I emailed the Pepsi Board of Directors and stated that my family will not purchase nor consume their products as long as Mr. West is a paid spokesman. This is what I got in return. Typical avoid the issue commentary.

GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE

A Message from Consumer Relations 010603079A

Dear Norman,


Thank you for your email regarding Kanye West and his remarks during a
recent televised benefit concert in New York.

The catastrophic events surrounding our country’s worst natural
disaster
in living memory have imposed a severe strain not only on those
directly
involved, but also those watching from afar. It’s not surprising that
emotions have run high in the immediate days following.

Many questions have arisen in the days since Hurricane Katrina struck
the
Gulf Coast.  President Bush has said himself that the nation’s response
has been “unacceptable” and that we need to find out what went right
and
what went wrong.

This has become a challenging and frustrating time for everyone, and
during the benefit, Mr. West made an emotional, impulsive statement.  
Now
he’s focusing his energy on helping the affected citizens recover and
rebuild after this national disaster.  Among other things, he plans to
visit the area to personally assist the people who have been affected
by
Katrina.

At Pepsi, we’re doing what we can, too.  We are dedicated to working
directly with relief organizations and government agencies to provide
monetary assistance and food and beverage donations to people in need.

We fully appreciate your feelings in this matter and the sincerity with
which they have been expressed.  The destruction wrought by Hurricane
Katrina and its aftermath will be subjected to serious debate for some
time to come and, in time, will be assessed with less passion and more
reflection.

In the meantime, the victims of this tragedy have to receive support
and
care. That will require an extraordinary national commitment and we
will
need to continue to do whatever we can to help.

Again, we thank you for taking the time to express your opinion and
wish
that you will continue to do so.

With best regards,

Suzanne Gooley
Consumer Relations Representative
[email protected]
010603079A


I PLAN ON SENDING THE POLL RESULTS TO PEPSI.

<pats on head> Go away kid, the grown ups are talkin'. <pats on head>

never thought I'd say this   FUCK pepsi

I don't know what he said, but they're basically giving you 95% bullshit and 5% 'we wish he hadn't said that.'

So it amounts to  'we're not going to do anything about it'.

PR speaketh with forked tongue.  

On one hand, maybe I don't watch enough TV to see all this crap.  On the other hand, that's probably good.

I would boycott, but I don't drink Pepsi in the first place.

You can write the PepsiCo's Board here. www.pepsico.com/company/request-information.shtml

Quoted: <pats on head> Go away kid, the grown ups are talkin'. <pats on head>

Yep, that's the Reader's Digest Condensed version of the letter.

Are you surprised that Pepsi doesn't care that their spokesman is a racist?

Pepsi tastes like shit, and is the favorite cola of New England...Go figure.

At least you got a letter, though I guess I don't really care. Pepsi can pack it.

Coke is better, anyway.

I will continue to not puchase anyhing from pepsi including there bottled water. (the only thing soda related I ever purchase)

Well what did he say, is it that stupid song about how the dubya hates black people? Pepsi is the worst cola any way, give me kmart or RC brand any day over Pepsi......

Can-Ye who?

Quoted: Coke is better, anyway.

And Coke is from the South!

A pepsi product will not be purchased by myself, although I only drink about 1-2 non-water or milk beverages a year.

I don't drink that swill anyways.  Coke is the only way to go....

I did get a letter after all:

A Message from Consumer Relations 010603078A

Dear Mark,


Thank you for your email regarding Kanye West and his remarks during a
recent televised benefit concert in New York.

The catastrophic events surrounding our country’s worst natural disaster
in living memory have imposed a severe strain not only on those directly
involved, but also those watching from afar. It’s not surprising that
emotions have run high in the immediate days following.

Many questions have arisen in the days since Hurricane Katrina struck the
Gulf Coast.  President Bush has said himself that the nation’s response
has been “unacceptable” and that we need to find out what went right and
what went wrong.

This has become a challenging and frustrating time for everyone, and
during the benefit, Mr. West made an emotional, impulsive statement.  Now
he’s focusing his energy on helping the affected citizens recover and
rebuild after this national disaster.  Among other things, he plans to
visit the area to personally assist the people who have been affected by
Katrina.

At Pepsi, we’re doing what we can, too.  We are dedicated to working
directly with relief organizations and government agencies to provide
monetary assistance and food and beverage donations to people in need.

We fully appreciate your feelings in this matter and the sincerity with
which they have been expressed.  The destruction wrought by Hurricane
Katrina and its aftermath will be subjected to serious debate for some
time to come and, in time, will be assessed with less passion and more
reflection.

In the meantime, the victims of this tragedy have to receive support and
care. That will require an extraordinary national commitment and we will
need to continue to do whatever we can to help.

Again, we thank you for taking the time to express your opinion and wish
that you will continue to do so.

With best regards,

Suzanne Gooley
Consumer Relations Representative
[email protected]
010603078A

Very personal

Quoted: Coke is better, anyway.

Doesn't Coke support PETA or something? Maybe just a rumor

Do you have a link or what  the  Pepsi spokeman said??

remember - pepsi owns FRITO-LAY also. so no lays potato chips, doritos or fritos and such.

"have a coke and a smile".  besides, pepsi is the softdrink equivilant of newport or kool cigarettes.



roy d....smoke 'em if ya got 'em

George Bush doesn't care about black people Pepsi.

lol...wtf.....

I just bought a 20 ounce Pepsi, and am sipping it as I type this post.  Sure is good.

I sent off a letter to the Board. I will also not frequent any resturants that seel Pepsi either.

Well....I don't know what this person said or didn't say.

I don't drink pepsi anyway, and am cutting back on all non-water / tea / milk beverages.  I simply don't need all the sugar.


So, since I don't eat potato chips or what-not that frito-lay makes (again, not good when trying to lose weight)  and I don't drink any pepsi products, me saying I'll boycott them over someting I didn't even hear/see means very little, don't you think?

What do you expect?

It’s obviously a plot by Pepsi because they hate black people. If they didn’t hate blacks they would have chosen a better spoken man to represent his views and their product. I mean… Kane West… COME ON!

Did you hear the guy? “Ummm I’m very emotional right now. Ummmm we gotta give these people some money. Ummm This is very sad. Ummm It’s sad because these people were in a hurricane. Ummm and Gorge Bush… Ummm yeah! Gorge Bush hates the black man.”

Crap! My dog is more erudite than that. And PepsiCo holds him up as an example representing the black man. They obviously hate people of color.
</DUh>

Pepsico also owns Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell. ETA" they were spun-off by Pepsico and are now owned by Yum Brands.

Frito-Lay Brands

Lay's potato chips
Lays Kettle Cooked potato chips
Wavy Lay's potato chips
Baked Lay's potato crisps
Maui Style potato chips
Ruffles potato chips
Baked Ruffles potato crisps
Ruffles Flavor Rush potato chips
Doritos tortilla chips
Baked Doritos tortilla chips
3D's snacks
Tostitos tortilla chips
Baked Tostitos tortilla chips
Santitas tortilla chips
Fritos corn chips
Cheetos cheese flavored snacks
Rold Gold pretzels & snack mix
Funyuns onion flavored rings
Go Snacks
Sunchips multigrain snacks
Sabritones puffed wheat snacks
Cracker Jack candy coated popcorn
Chester's popcorn
Grandma's cookies Munchos potato crisps
Smartfood popcorn
Baken-ets fried pork skins
Oberto meat snacks
Rustler's meat snacks
Churrumais fried corn strips
Frito-Lay nuts
Frito-Lay, Ruffles, Fritos and Tostitos dips & salsas
Frito-Lay, Doritos and Cheetos snack crackers
Fritos, Tostitos, Ruffles and Doritos snack kits
Hickory Sticks
Hostess Potato
Lay's Stax potato crisps
Doritos Rollitos
Lay's Fries
Natural Lays
Natural Ruffles
Natural Cheetos
Natural Tostitos
Miss Vickie's potato chips
Munchies snack mix


Pepsi-Cola Brands

Pepsi-Cola
Caffeine Free Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi
Pepsi Twist (regular & diet)
Wild Cherry Pepsi
Pepsi Blue
Pepsi ONE
Pepsi Vanilla
Diet Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew Code Red
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red
Mountain Dew LiveWire
Mountain Dew Blueshock
Mountain Dew AMP energy drink Mug
Sierra Mist (Regular & Diet)
Slice
Lipton Brisk (Partnership)
Lipton Iced Tea(Partnership)
Dole juices and juice drinks (License)
FruitWorks juice drinks
Aquafina purified drinking water
Frappuccino ready-to-drink coffee (Partnership)
Starbucks DoubleShot (Partnership)
SoBe juice drinks, dairy, and teas
SoBe energy drinks (No Fear and Adrenaline Rush)


Gatorade Brands

Gatorade Thirst Quencher
Gatorade Frost Thirst Quencher  
Gatorade Fierce Thirst Quencher
Gatorade Ice Thirst Quencher  
Propel Fitness Water
Gatorade Xtremo Thirst Quencher
Gatorade X-Factor Thirst Quencher


