Wednesday, June 19, 2013
3:40 p.m. PDT

Mehmood Khan, chief scientific officer, executive vice president, global research and development, PepsiCo

Since last year, the challenges of planning, research, and development have paid off, and the concepts I spoke about are coming to life in new products and categories. Quaker Real Medleys (oatmeal and dried fruit) have been a huge success not only with consumers, but for our retail partners as well. <BR><BR>Every business in the global food and beverage industry is facing a similar challenge: manage growing commodity costs while meeting the demands of an increasingly cost-conscious universe of consumers.<BR><BR><A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-profile-khan-pepsi20110620,0,460048.story">See the original profile that ran June 20, 2011</A>

( June 16, 2012 )

Since last year, the challenges of planning, research, and development have paid off, and the concepts I spoke about are coming to life in new products and categories. Quaker Real Medleys (oatmeal and dried fruit) have been a huge success not only with consumers, but for our retail partners as well.

Every business in the global food and beverage industry is facing a similar challenge: manage growing commodity costs while meeting the demands of an increasingly cost-conscious universe of consumers.

See the original profile that ran June 20, 2011

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