It is April 1, 2018, and Indra Nooyi, Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, has hired you as a troubleshooter for the company. Your task is assess PepsiCo’s portfolio of businesses and make recommendations to top management for specific actions. Your recommendations need to focus on a number of key areas: (1) Pepsico Revenue and EPS targets for 2018, (2) Pepsico Revenue and EPS targets for 2019, (3) A Recommendation regarding the overall portfolio of PepsiCo businesses as well as (4) Recommendation(s) for improving individual units of the company. Your report will contain a three page summary of recommendations, which can be supplemented by whatever appendices that you think are appropriate to support your conclusions and recommendations. Usage of the concepts and analytical tools from Chapter Eight in the Gamble Essentials Textbook is encouraged as part of your report. Strategic Objective: You are tasked with setting your revenue and earnings targets to meet or exceed 6% growth annually (top and bottom line) and crafting a strategy for the company to meet these objectives. Your report should be prepared as a 3 page Executive Summary of Recommendations. Any financial recommendations that you make should be specific and contain numerical, time-based targets and be clearly supported by your analysis of the company’s situation.