Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pepsico
Search every verified Ramon Laguarta interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ramon Laguarta, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, discussed the company's second-quarter 2026 performance on July 9, 2026. He stated that the company was "dissatisfied" with U.S. snack volume performance and attributed weaker-than-expected results to higher gas prices affecting consumer budgets and to delays in executing price investments with some customers. Laguarta said these execution issues had been resolved and that the company expects an acceleration in the second half of the year. He noted that globally, snack volume grew nearly 3% and beverage volume grew 2%, and that PepsiCo was gaining volume share in U.S. salty snacks. Laguarta described the company's strategy as focusing on affordability investments, portfolio transformation, and away-from-home growth, and said the company is working to optimize the return on trade investments on a customer-by-customer basis. In the first quarter of 2026, Laguarta reported that PepsiCo had added 300 million new food occasions compared to the prior year and that the away-from-home business was growing three times the company average. He emphasized the importance of continued investment in international markets, describing them as the company's "biggest source of growth" over the next five to ten years. Laguarta also noted that the company had not seen a significant impact on demand from the war in the Middle East, and in some markets benefited from a stronger supply chain than competitors.
“The consumer is worse than what we had anticipated and driven mainly by gas prices. The execution of the price investment in some customers have had some delays because of multiple commercial reasons that has been solved. So we'll see an acceleration in the second half.”
“We've been investing in international for many years and one of the things we're very careful about is make sure we don't starve international of the capital or of the investments to continue to grow that business because as you said if you think about the company 5 10 years from now that will be the biggest source of...”
“The consumer is worse than what we had anticipated and driven mainly by gas prices. The execution of the price investment in some customers have had some delays because of multiple commercial reasons that has been solved. So we'll see an acceleration in the second half.”
“We've been investing in international for many years and one of the things we're very careful about is make sure we don't starve international of the capital or of the investments to continue to grow that business because as you said if you think about the company 5 10 years from now that will be the biggest source of...”
“The category that was negative in volume now is positive in volume. We were losing share in volume, now we're gaining share in volume. And that is all very very positive. And it was the first strategic intent that we had early in the year when we decided to lower the prices of the business.”
“We've been investing in international for many years and one of the obviously the things we're very careful about is make sure we don't starve international of the capital or of the investments to continue to grow that business because as you said if you think about the company five 10 years from now that will be the b...”
“We haven't seen an impact on demand in the last, you know, since the war started. You know, we have very strong commercial programs. Actually, I would say in some markets we're seeing a benefit because we have better supply chain than some of our competitors especially in the food business. So, no nothing nothing to, y...”
“We have increased 300 million occasions in Q1 in the food business, 300 million new occasions to our business compared to Q1 of last year. Uh, the away-from-home business is growing three times the average of the company. The, uh, permissible portfolio is going is growing double digit in in some of the brands. So, clea...”
“I think we should assume that there will be a broader adoption of GLP1 medicines as those options evolve and they're more affordable. So I think that should be an assumption. Now we are reacting, we have been working on this for some time. There are multiple levers that we're using and we're very optimistic on how Peps...”
“The way we've constructed our guidance is continuic from what we've seen in Q4. So clearly a middle and low income consumer that continues to be stretched and choiceful and that we have to earn being part of their basket every day. I think that's how we're thinking about it for the US.”
“We will participating in the liquid protein space with I think superior propositions that have no artificials that are great tasting and that I think will will give us will give us the you know the return on what is a clearly a consumer trend that is scaling up in the US.”
“The confidence comes from we see sustained international growth and we see a sequential improvement of our North America business. When you put that together, yes, we should go back to the lower end of our long-term algorithm.”
“I think international will continue to be a growth and profit key driver for the company for the long term. And it's even if you look at the population inside and outside of the company outside of the UAE and how developed our per capita internationally versus the US, you could see right away that that is the growth.”
“We've been leading the transformation of the industry now for a long time on sodium reduction, sugar reduction, and and and better fats. And you know, we we already have a portfolio when we talk about the US and the food business, a 60 plus percent of our business today doesn't have any artificial colors. So, we're wel...”
“We're acting with a lot of sense of urgency on how we reignite top line growth across the business. And yes, we see a clear line of sight to going back to algo rhythm throughout 26.”
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