Client Profile
Introduction:
PepsiCo offers the world’s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands. Our main business – Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Quaker and Gatorade – make hundreds of foods and beverages sold in more than 200 countries. With annualized revenues of nearly $60 billion, PepsiCo’s 285,000 employees are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth, called Performance with Purpose. By dedicating ourselves to offering broad choices for healthy, convenient and fun nourishment, reducing our environmental impact, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. PepsiCo balances strong financial returns with giving back to communities worldwide.
Key Brands:
PepsiCo has 22 different product lines, each generate more than $1 billion in annual retail sales:
– Aquafina
– Cheetos
- Diet Pepsi
- Doritos
- Fritos
- Gatorade
- Lays
- Lipton
- Mirinda
- Mountain Dew
- Pepsi
- Pepsi Max
- Quaker
- Ruffles
- 7UP
- Quaker
- Tostitos
- Sierra Mist
- Tropicana
- Walkers
- Diet Mountain Dew
- Brisk
Environment:
In 2009, we announced 15 global goals and commitments. Among them:
•Respect the human rights to water through world-class efficiency in our operations, preserving water resources and enabling access to safe water.
•Rethink the way we grow, source, create, package and deliver our products to minimize our impact on land.
•Reduce our carbon footprint.
Leadership:
Indra K. Nooyi is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. She has directed the company’s global strategy for more than a decade and led its restructuring, including the diversities of its restaurants, the acquisition of Tropicana and the merger with Quaker Oats that brought the vital Quaker and Gatorade businesses to PepsiCo and the merger with PepsiCo’s anchor bottler. She holds a BS from Christian College, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and a Master in Public and Private Management from Yale University. Mrs. Nooyi is married and has two daughters.
History:
PepsiCo was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. The company expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of Tropicana in 1990 and the merger with Quaker Oats in 2001.
In 2010, PepsiCo acquired is two largest bottlers – Pepsi Bottling Group and Pepsi Americas – a transaction that significantly strengthened the company’s beverage business in North America and Europe.
Key Strategies:
•Building the company’s global macro snack portfolio.
•Responsibly and profitably growing the company’s beverage business.
•Building and expanding the company’s nutrition business.
•Leveraging the company’s unique “Power of One” selling model across foods and beverages.
•Delivering on environmental sustainability commitments.
•Ensuring prudent, responsible financial management.