is a global beverage and snack company. The company manufactures, markets and sells a variety of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages as well as salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, and other foods. Besides the . PepsiCo is a
SIC 2080 (beverage) company.
Headquartered in
Purchase, New York and
Somers, New York , The Pepsi Company began in 1898, but it only became known as PepsiCo when it merged with Frito Lay in 1965. Until 1997, it also owned
Kentucky Fried Chicken ,
Pizza Hut , and
Taco Bell , but these
Fast-food Restaurant s were spun off into
Tricon Global Restaurants , now
Yum! Brands, Inc. PepsiCo purchased Tropicana in 1998, and Quaker Oats in 2001.
Current members of the ,
Robert E. Allen ,
Dina Dublon ,
Victor Dzau ,
Ray Hunt ,
Alberto Ibargüen ,
Arthur Martinez ,
Indra Nooyi ,
Steven Reinemund ,
Sharon Rockefeller ,
James Schiro ,
Franklin Thomas ,
Cynthia Trudell , and
Daniel Vasella .
PepsiCo received a 100 percent rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the
Human Rights Campaign starting in
2004 , the third year of the report.
PepsiCo owns five different billion-dollar brands, the most of any company. These are Pepsi, Tropicana, Lay's, Doritos, and Gatorade. The company owns many other brands as well.
- Pepsi, including Pepsi-Cola , Caffeine-Free Pepsi , Diet Pepsi , Pepsi Light, Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi , Caffeine-Free Pepsi Light, Pepsi Twist , Diet Pepsi Twist , Wild Cherry Pepsi , Pepsi Blue , Pepsi Max and Pepsi ONE .
- Other U.S. soft drinks, including Frawg , Mountain Dew , Mug Root Beer , and Sierra Mist
- 7 Up (international distribution)
- Other U.S. beverages, including Aquafina , Dole , Gatorade , Mountain Dew AMP , Propel Fitness Water , SoBe , and Tropicana
- Beverages marketted outside the U.S.: Alvalle , Copella , Evervess , Fiesta , Frui'Vita , Fruko , Kas , Loóza , Manzanita Sol , Mirinda , Paso De Los Toros , Pepsi Limón , Radical Fruit , Shani , Teem , and Yedigun
- , Barcel , Bocabits , Cheetos , Chester's , Churrumais , Cracker Jack , Crujitos , Doritos , Fandangos , Fritos , Funyuns , Gamesa , Go Snacks , Grandma's Cookies , Hamka's , Lay's , Miss Vickie's , Munchies , Munchos , Nik Naks , Oberto Meat Snacks , Quavers , Rold Gold , Ruffles , Rustler's Meat Sticks , Sabritas , Sabritones , Santitas , Smartfood , The Smith's Snackfood Company , Sonric's , Sun Chips , Tostitos , Walkers , and Wotsits
- , Cap'n Crunch , Coqueiro , Crisp'ums , Cruesli , FrescAvena , King Vitaman , Life , Quake , Quisp , Rice-A-Roni , and Spudz
PepsiCo also has formed partnerships with several brands it does not own, in order to distribute these or market them with its own brands.
- and Coke-owned POWERade were non-carbonated. The 2001 purchase of Quaker Oats (in effect acquiring Gatorade) made All Sport expendable, and the brand has been phased to almost nothing.
- Crystal Clear Pepsi
- only.
- , "with Guarana "
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- , it was a tea/juice alternative beverage, sweetened with Cane Sugar & containing Ginseng. Dragonfruit Potion, Magic Mombin, Mythical Mango, Rising Starfruit, Skyhigh Berry
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- Mr. Green ( Sobe )
- Patio : line of flavored drinks (1960-late '70s)
- Slice
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- , 1998 , replaced by Sierra Mist .
PepsiCo owned a number of restaurant chains until it exited that business in 1997, selling some, and spinning off others into a new company Tricon Global Restaurants, now known as
Yum! Brands, Inc. ). PepsiCo also previously owned several other brands that it later sold.
