date:Oct 17, 2013
a market due to its wide array of snacks and beverages, which include Frito-Lay chips and Tropicana juices.
Pepsi's net income was $1.91 billion, or $1.23 per share, in the third quarter, up less than 1 percent from $1.90 billion, or $1.21 per share a year earlier.
Excluding items, earnings were $1.24 per share. On that basis, analysts were expecting $1.17, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
PepsiCo's shares were up almost 1.6 percent at $81.89 in early trading.
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