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The PepsiCo brand embraces transparency with no artificial ingredients, new colors, and storytelling that starts with the humble farm-grown potato. PepsiCo announced the most significant brand redesign to Lay's potato chips in the brand's history, preparing it for its “next chapter.” Messaging focuses on “honoring” its farm-grown potatoes, natural ingredients, and the consumer appeal that made it the world’s top potato chip brand. Funny thing about that appeal, though: PepsiCo says 42% of “people who enjoy Lay’s don’t realize they’re made with real, farm-grown potatoes.” After refocusing on its roots, the company went to the branding mountaintop and came up with two underlying pillars that led to the visual cues now rolling out:

Walmart will expand its drone delivery coverage with Wing to 150 U.S. stores over the next year, reaching more than 40 million potential customers near those locations, the companies announced Sunday. The partnership will continue to scale further, with plans for the drone delivery service to cover over 270 Walmart locations in 2027. Walmart has roughly 4,600 U.S. store locations overall. The expansion plans include stores in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Miami, with other locations to be announced at a later date. “The question is no longer if Wing and Walmart will deliver to your city, it’s when,” the announcement said.