CEO statements

There was a flurry of quarterly result announcements last week. They were accompanied by some interesting CEO comments.

“The whole story of 1 billion new middle class by 2020 still holds very strong in our opinion,” Muhtar Kent, CEO, Coca-Cola.

“In North America, carbonated soft drinks are not a gigantic driver of our profits,” Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo.

“People say they don’t even want artificial sweeteners … they want natural sweeteners,” Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo.