Pepsi to stop sales of soft drinks in schools world wide
Posted on March 18, 2010 by by valerirojas
PepsiCo has announced it is voluntarily adopting a new global policy to stop sales of  full-sugar soft drinks to primary and secondary schools by 2012.
The new policy will be similar to the company’s existing U.S. policy, which has been in place since 2006.
PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said: “We have long advocated for school settings to be made as conducive as possible to promoting the health of students, and we have programs under way with school authorities in several countries to do that. This includes restoring or expanding physical education and promoting nutrition education. This global policy will serve as an important part of that mission, by expanding our offerings of low-calorie and nutritious beverages.”
The new policy will offer students low-calorie drinks and portion-controlled juices, sports drinks and waters.
According to the Sun-Toronto, Coca Cola also announced earlier this month it would stop selling its products in primary schools, unless parents or school authorities requested it sell them.
