Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi fell into some hot water this week after she described what could be the companys next big marketing move.
In an interview with Freakonomics, Nooyi said shes planning to release a new line of snacks tailored specifically for women. The snacks would be designed and packaged differently than the current snacks.
Pepsi currently owns such brands as Cheetos, Lays, Ruffles, Doritos and Tostitos.
Nooyi said she wants to release the new snacks because she thinks women dont like crunchy snacks.
"When you eat out of a flex bag one of our single-serve bags especially as you watch a lot of the young guys eat the chips, they love their Doritos, and they lick their fingers with great glee, and when they reach the bottom of the bag they pour the little broken pieces into their mouth, because they dont want to lose that taste of the flavor, and the broken chips in the bottom," Nooyi told Freakonomics. "Women would love to do the same, but they dont. They dont like to crunch too loudly in public. And they dont lick their fingers generously and they dont like to pour the little broken pieces and the flavor into their mouth."
Nooyi clarified in her interview that she wanted to provide women their own unique snack, rather than create a product to create a divide between men and women.
"Its not a male and female as much as 'are there snacks for women that can be designed and packaged differently?' And yes, we are looking at it, and were getting ready to launch a bunch of them soon," Nooyi told Freakonomics. "For women, low-crunch, the full-taste profile, not have so much of the flavor stick on the fingers, and how can you put it in a purse? Because women love to carry a snack in their purse."
Twitter did not love the new idea, according to Time magazine.
In an interview with Freakonomics, Nooyi said shes planning to release a new line of snacks tailored specifically for women. The snacks would be designed and packaged differently than the current snacks.
Pepsi currently owns such brands as Cheetos, Lays, Ruffles, Doritos and Tostitos.
Nooyi said she wants to release the new snacks because she thinks women dont like crunchy snacks.
"When you eat out of a flex bag one of our single-serve bags especially as you watch a lot of the young guys eat the chips, they love their Doritos, and they lick their fingers with great glee, and when they reach the bottom of the bag they pour the little broken pieces into their mouth, because they dont want to lose that taste of the flavor, and the broken chips in the bottom," Nooyi told Freakonomics. "Women would love to do the same, but they dont. They dont like to crunch too loudly in public. And they dont lick their fingers generously and they dont like to pour the little broken pieces and the flavor into their mouth."
Nooyi clarified in her interview that she wanted to provide women their own unique snack, rather than create a product to create a divide between men and women.
"Its not a male and female as much as 'are there snacks for women that can be designed and packaged differently?' And yes, we are looking at it, and were getting ready to launch a bunch of them soon," Nooyi told Freakonomics. "For women, low-crunch, the full-taste profile, not have so much of the flavor stick on the fingers, and how can you put it in a purse? Because women love to carry a snack in their purse."
Twitter did not love the new idea, according to Time magazine.