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Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a crunchy corn-cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United States. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito ...
Frito-Lay, Inc. (/ ˈ f r iː t oʊ l eɪ /) is an American subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets, and sells corn chips, potato chips, and other snack foods.The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips, Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Rold Gold pretzels, and Walkers ...
According to Montañez's account, when a Cheetos machine broke down, he took home a batch of unflavored snacks and seasoned them with spices akin to Mexican street corn. [1] [6] He pitched this idea to CEO Roger Enrico over the phone and was invited to deliver an in-person presentation, which he prepared for by researching marketing at the public library.
Richard Montañez has for years told a story of how he dreamed up Flamin' Hot Cheetos while working as a Frito-Lay janitor. The archival record, former employees and Frito-Lay itself say otherwise.
A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he invented the popular flavor of Cheetos snacks. Spicy dispute over the origins of ...
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Cheetos' original mascot was the Cheetos Mouse, [3] who debuted in 1971 and disappeared around 1979. In 1986 [4] Chester Cheetah was created by Brad Morgan, who art directed the commercials and designed the character, and Stephen Kane who wrote the original scripts for television commercials. The original 24-frame animation was done by Richard ...
An ongoing debate over who invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos is heating up. Richard Montañez, the man who claims to be the brains behind the popular snack, has now filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo ...