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Pepsi () is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor, manufactured by PepsiCo.As of 2023, Pepsi is the second most valuable soft drink brand worldwide behind Coca-Cola; [1] the two share a long-standing rivalry in what has been called the "cola wars".
In 2000, Whitman Corp., a Pepsi bottler, purchased PepsiAmericas and took the acquired company's name. [2] Whitman was founded as the Illinois Central Railroad. [3] It later diversified out of railroads and into Pepsi bottling, going by the names Illinois Central Industries in 1962, IC Industries in 1975 and Whitman Corp. in 1988.
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.
Perhaps the largest acquisition that set the tone for the company to become a behemoth in the 21t century was the merger with Frito-Lay in 1965, when the company was founded as PepsiCo Inc, and ...
Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi can trace their origins back to the 1890s, and the two sodas seemed to be able to peacefully co-exist until nearly a century later. But in the 1980s, the companies began...
Kendall joined the Pepsi Cola Company in 1947, working at a bottling plant in New Rochelle, New York. After a later stint as a delivery driver, Kendall became a sales representative and rose through the sales ranks becoming a marketing vice president in 1956. He headed up Pepsi's international operation in 1957 and became the CEO in 1963. [1]
Pepsi Bottling Group was based in Somers, New York. On August 4, 2009, The Pepsi Bottling Group and another major Pepsi bottler, PepsiAmericas, were purchased by PepsiCo, headquartered in Purchase, New York. [3] The purchases were completed on February 26, 2010, forming a wholly owned PepsiCo subsidiary, the Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC).
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