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PepsiCo

PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of its products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc., PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to an immensely diversified range of food and beverage brands. Significant acquisitions include Tropicana Products in 1998, the Quaker Oats Company in 2001, which

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PepsiCo is a large American company that makes and sells a wide variety of food and beverage products, from sodas like Pepsi to snacks and juices, and operates globally through manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. It was created in 1965 when Pepsi-Cola merged with Frito-Lay, and has since grown into a major corporation through acquisitions of brands like Tropicana and Quaker Oats.

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Company.name: PepsiCo, Inc.
Company.logo_upright: 1.05
Company.trade_name: PepsiCo
Company.predecessor: Pepsi-Cola CompanyFrito-Lay, Inc.
Company.image: PepsiCoHQPurchaseNY.jpg
Company.image_upright: 1.05
Company.image_caption: PepsiCo's global headquarters in Harrison, New York
Company.type: Public
Company.founder: Caleb Bradham (for the Pepsi-Cola Company branch)
Company.hq_location_city: Harrison, New York
Company.hq_location_country: U.S.
Company.area_served: Worldwide

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Contents

History
Origins
Acquisitions and divestments
Business divisions
PepsiCo Beverages North America
Frito-Lay North America
Quaker Foods North America
Latin America
Europe
Africa, Middle East and South Asia (AMESA)<span class="anchor" id="Africa"></span>
Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and China (APAC)<span class="anchor" id="Asia"></span>
Corporate governance
Ownership
Headquarters
Charitable activities
Finances
Brands
Competition
Soviet Union
Controversies
Working conditions
Environmental record
Rainforests and palm oil
Genetically modified ingredients
Water usage (India, U.S., U.K.)
Pesticide regulation (India)
Packaging and recycling
Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
Product nutrition
Product diversity
Ingredient changes in Pepsi
Distribution to children
See also
References
External links

As of January 2021, the company possesses 23 brands that have over 1 billion $ each in sales annually. PepsiCo has operations all around the world and its products were distributed across more than 200 countries and territories, resulting in annual net revenues of over US$70 billion. PepsiCo is the second-largest food and beverage business in the world based on net revenue, profit, and market capitalization, behind Nestlé. In 2023, the company's seat in the Forbes Global 2000 was 82. PepsiCo's flagship product, Pepsi Cola, has been engaged in a rivalry for generations with Coca-Cola; it is commonly referred to as the cola wars. Although Coca-Cola outsells Pepsi Cola in the United States, PepsiCo within the North American market is the largest food and beverage company by net revenue. Ramon Laguarta has been the chief executive of PepsiCo since 2018. The company's beverage distribution and bottling is conducted by PepsiCo as well as by licensed bottlers in certain regions.