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Business Company that makes Twinkies bought for $5.6bn Rob Beschizza

unions Impassioned union steward perfectly explains the Frito Lay strike Jason Weisberger

racist food Aunt Jemima renamed Pearl Milling Company Rob Beschizza

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drugs Pepsi launching sleep aid soda Rob Beschizza

the borg "Either join us or grow other potatoes," says Pepsi to small farmers in India it's suing Mark Frauenfelder

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Business Pepsi is buying SodaStream David Pescovitz

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cancer Tobacco giant Philip Morris is quietly funding an "anti-smoking" foundation offering $1 billion in "grants" to public health leaders Cory Doctorow

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