these weeks right now. You also know that we forward by that 6 to 9 months out. So we will have a better handle on where Exactly. 2022 costs are going to land as we get into the Q1 of 2022. And I would expect us to price A bit more to be reflective of some of that sort of finalization of costs during the course of 2022.

Speaker 4

So some of the pricing coming through the balance of it coming in Q1 of 2022 and the EPS guidance is reflective of all of that.

Speaker 6

Great. Thank you. I'll pass it on.

Operator

We will take our next question from Lauren Lieberman with Barclays.

Speaker 7

Great. Thanks. Just to follow-up on that, I mean, the hear your comments on, you forward by 6 to 9 months, So you'll have more visibility as you get into the Q1 onto the cost base. That suggests a lot of pricing. And so I was hoping you could just comment on elasticity, whether what you're seeing in terms of your models, if you're seeing elasticity than traditionally because the innovation has been so strong, if it's tough to really get a read because of all of the COVID comparisons that are flowing through consumer behavior right now, but curious on the elasticity piece because it does imply a lot of pricing.

Speaker 7

Thanks.

Speaker 3

Yes. Lauren, I'll take a first go at this and then maybe Hugh can add some more comments. What we're seeing across The world is much lower elasticity on the pricing that we've seen historically. And that applies to developing markets, Western Europe and the U. S.

Speaker 3

So across the world, consumer seems to be looking at pricing a little bit differently Then before, it could be several hypotheses. I think in our case, our brands are stronger and I think our innovation is stronger as you're saying. So that could be a factor. There could be also some behaviors as consumers are shopping faster in store And they might be paying less attention to pricing as a decision factor and they might be giving more relevance to the brands or brands that they feel more I'd be closer to or more, close yes, I would say closer, more and more emotionally attached to us as our brand. So we're seeing less elasticity We're adjusting our models as we go and that's obviously informing our decisions as we price

Operator

And we will take our next question from Bryan Spillane with Bank of America.

Speaker 8

Hey, good morning, everyone. My question is around, EMEA and APAC. And if we look at the year to date profit contribution from those two segments, it's contributing about a quarter of the operating profit, incremental dollars, right? And if you look at it on a currency neutral basis, you've got a pretty healthy gap, right, on currency neutral operating profit growth versus what the currency neutral organic sales growth is. So I guess My question is just are we at a point in those two segments where there's enough scale where you could really start to see a sustained Margin improvement and profit contribution to the total going forward?

Speaker 8

Or is there Something just sort of unusual in the near term that's just driving those margins.

Speaker 3

I think Brian, your two hypotheses are valid. I think there is a lapping effect. So especially AMISA last year Suffered a lot, given its geographies. So India, Pakistan, Middle East and Africa, clearly, they were challenge last year. They're coming back.

Speaker 3

It's a very beverage focused business. So clearly, it was more impacted by the COVID mobility Restrictions. So we're seeing those businesses coming back and we have high, high scale and we have high share many of those markets and our advertising and marketing is doing very well. So part of that is lapping. Your second question on scale.

Speaker 3

Yes, scale is getting obviously every year. You see the growth level on the top line. We're getting to scale levels that are pretty good in many of the critical markets in that region and that's giving us obviously the opportunity to do better in the marketplace and the flow through is also stronger. So, I think the 2 are relevant. If you think about the business going forward, those are very strategic markets for us going forward.

Speaker 3

And we continue to invest in everything from technologies, so we can expand the portfolio. Talent, obviously, there There's a word for talent in that part of the world. I think we're a scaled company that does a good job with developing talent in that part of the world. And then obviously our go to market being very strong. We have very good bottlers and wherever we have our own operations, especially in the food business, we're also Investing in digitalization and everything that goes with being more precise and more agile.

Speaker 3

So hopefully, I'm answering both the short term, but also more

Operator

And we will take our next question from Laurent Gradient with Guggenheim.

Speaker 3

Hey, good morning everyone and congrats on a strong quarter in that very volatile environment.

