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Pepsi Max helps retailers score big with return of EA Sports FC on-pack promotion

Pepsi Max helps retailers score big with return of  EA Sports FC on-pack promotion

Pepsi is teaming up with EA Sports FC for the second year running, with a bigger and better on-pack promotion set to give away even more gaming prizes to shoppers across additional Pepsi SKUs and formats.

Available now, the campaign aims to drive excitement among a wide range of customers in-store, from football fans to gamers, to encourage on-the-go and impulse cola sales.


Following an incredibly successful 2023 campaign that saw over 530,000 promotional codes redeemed, this year’s on-pack promotion will roll out across all Pepsi500ml packs and 330ml Pepsi MAXcans.

Cola continues to lead the soft drinks category as the number one segment, worth £2.9bn. Pepsi MAXcontinues to drive this growth, with a +9.6 per cent sales value growth over the last year. Additionally, the Pepsi MAXbrand has strong cultural ties to football, with EA SPORTS FCbeing the most successful video game across Europe in the first six months of 2024.

Through this, the partnership is well placed to support retailers in maximising the cola opportunity among wider audiences and encourage repeat purchase, with last year’s promotion seeing an average redemption rate of 3.5 codes per participant.

To enter, shoppers must purchase a promotional Pepsi product and scan the QR code on-pack. Consumers will be directed to www.europe.pepsifc25.com, where they will be required to sign up or log into their EA account and complete a form using the unique code found on the product. Shoppers can get their hands on one of 60 game consoles, 3,000 EA Sports FC25 game copies, and 4 x guaranteed-win rewards packs that can be redeemed in game. Entries will be open until 30 December 2024.

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