Tropicana Brands

Tropicana Pure Premium juices
Tropicana Twister juice drinks  
Tropicana Smoothies
Tropicana Pure Tropics juices
Dole juices (License)
Tropicana 100 juices


Quaker Brands

Quaker Oatmeal
Quaker Instant Oatmeal
Quaker Oatmeal Breakfast Squares
Cap'n Crunch cereal
Life cereal
Quaker Oatmeal Brown Sugar Bliss
Quaker Oatmeal Honey Nut Heaven
Quaker 100% Natural cereal
Quaker Squares cereal
Quisp cereal
King Vitaman cereal
Quaker Oh's! Cereal
Mother's cereal
Quaker grits
Quaker Oatmeal-to-Go
Aunt Jemima mixes & syrups
Quaker rice cakes
Quaker rice snacks (Quakes)
Quaker Chewy granola bars
Quaker Dipps granola bars
Rice-A-Roni side dishes
Pasta Roni side dishes
Near East side dishes
Puffed Wheat
Harvest Crunch cereal
Quaker Baking Mixes
Spudz snacks
Crisp'ums baked crisps
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal bars
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bites
Quaker Fruit and Oatmeal Toastables
Quaker Soy Crisps
Quaker Bakeries

Water.

The Choice of the New Generation.

Quoted: I did get a letter after all: A Message from Consumer Relations 010603078A Dear Mark, Thank you for your email regarding Kanye West and his remarks during a recent televised benefit concert in New York. The catastrophic events surrounding our country’s worst natural disaster in living memory have imposed a severe strain not only on those directly involved, but also those watching from afar. It’s not surprising that emotions have run high in the immediate days following. Many questions have arisen in the days since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.  President Bush has said himself that the nation’s response has been “unacceptable” and that we need to find out what went right and what went wrong. This has become a challenging and frustrating time for everyone, and during the benefit, Mr. West made an emotional, impulsive statement.  Now he’s focusing his energy on helping the affected citizens recover and rebuild after this national disaster.  Among other things, he plans to visit the area to personally assist the people who have been affected by Katrina. At Pepsi, we’re doing what we can, too.  We are dedicated to working directly with relief organizations and government agencies to provide monetary assistance and food and beverage donations to people in need. We fully appreciate your feelings in this matter and the sincerity with which they have been expressed.  The destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath will be subjected to serious debate for some time to come and, in time, will be assessed with less passion and more reflection. In the meantime, the victims of this tragedy have to receive support and care. That will require an extraordinary national commitment and we will need to continue to do whatever we can to help. Again, we thank you for taking the time to express your opinion and wish that you will continue to do so. With best regards, Suzanne Gooley Consumer Relations Representative [email protected] 010603078A Very personal

Did you expect a personalized, non bullshit response ?

Aint gonna happen...