Speaker 9

Talking about innovation, it's great to see you leading the company pushing the usual boundaries. So during the quarter, you announced partnership with the Boston Beer Company to introduce our hard Mountain Dew in the U. S. So the question is not so much about the potential of that initiative, but more On the route to market you decided to choose, so we'd like to understand why you decided to create your own distribution rather than Rely on the Boston Beer Wholesaler Network. What is the end game here?

Speaker 9

And by extension, your strategy in alcohol here in the U. S. And internationally? Thank you.

Speaker 3

Thank you, Laurent. Listen, we have a good partnership with the Boston Beer Company, and they have The R and D and the knowledge in this space that we don't, we have the brand. As Sumant and you, I think It will play very well in that space. It will be quite differentiated in terms of the flavor profile and the emotional connection. So that's how we're thinking about it In terms of the first step into this market, from the distribution point of view, We think we have an opportunity to create a distribution system in the U.

Speaker 3

S. That is quite unique in the sense that it will be an integrated distribution system that can make coordinated decisions across multiple states from one decision point. And that could be, I think, competitively advantaged. So we're starting with A number of states where we have the license to operate, and we'll take it from there. We feel optimistic.

Speaker 3

We think it will be very incremental. It would help us with the drop size. It would help us with the economics of the routes eventually and within the same as we're doing with the chill distribution system That goes very popular and it's unique and it covers the whole country. We think we could eventually a distribution system that can be quite capillar and quite integrated on the low alcohol part of our

Operator

We will take our next question from Vivien Azer from Cowen. Hi.

Speaker 5

Yes, I was hoping actually to follow-up on the hard seltzer questions, please. Just curious your impressions of the overall category. It's obviously been incredibly contentious, the decelerating trend. And whether you had all discussed perhaps introducing Mountain Dew as a canned cocktail as opposed to a hard seltzer because it does seem that that's where the consumer is moving. Thank you.

Speaker 3

Yes. Listen, our view on the category is very sizable. I think it's almost $9,000,000,000 retail value now and growing 20% and with high good margins above the average of the category. So clearly, a space where We should be playing and that's how we're thinking about this. We see consumer trends that favor that This category will continue to grow in its current form or with new innovation.

Speaker 3

So that's why we decided to participate. Our first Entries with Mountain Dew and Mountain Dew is going to be a flavor malt beverage, not I think we'll be a differentiated flavor and with a very unique brand. So I think we can carve out our own space In that, which is relatively crowded market and we'll take it from there. Obviously, we have a pipeline of ideas that we will be disclosing as we go.

Operator

We will take our next question from Kevin Grundy with Jefferies.

Speaker 10

Hey, good morning, everyone, and congratulations on the strong result. Ramon, I wanted to ask you about the decision to sell the juice businesses and sort of overall satisfaction with the portfolio. So the trough business, of course, had been with the company for, if I'm not mistaken, over 2 decades. You go back over the years, the Quaker business has had a nice balance. I think there's been some discussion in the marketplace about a potential divestiture there from time to time.

Speaker 10

Maybe you could just sort of walk us through the decision to sell the juice business, what went into it? Can you maybe comment on preliminary thoughts on uses of the proceeds when the deal closes? And then Ramon just brought the overall satisfaction and potential other areas of divestiture. Thank you.

Speaker 3

Yes. Kevin, good morning. Listen, I think we've been looking obviously at our portfolio since I started with you and the team, and we've Added some assets to the company in high growth spaces long term. We've added assets in Africa. We've added assets in China.

Speaker 3

We've added assets here in the U. S. That allow us to grow Into new spaces, value added dairy or energy or healthier snacks. So we've made Some decisions over the last few years to add assets that will give us accelerated growth. At the same time, we've been looking at other parts of the portfolio where Probably the long term growth and the long term margin creation is less exciting.

Speaker 3

And in that context is where we see the juice business is a good business, But it's probably not a business that we think we can grow at this speed and with the margins that we want to grow PepsiCo overall. And that's why we decided to make This decision we found a great partner in PAI. They have very good experience with previous similar partnerships with other large Food companies, we believe we have a way for this JV that we're creating to continue to create synergies on the operational side for the juice business, continue to innovate and make sure that our brands, because we want to be 40% of that JV, continue to thrive and compete in a better way than they would probably do in our portfolio where we have a lot of Choices where to invest and where to focus. So that's the that's, Kevin, the logic behind this. Now few can tell you about the The financial part, which is also very attractive, I would say.

