date:Apr 18, 2014
PepsiCo Inc beat profit expectations on Thursday as a booming snacks unit added pep to sales and its struggling North American soda business did better than expected, sending shares up more than 2 percent in premarket trading.
The maker of Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay snacks and Tropicana juice said that excluding the impact of currency translation and changes to PepsiCo's business, quarterly revenue rose 4 percent.
Overall revenue in the first quarter ended March 22 was $12.62 billion, above the $12