On September 20, PepsiCo, Inc. announced the formation of the Power of One—Americas Council, which brings together its top food and beverage leaders to leverage the combined scale of the company’s complementary snack and beverage businesses across North, South and Central America.  The company also announced the creation of the Global Snacks Group (GSG), designed to drive breakthrough innovation across its leading portfolio of global snack food brands.

Nissan is mixing road trips, cost saving approaches and filming experience with the launch of its new initiative ‘My Versa Road Trip,’ an extension of the car brand’s ongoing campaign ‘Most _____ per dollar,’ launched last month. Starting on September 20, the new project dedicated to the Versa Sedan with the most legroom, headroom, trunk room and technology per dollar than any other car in America, will run in three phases and get people going, literally. The action starts on the dedicated MyVersaRoadTrip.com website and later it will continue in the real world—the auto brand is inviting social-savvy consumers to create their routes and film driving experiences in late fall.

HEINEKEN is rolling out a new global company visual identity, making another move in the company’s renovation activities, which include the recent launch of the updated Heineken bottle and can design. The globally recognized Dutch brewer, which operates 140 breweries in more than 70 countries, wanted its corporate logo to be distinguished from the visual identity of its flagship product, the iconic Heineken beer—so, starting September 19, the company name is typed with capital letters (HEINEKEN), while the logo design of its major beer brand remains the same (the name of the beer goes as ‘Heineken’). According to the press release, this change “reflects the significant transformation of the HEINEKEN business” over the last ten years.

The Glacéau vitaminwater brand, known for its bold claiming which was criticized by public and banned by the advertising watchdog ASA, has now come up with a new campaign, which surely won’t generate any negative buzz. The Coca-Cola Company’s colorful drink has launched a new promotional project ahead of London 2012, encouraging fans to join in the creative process of developing a new flavour. The crowd-sourcing project, running on Facebook, is fronted by English signer Jessie J, the new brand ambassador and a ‘Flavour Creator,’ she will also help launch the consumer generated product, the ninth in the brand’s line-up, shortly before the Olympic Games.