Speaker 4

Yes, Kevin, no change to what we had previously communicated on use of proceeds. Number 1, we'll use it to reduce debt. Obviously, we're losing some EBITDA, so we'll adjust our debt levels to reflect that. Number 2, as we have been, we'll use the funds to invest in organic CapEx back into the business. Obviously, it begs the question and I can see where people might go into what does it mean for share repurchase in 2022.

Speaker 3

And the answer

Speaker 4

is we'll talk about share repurchase in February on all of that. To me, that's a broader question on guidance. So but I know that question is out there. So why don't we at least We'll deal with that when we get to 22.

Operator

We'll take our next question from Wendy Nicholson with Citi.

Speaker 11

Hi. And my question is a follow-up, but not specifically on share repurchases. But this year, sense of where you said you wouldn't be buying back as much stock because you wanted to invest in some of the acquired businesses. And I have questions on that. Number 1, we haven't as of the 9 months seen CapEx actually tick up meaningfully.

Speaker 11

So I'm wondering what Sort of the investments you are making, is it still CapEx to come in some of those acquired businesses? But also you cited those acquired business Structurally lower gross margin, do you think that's going to be something in perpetuity or are there things you can do either pricing or restructuring wise to get the gross margins in those acquired businesses?

Speaker 4

Yes. Wendy, I'll address both of those questions. Regarding the investments, I think the indication was that we're going to invest broadly back in the business, not just specifically into those acquired As it relates to CapEx. Clearly, Dave, they're a part of that mix. You're absolutely right.

Speaker 4

But it was a broader comment about around CapEx. And CapEx is at a higher sustained level than it was perhaps a few years ago as we're driving the faster rate of growth in the company and making our supply chain more resilient as well. So I think from that standpoint, the numbers are Pretty consistent with the strategic intent that we had articulated a bit earlier. Regarding The balance of

Speaker 3

International M

Speaker 4

and A. Yes, in terms of the international M and A piece. We're through the overlap period. The biggest driver on that obviously was Pioneer to some degree the interior as well, it's the lower gross margin business. We really are through that as of the end of the second quarter.

Speaker 4

So that's not an impact in mixing our margins down any further We're past that as of the Q3 results.

Operator

We'll take our next question from Nik Modi with RBC Capital Markets.

Speaker 12

Yes, thanks. Good morning, everyone. Ramona, I was hoping you can comment on just general strength in packaged beverage. I mean, I think all of us have been pretty surprised by the strength, especially with all the pricing in the marketplace. So I was wondering just from a consumer insight standpoint, what do you think is driving that despite the mobility improvements we're seeing?

Speaker 3

Yes, Nick. Listen, clearly, the category is very healthy Across the world, obviously, the U. S, Western Europe, but also developing markets. We're seeing, Obviously, the away from home business picking up, we I think in Q3, our Away from home business is a 90% index to 2019. It keeps going up with every month that goes by.

Speaker 3

So clearly that's a very positive sign. Now our convenience store business continues to do very well as consumers are Having higher mobility, but the remarkable thing is that the in home consumption continues to be quite high. So consumers are not Are still using the home as a hub and continue to entertain at home and continue to do more things at home. And that's driving additional consumption at home versus choose the previous 2019 level. So I think we're in a very good place where consumption at home is higher, Consumption on On the Go is increasing and most of the channels in our foodservice business are picking up.

Speaker 3

So pretty good momentum. We expect those trends to continue for a while. And we think that consumers have changed some of their habits from where we're reading in our And we think that the beverage category is in a very positive situation for the upcoming future. We see the same with snacks by the way. So we the snack business, which is obviously a big part of our growth and sales and profits, We see that category very consistent across the world and it was during the pandemic.

Speaker 3

It is now growing at very fast pace as consumers are gaining mobility as well. So I think as I said at the beginning, our 2 categories where we operate are growing significantly higher than the food and beverage categories overall. And that is an advantage that we have as a company as we play into categories that are from the consumer point of view are very preferred.

