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Casualties Of The Sugar Wars: Pepsi Announces Job Cuts As Philly Soda Tax Hits Sales
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 4:44pm | 622PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) announced Wednesday between 80 and 100 layoffs at its Philadelphia sites over the next few months — and management blames the city’s newly implemented soda tax. The tax raised consumer prices 1.5 cents per ounce, and PepsiCo spokesperson Dave DeCecco told...