PepsiCo products are being pulled from some Carrefour grocery stores in Europe over price hikes
Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in its stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Layโs potato chips, Quaker Oats and its namesake soda.
Aunt Jemima brand gets a new name: Pearl Milling Company
This image provided by PepsiCo, Inc., shows Quaker Oats' Pearl Milling Company brand pancake mix and syrup, formerly the Aunt Jemima brand. Aunt Jemima products will continue to be sold until June 2021, when the packaging will officially change over. Quaker Oats said Tuesday that its Aunt Jemima brand pancake mix and syrup will be renamed Pearl Milling Company. Aunt Jemima products will continue to be sold until June, when the packaging will officially change over. Quaker said it is also donating $1 million to groups that empower Black women and girls as part of the Pearl Milling Company rollout.
After 130 years, Aunt Jemima will vanish from packaging
NEW YORK (AP) After more than 130 years, Aunt Jemima is being removed from packaging for syrup and pancake mix. Quaker Oats company is changing the name and marketing image of the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup. The new packaging will hit shelves by the fourth quarter of 2020. We recognize Aunt Jemimas origins are based on a racial stereotype. Activists and consumers are demanding that companies take a stand against racial injustice or stand to lose their business.