Our History

Launching of new contemporary yogurt manufacturing facility in Batavia, New York by Müller Quaker Dairy, PepsiCo and The Müller Group's partnership

Addition of Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks ready-to-drink beverages to PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands

Agreement of strategic alliance in China by PepsiCo and Tingyi Holding

PepsiCo take on Mabel, Brazil's leading producer of cookies, crackers and snacks

PepsiCo declares its aim to acquire Russia's Wimm-Bill-Dann

PepsiCo finished the obtainment of The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. and PepsiAmericas, Inc.

2010

AMP Energy Juice establishes across the United States.

PepsiCo and Calbee Foods Company declare a strategic joint venture to create and trade a variety of food products in Japan.

2007

PepsiCo reveals the first climate-friendly vending machines to the United States.

2008

Pepsico proclaims arrangements to put US $1 billion in China through the following four years as a component of the technique to extend in developing markets and increase the portfolio of locally relevant product

2009

Pepsico presents Performance with Purpose, making it one of the first contemporary organizations to perceive the essential association in between companies and society.

PepsiCo and Pepsi Americas jointly acquire Sandora, a leading juice company in Ukraine.

2006

Pepsi celebrates its participation in its 20th consecutive Super Bowl.

Indra Nooyi named chief executive officer of PepsiCo.

Pepsi acquires IZZE Beverage Company.

PepsiCo completes the acquisition of Stacy's Pita Chip Co.

PepsiCo celebrates its 40th anniversary.

PepsiCo publishes its first Corporate Citizenship report in the 2003 Annual Report.

2004

2005

Pepsi-Cola launches Sierra Mist in the United States.

Frito-Lay removed trans fat from nearly its entire snack chips portfolio, including Lay's potato chips, Tostitos tortilla chips and Cheetos cheese flavored snacks.

2003

Pepsi-Cola trademark turns 100 years old.

Quaker Oatmeal celebrates the 125th anniversary of the nation's number-one choice for a nutritious, hot breakfast cereal.

PepsiCo merges with The Quaker Oats Company.

PepsiCo, Inc. reaches agreement to acquire a majority stake in South Beach Beverage Company, whose highly innovative SoBe brand has made it one of industry's most successful companies.

2002

2001

2000

PepsiCo, Inc. reaches agreement to acquire a majority stake in South Beach Beverage Company, whose highly innovative SoBe brand has made it one of industry's most successful companies.

1999

PepsiCo acquires Tropicana Products from Seagram Company Ltd., the biggest acquisition ever undertaken by PepsiCo.

Frito-Lay becomes the snack chip leader in South and Central America as it enters a joint venture with Empreseas Polar SA of Venezuela.

The Pepsi-Cola Company celebrates its 100th anniversary

Frito-Lay announces plans to buy the 104-year-old snack Cracker Jack.

Aquafina bottled water is rolled-out nationally.

1998

1997

PepsiCo spins off Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.

Filming of the world's first commercial in space, Cosmonauts shoot a large blue Pepsi can in orbit outside the MIR space station.

PepsiCo will introduce Lay's brand potato chips in 20 markets throughout the world.

Pepsi-Cola is the first major soft drink maker to begin producing and distributing its product in Vietnam.

PepsiCo and Starbucks form the North American Coffee Partnership to jointly develop ready-to-drink coffee beverages.

1996

1995

1994

After a 27-year absence, Pepsi returns to Broadway with the lighting of a spectacular new neon sign in Times Square.

Pepsi-Cola introduces freshness dating.

Pepsi-Cola forms a joint venture with Unilever to develop and market tea-based drinks.

Ray Charles teams up with the Uh-Huh Girls. The slogan for Diet Pepsi is modified to "You Got the Right One Baby, Uh-Huh!"

PepsiCo acquires a controlling interest in Gamesa, Mexico's largest cookie company.

1993

1991

1990

PepsiCo signs the largest commercial trade agreement in history with the Soviet Union.

PepsiCo acquires Walkers Crisps and Smith Crisps, two of the United Kingdom's leading snack food companies.

PepsiCo enters the top 25 of the Fortune 500 ranking.

"Chase", a four-part Pepsi ad featuring Michael Jackson in his first-ever episodic commercial, airs during the Grammy Awards and becomes the most-watched commercial in advertising history.

PepsiCo is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange.

1989

1988

1986

Pepsi-Cola acquires Mug Root Beer.

PepsiCo purchases Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)..

The cola war takes "one giant sip for mankind," when a Pepsi "space can" is successfully tested aboard the space shuttle.

PepsiCo is now the largest company in the beverage industry and its products are available in nearly 150 countries and territories.

Pepsi distributes products in China.

1985

Tostitos brand crispy round tortilla chips are introduced by Frito-Lay.

Inauguration of the first Pepsi-Cola operation in China.

Pepsi Free and Diet Pepsi Free, the first major brand caffeine-free colas, are introduced.

Slice and Diet Slice, the first major soft drinks with fruit juice, are introduced.

Pepsi-Cola makes advertising history as Michael Jackson and his brothers usher in a new generation of Pepsi advertising in two of the most eagerly awaited television commercials featuring music marketing. Pepsi becomes "The Choice of a New Generation."

1984

1982

1981

PepsiCo acquires Pizza Hut, Inc.

Pepsi Light, with a distinctive lemon taste, is introduced as an alternative to traditional diet colas.

PepsiCo adopts its Code of Worldwide Business Conduct.

For the first time, Pepsi-Cola becomes the number one cola drink in supermarkets.

1978

1977

1976

PepsiCo moves from New York City to its new world headquarters in Purchase, N.Y. The new corporate headquarters features a building by one of America's foremost architects, Edward Durrell Stone (1902-1978), set on a 144-acre campus amid an outdoor sculpture garden.

Pepsi-Cola introduces a new, modern looking logo, still featuring the red, white, and blue color scheme adopted in 1943.

PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer Donald M. Kendall assumes the position of chairman of the board of directors on the retirement of Herman W. Lay. Lay maintains an active role in the corporation until his death December 6, 1982.

Foods International, later called PepsiCo Foods International (PFI) and subsequently named Frito-Lay International, is established to market snack foods around the world.

Pepsi-Cola becomes the first American consumer product to be produced, marketed and sold in the former Soviet Union.

1974

1973

1970

Frito-Lay starts a expansion program. Over the next decade, the company opens, on average of more than one new plant a year.

Pepsi introduces the industry's first two-liter bottle and becomes the prime organisaton to respond to consumer preference with lightweight, recyclable, plastic bottles

Launching of Doritos brand tortilla chips to become the most popular snack chip in the United States.

Pepsi embark in Japan and Eastern Europe's market

1966

The Beginning

PepsiCo, Inc. was found through the partnership of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Pepsi-Cola was created by Caleb Bradham, a New Bern, N.C. pharmacist in the late 1890s. Frito-Lay, Inc. was formed by the 1961 amalgamation of the Frito Company, founded by Elmer Doolin in 1932, and the H. W. Lay Company, founded by Herman W. Lay, also in 1932. Herman Lay, former chairman and CEO of Frito-Lay, was chairman of the board of directors of the new company; Donald M. Kendall, former president and CEO of Pepsi-Cola, was president and chief executive officer. The new company reports sales of $510 million and has 19,000 employees. Major products of the new companies are:

Pepsi-Cola Company: Pepsi-Cola (formulated in 1898), Diet Pepsi (1964) and Mountain Dew (introduced by Tip Corporation in 1948).
Frito-Lay, Inc.: Fritos brand corn chips (created by Elmer Doolin in 1932), Lay's brand potato chips (created by Herman W. Lay in 1938), Cheetos brand cheese flavored snacks (1948), Ruffles brand potato chips (1958) and Rold Gold brand pretzels (acquired 1961).

PepsiCo began in 1965 with the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Today, it's a global food and beverage leader. Discover many of the most significant moments in the story of PepsiCo.

(Taken from http://www.pepsico.com/Company/Our-History)

2013

2012

Today

Pepsi introduce reduced-calorie cola innovation Pepsi Next.

2011

PepsiCo announced its intent to acquire Naked Juice Company and the New Zealand snack company Bluebird Foods.