PepsiCo said Tuesday that it's buying Mexican-American food company Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, marking the company's first food acquisition in roughly five years. Like many food companies, Pepsi has been trying to shift its portfolio to include healthier options in recent years, usually through acquisitions. Soon that will also include Siete. In August, M&M's owner Mars announced it would buy Pringles parent Kellanova in a deal valued at nearly $36 billion. This March, Campbell Soup completed its $2.7 billion acquisition of Rao's pasta sauce maker Sovos Brand.

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Persons: Bare, Veronica Garza, Ramon Laguarta, Mars, Campbell Soup, Sovos Brand Organizations: PepsiCo, Foods, Pepsi, Siete, Target, Kroger, CVS, &' $ Locations: American