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PepsiCo India and Google Pay partner to offer cashback on festive purchases
Mumbai: PepsiCo India has unveiled a brand activation on Google Pay, India, featuring some of their most beloved snack brands, and introducing an exciting and rewarding experience for all Google Pay users. Ringing in the festive season, users can now enjoy up to Rs 20 and Rs 30 cashback on the purchase of Lay’s, Kurkure, and Doritos packs priced at Rs 20 and Rs 30, respectively.
As the festive season brings joy, the company of snacks adds an extra layer of delight to these moments. This period sees a significant uptick in the demand for packaged snacks, contributing to an overall increase in snack consumption. Furthermore, this snack purchase experience is heightened when it offers direct financial benefits. Recent industry reports underline a trend that shoppers prefer rewards seamlessly integrated into their shopping experience, with discounts automatically applied at checkout. Cashbacks align perfectly with consumers’ yearning for instant gratification, providing a satisfying sense of reward for their purchases.
In line with these trends, PepsiCo India, in collaboration with Google Pay has introduced a cashback offer on the purchase of Lay’s, Kurkure and Doritos. To avail the benefit, users can simply find the promo code inside the pack and redeem it on the Google Pay App. Once the code is claimed, users can enjoy cashback of up to Rs 20 and Rs 30 (on purchase of packs with Rs 20 and Rs 30, respectively). Each participating user has the opportunity to redeem the offer up to three times, ensuring more joy and rewards during this festive season.
Sharing her excitement on the partnership with Google Pay, PepsiCo India category lead – potato chips Saumya Rathor expressed, “Festive moments are synonymous with joy and celebration, and we firmly believe that snacks can make these occasions even more memorable. Aimed at elevating the snacking experience for our valued consumers this season, we are excited to announce our partnership with Google Pay. Through this collaboration, consumers can earn cashbacks on their beloved PepsiCo products, adding an extra layer of delight to the festive spirit. We are confident that this will be a win-win for both PepsiCo and Google Pay, and hope that everyone enjoys a joy-filled season.”
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Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