Quoted: Pepsico also owns Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell. Frito-Lay Brands Lay's potato chips Lays Kettle Cooked potato chips Wavy Lay's potato chips Baked Lay's potato crisps Maui Style potato chips Ruffles potato chips Baked Ruffles potato crisps Ruffles Flavor Rush potato chips Doritos tortilla chips Baked Doritos tortilla chips 3D's snacks Tostitos tortilla chips Baked Tostitos tortilla chips Santitas tortilla chips Fritos corn chips Cheetos cheese flavored snacks Rold Gold pretzels & snack mix Funyuns onion flavored rings Go Snacks Sunchips multigrain snacks Sabritones puffed wheat snacks Cracker Jack candy coated popcorn Chester's popcorn Grandma's cookies Munchos potato crisps Smartfood popcorn Baken-ets fried pork skins Oberto meat snacks Rustler's meat snacks Churrumais fried corn strips Frito-Lay nuts Frito-Lay, Ruffles, Fritos and Tostitos dips & salsas Frito-Lay, Doritos and Cheetos snack crackers Fritos, Tostitos, Ruffles and Doritos snack kits Hickory Sticks Hostess Potato Lay's Stax potato crisps Doritos Rollitos Lay's Fries Natural Lays Natural Ruffles Natural Cheetos Natural Tostitos Miss Vickie's potato chips Munchies snack mix Pepsi-Cola Brands Pepsi-Cola Caffeine Free Pepsi Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi Pepsi Twist (regular & diet) Wild Cherry Pepsi Pepsi Blue Pepsi ONE Pepsi Vanilla Diet Mountain Dew Mountain Dew Code Red Diet Mountain Dew Code Red Mountain Dew LiveWire Mountain Dew Blueshock Mountain Dew AMP energy drink Mug Sierra Mist (Regular & Diet) Slice Lipton Brisk (Partnership) Lipton Iced Tea(Partnership) Dole juices and juice drinks (License) FruitWorks juice drinks Aquafina purified drinking water Frappuccino ready-to-drink coffee (Partnership) Starbucks DoubleShot (Partnership) SoBe juice drinks, dairy, and teas SoBe energy drinks (No Fear and Adrenaline Rush) Gatorade Brands Gatorade Thirst Quencher Gatorade Frost Thirst Quencher   Gatorade Fierce Thirst Quencher Gatorade Ice Thirst Quencher   Propel Fitness Water Gatorade Xtremo Thirst Quencher Gatorade X-Factor Thirst Quencher Tropicana Brands Tropicana Pure Premium juices Tropicana Twister juice drinks   Tropicana Smoothies Tropicana Pure Tropics juices Dole juices (License) Tropicana 100 juices Quaker Brands Quaker Oatmeal Quaker Instant Oatmeal Quaker Oatmeal Breakfast Squares Cap'n Crunch cereal Life cereal Quaker Oatmeal Brown Sugar Bliss Quaker Oatmeal Honey Nut Heaven Quaker 100% Natural cereal Quaker Squares cereal Quisp cereal King Vitaman cereal Quaker Oh's! Cereal Mother's cereal Quaker grits Quaker Oatmeal-to-Go Aunt Jemima mixes & syrups Quaker rice cakes Quaker rice snacks (Quakes) Quaker Chewy granola bars Quaker Dipps granola bars Rice-A-Roni side dishes Pasta Roni side dishes Near East side dishes Puffed Wheat Harvest Crunch cereal Quaker Baking Mixes Spudz snacks Crisp'ums baked crisps Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal bars Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bites Quaker Fruit and Oatmeal Toastables Quaker Soy Crisps Quaker Bakeries

I was with ya up till now.
Fuck it, George Bush hates black people.  

We already know Coke roolz I don't buy Pepsi anyway.

Quoted: Quoted: Pepsico also owns Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell. Frito-Lay Brands Lay's potato chips Lays Kettle Cooked potato chips Wavy Lay's potato chips Baked Lay's potato crisps Maui Style potato chips Ruffles potato chips Baked Ruffles potato crisps Ruffles Flavor Rush potato chips Doritos tortilla chips Baked Doritos tortilla chips 3D's snacks Tostitos tortilla chips Baked Tostitos tortilla chips Santitas tortilla chips Fritos corn chips Cheetos cheese flavored snacks Rold Gold pretzels & snack mix Funyuns onion flavored rings Go Snacks Sunchips multigrain snacks Sabritones puffed wheat snacks Cracker Jack candy coated popcorn Chester's popcorn Grandma's cookies Munchos potato crisps Smartfood popcorn Baken-ets fried pork skins Oberto meat snacks Rustler's meat snacks Churrumais fried corn strips Frito-Lay nuts Frito-Lay, Ruffles, Fritos and Tostitos dips & salsas Frito-Lay, Doritos and Cheetos snack crackers Fritos, Tostitos, Ruffles and Doritos snack kits Hickory Sticks Hostess Potato Lay's Stax potato crisps Doritos Rollitos Lay's Fries Natural Lays Natural Ruffles Natural Cheetos Natural Tostitos Miss Vickie's potato chips Munchies snack mix Pepsi-Cola Brands Pepsi-Cola Caffeine Free Pepsi Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi Pepsi Twist (regular & diet) Wild Cherry Pepsi Pepsi Blue Pepsi ONE Pepsi Vanilla Diet Mountain Dew Mountain Dew Code Red Diet Mountain Dew Code Red Mountain Dew LiveWire Mountain Dew Blueshock Mountain Dew AMP energy drink Mug Sierra Mist (Regular & Diet) Slice Lipton Brisk (Partnership) Lipton Iced Tea(Partnership) Dole juices and juice drinks (License) FruitWorks juice drinks Aquafina purified drinking water Frappuccino ready-to-drink coffee (Partnership) Starbucks DoubleShot (Partnership) SoBe juice drinks, dairy, and teas SoBe energy drinks (No Fear and Adrenaline Rush) Gatorade Brands Gatorade Thirst Quencher Gatorade Frost Thirst Quencher   Gatorade Fierce Thirst Quencher Gatorade Ice Thirst Quencher   Propel Fitness Water Gatorade Xtremo Thirst Quencher Gatorade X-Factor Thirst Quencher Tropicana Brands Tropicana Pure Premium juices Tropicana Twister juice drinks   Tropicana Smoothies Tropicana Pure Tropics juices Dole juices (License) Tropicana 100 juices Quaker Brands Quaker Oatmeal Quaker Instant Oatmeal Quaker Oatmeal Breakfast Squares Cap'n Crunch cereal Life cereal Quaker Oatmeal Brown Sugar Bliss Quaker Oatmeal Honey Nut Heaven Quaker 100% Natural cereal Quaker Squares cereal Quisp cereal King Vitaman cereal Quaker Oh's! Cereal Mother's cereal Quaker grits Quaker Oatmeal-to-Go Aunt Jemima mixes & syrups Quaker rice cakes Quaker rice snacks (Quakes) Quaker Chewy granola bars Quaker Dipps granola bars Rice-A-Roni side dishes Pasta Roni side dishes Near East side dishes Puffed Wheat Harvest Crunch cereal Quaker Baking Mixes Spudz snacks Crisp'ums baked crisps Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal bars Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bites Quaker Fruit and Oatmeal Toastables Quaker Soy Crisps Quaker Bakeries I was with ya up till now. Fuck it, George Bush hates black people.

Pepsi spun off the restaurants a few years ago.

If you look at that list, the only thing that isn't crap is the oatmeal. One would do well not to buy it. But go ahead. I own stock.

Quoted: I was with ya up till now. Fuck it, George Bush hates black people.

That's only a list of the major U.S. brands. Pepsico owns hundreds of regional brands as well as international brands. It's obvious that Pepsico doesn't like black people and is trying to kill them off with junk/fast food.

Pepsi is nasty.  It's almost as bad as sweet tea.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Pepsico also owns Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell. Blah,blah,blah I was with ya up till now. Fuck it, George Bush hates black people.   Pepsi spun off the restaurants a few years ago. If you look at that list, the only thing that isn't crap is the oatmeal. One would do well not to buy it. But go ahead. I own stock.

I was mostly playing around with that post.
I use only a few items off the list.
Taco Bell, Doritos, Tostitos, The instant oatmeal and the granola bars.

Won't buy ANY Pepsi product so long as they are paying this racist.

Gatorade out  - - - POWERade in

Here is another thought.
If pepsi owns all those drink and food items, why were blacks going hungry and thirsty?

Quoted: I would boycott, but I don't drink Pepsi in the first place.

As mentioned elsewhere, I'm on permanent boycott from pepsi due to soemthing (I forget exactly what...) that happened in the '80's.

The fact that Pepsi just flat-out tastes bad (and I don't drink soft drinks anyway) has certainly made my boycott easier.

Slow.

and fuck pepsi.

as long as this racist is representing Pepsi, myself and my family will be sure to boycott Pepsi and all thier other companies. I wouldn't want my moneys going to support someone of his ilk.

I love Pepsi, it's my favorite soda, a lot smoother than Coke. But if that fuckhead is being paid by them, then the 2 or 3 64oz bottles my family buys each week PLUS the 2 or 3 20oz I buy daily at work will be switched to another non-Pepsi product.

Fuck that and fuck him.

www.thatvideosite.com/view/719.html

Chris Rock imitating Kayne West

Quoted: Pepsi tastes like shit, and is the favorite cola of New England...Go figure.

Hmm.. is New York state New England or Mid-Atlantic....?

let me see if I got this straight, Kanye West is still a spokesperson for Pepsi, even after accusing the president (who has more blacks and higher ranking blacks in his cabinet than any president before him) of not liking black people. But they fired Britney Spears for drinking a Coke. I guess I am strictly a Coke drinker now.

never liked pepsi much anyway

Quoted: let me see if I got this straight, Kanye West is still a spokesperson for Pepsi, even after accusing the president (who has more blacks and higher ranking blacks in his cabinet than any president before him) of not liking black people. But they fired Britney Spears for drinking a Coke. I guess I am strictly a Coke drinker now.

Ah, but they're not TRUE black people.  THey don't vote democrat, they don't live in ghettos, they don't speak slang, and they don't play the saxophone!

Seriously, that's how they see it.  And we're the racists.

Quoted: Are you surprised that Pepsi doesn't care that their spokesman is a racist?

Funny you should mention that. I heard a woman at work say "I dont drink Coke, thats for white people"

I honestly heard that a few years ago.

Quoted: PLUS the 2 or 3 20oz I buy daily at work will be switched to another non-Pepsi product.

Your kidneys must hate you.

C'mon now, young aspiring close-minded racist thugs need role models too! More importantly, Pepsi needs them to keep buying their products.