PepsiCo’s Quaker Chewy is following in the footsteps of Converse, which has been one of the biggest brands committed to helping emerging music geniuses get a stage where their voices can be heard. While the shoewear brand is primarily targeting bands, the snack brand is launching young music talents competition, running in the USA, and is happy to welcome standalone singers aged 8-14, who can upload videos of them performing one of the four songs selected by the brand to the Quaker Chewy Superstar Search website. The winner of the contest will receive a contract with the industry expert, record a song and get $5,000 in cash—not a bad start for a superstar-to-be.

PepsiCo, one of the biggest global companies committed to drive innovation and support talents, is expanding its program PepsiCo10, launched last summer in the U.S., to Europe. The initiative is aimed at discovering emerging and innovative small media and technology companies, which can introduce small, but very positive changes to the industry working side by side with PepsiCo experts developing projects for the Pepsi-Cola, Walkers Snacks, Tropicana and Quaker brands.

PepsiCo Canada’s Quaker brand is on a mission to take its belief in the power of a nutritious breakfast to new heights this year, by motivating Canadians to start their day with Quaker oatmeal, and to help those in need to do the same. The brand unveils an exciting new initiative with Olympic Champion Alexandre Bilodeau called Unlock Amazing, which aspires to provide two million bowls of oatmeal this year to help feed the more than 860,000 Canadians helped by food banks each month.

Integrated design agency Standout UK has launched a new digital marketing campaign for household cereal brand Quaker Oat So Simple as part of a drive to create awareness and encourage consumers to trial its latest flavours. It has created a dedicated microsite for the healthy breakfast brand under a “We Love Winter” theme. The interactive digital strategy will seek to engage customers with a competition while promoting the launch of two new seasonal flavours by the brand.

PepsiCo’s Quaker Chewy Granola Bars brand is teaming up with Jordin Sparks and the nonprofit organization, Afterschool Alliance, to raise awareness of the importance of afterschool programs. Sparks is lending her voice to the Quaker Chewy Afterschool Rocks campaign to help generate support for afterschool programs and fuel activities with snacks made with whole grain to give kids a great start to the new school year.

The Quaker Oats Company, a division of PepsiCo, announced a broad new direction for growth focused on products and programs to help people lead healthier lifestyles. The nation’s breakfast authority for more than 130 years will introduce two new hot cereal varieties and improvements for its instant oatmeal nationwide this week and will launch an integrated US marketing and ad to motivate Americans to rethink the question: «Does Your Breakfast Make You Amazing?«