Operator

Our next question comes from Robert Ottenstein with Evercore.

Speaker 13

Great. Thank you very much. And apologies, if somebody asked this, my phone dropped for a few minutes. But I was wondering if you can give us Any kind of update in terms of your shelf space in North America on beverages? There was obviously resets were delayed in 2020.

Speaker 13

We've had some this year. And particularly on the C store side where I think you were really focused on improving your position there with the energy drink offerings.

Speaker 3

Thank you. Great. Yes, listen, I won't go into a lot of specifics. It's widely available information. Matt, I would say that we're gaining space, Both inconvenience, as you were saying, it was a focus and we invested to gain additional space, not only for our energy business, but For making sure that our innovation was incremental in space as that's what really makes a difference in the overall output of the company.

Speaker 3

We have if you think about the other variable, which is secondary displays or overall inventory on the floor, Because we've had some supply chain constraint in some of our products, we've pulled back on some of the inventory on the perimeter during the summer, voluntarily, I would say, just to make sure that we We're able to service the customers at the right level. That's something temporary that obviously we will push back as we improve our Yes, the reliability of our supply chain. But clearly, it's a positive element, I would say, Of our mix of our top line growth, the additional space that we're driving for both our beverages and snacks across all the channels. That's where we see the value of our push model where DSD is really helping us to execute with precision And not just muscle, but we're putting more and more intelligence in where we drive the space, how do we execute that space and all the positive Feedback loop that we're creating with our people on the ground, our associates on the ground to make that a differentiation for our company.

Operator

We'll take our next question from Stephen Powers with Deutsche Bank.

Speaker 1

Yes. Hey,

Speaker 14

thanks. Coming back to

Speaker 15

the top line, Ramon, as you look across the strength Across your emerging market businesses, I wonder if there's anything you could speak to in terms of where that strength is coming from, from a channel perspective, Whether it's balanced or whether you're seeing outsized strength perhaps in places where you may have not expected it when the year began. And I guess if that answer varies at all by key market, those insights would be helpful as well. Thanks.

Speaker 3

Yes. Steve, a couple of things I would say, Specifically to developing markets, we're seeing a higher mobility that we were expecting earlier in the year. So we've Shane, maybe we're a bit conservative as we were planning the year in terms of how COVID would impact some of the developing markets. Clearly, The consumers have found ways to increase their mobility and going back to their routines of work or school or whatever. So that's help desk.

Speaker 3

The other thing we've seen positive, as I mentioned earlier, is that the elasticity to pricing has been better than we had initially in Our models as well. So we're seeing consumers staying with our brands better. I think that's a consequence of the investments we've been putting in our brands. And the way we're executing our pricing decisions are much more informed by data and granularity and we're able to execute different strategies by channel, by brand in very nuanced way. I think those two elements are reducing the elasticity impact on our business and making Our international business, I think, more competitive and thriving in the majority of the market.

Speaker 3

So those 2 will be the elements. Steve, if I had to single out, what's been differential versus our original estimations?

Speaker 4

And Steve, just to add to Ramon's answer with a few numbers. Overall, D and E markets were up 19%. So we saw good strong growth across D and E. And then some of the biggest markets for us, Brazil, Russia, India, China and Mexico, We're all up either in the teens or 20%. So very broad based growth across all of the big key

Operator

And we will take our next question from Kumar Krachowale with Credit Suisse. Your line is open.

Speaker 12

Hey, everybody. Good morning. Can we would you guys mind giving us an update on SodaStream? You've obviously owned it for a good period of time. You're mentioning it a bit more now.

Speaker 12

It feels like this pandemic could have been a moment that really very structurally changed what the future of this business might look like. So maybe just Starting with how big is it now? What's household penetration looking like? And perhaps some of your plans there? I think that'd be useful.

Speaker 12

Thank you.

Speaker 3

Yes. Camille, let me take we can go into specifics of size, but it's clearly the business as in what are the core markets, core markets being Central Europe, Northern Europe, Canada In the U. S, some parts of the U. S, so household penetration is increasing, retention of those households is improving. There's a few things we're doing structurally with that business that I think will even Accelerate its growth.

Speaker 3

One is we're building a direct to consumer business with Solid Stream that is Very relevant as it gives us a lot of first party data and it allows us to have a lot of individual connection with consumers, understand their behaviors. And with that, we can IDA new products and we can also increase the, let's say, the life value of those consumers. So that's one big driver. The other thing we're doing, especially In Europe, we're putting our brands in the SodaStream model. So we're giving consumers the opportunity Not only to drink sparkling water, but to drink sparkling water with the best preferred flavors and the best brands or their favorite brands, bubbly, be it Pepsi, be it Mountain Dew, 7 App, whatever in our international market.

Speaker 3

So that's a big driver of the How we think we can increase the lifetime value of those households and generate additional value. If you think about the our pet positive commitments and how we think we can change the footprint, environmental footprint of our categories, Solar Stream is a big driver of that future consumption model.

Operator

We will take our next question from Sean King with UBS.

Speaker 1

Great. Thanks for the question. Just a question about energy drinks. I guess you mentioned in the 10 Q, seeing double digit volume growth. It's not necessarily what we're seeing in the Nielsen data.

Speaker 1

Is that how you're defining the category or just channels that we're not capturing in the track channel data?

Speaker 4

Yes. Sean, I think it's The latter, it's more channels that you're not capturing in the Nielsen data. Obviously, energy is big in The unmeasured CNG channel and given the DSD strength that we have, we probably over index So you're just not seeing the data relative to what we have.

Speaker 1

Great. Thank you very much.

Operator

And our final question comes from Chris Carey with Wells Fargo.

Speaker 14

Hi, thanks so much. Just a bit of a higher level question that relates to a prior answer. Can you just Maybe discuss how Pet Positive is going to shape this portfolio over the longer term. I mean, clearly, Tropicana had financial aspects, as you noted, but there's Other concepts such as health and wellness that are clearly relevant. There's clearly a desire to scale businesses with no single use packaging, but obviously that's counter to much of your business today.

Speaker 14

I imagine this pushes innovation streams even more into health and wellness. So I guess the question is just how Pet Positive is going to shape this portfolio over the longer term beyond just what are obvious financial considerations of some of your recent transactions? Thanks so much.

Speaker 3

Yes. Maybe I mean there's 3 pillars to Pet Positive. One of them is precisely on the portfolio of positive choices. And I think you could visualize this as multiple vectors. One is, yes, we want to make sure that our products, current products are much better.

Speaker 3

So Imagine a Lace, let's say, mistake Lace, for example, you should imagine Lace continue to have the same great taste, By having the lowest sodium levels in the market and being cooked with the best cooking oils. I mean, that is our commitment. We want to continue to give you the best tasting products in better, let's say, Nutritional forms. Now, you should also imagine new consumption models. As I was saying, Gatorade in Powder or in tablets.

Speaker 3

That's clearly better for the planet and probably easier for consumers as well. You should think about SodaStream as a consumption model or you should Think about Solar Stream Professional in the offices. So we move consumption to with refillable reusable models. And then you should also think about innovation in a way that we bring to the consumer products that are better for the consumer and better for the planet. For example, more legumes, we're adding legumes to our snacks Portfolio legumes are can be used as cover crops that clearly impact better agriculture, but at the same time are more nutritional Consumer chickpeas and others.

Speaker 3

You should think about innovations like we are working on with our Beyond meat partnership where we're going to have protein solutions that are known from animals and therefore It will be better for consumers and better for the planet. So multiple levers of how we're planning to evolve the portfolio with a lot of emphasis making our current portfolio, which is beautiful, more, say more nutritious, innovating in new consumption models And also innovating in new platforms that will be better for consumers and better for the planet. That's how you should visualize The evolution of the portfolio in the coming years. So Thank you to everybody for your questions on your engagement and for your confidence that you've placed In us with your investments and we wish you all to stay safe and healthy and look forward to our next interactions. Thank you.

Operator

This does conclude today's PepsiCo

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