{"id":61260,"date":"2026-10-29T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/?p=61260"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T07:23:05","slug":"pepsico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/pepsico\/","title":{"rendered":"PepsiCo: the food and drinks group behind Pepsi, Lay’s and Gatorade"},"content":{"rendered":"

PepsiCo, Inc. is an American food and beverage company whose brands include Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker and SodaStream. Through its own operations, bottlers and other partners, it sells its products in more than 200 countries and territories.<\/p>\n

The group reported net revenue of $93.9 billion for 2025. It is now reworking recipes to cut sugar, salt and artificial ingredients, while buying brands in faster-growing segments such as prebiotic soda.<\/p>\n

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PepsiCo world headquarters in Purchase, New York, 2007. Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overview and Founding<\/h3>\n

The company’s roots go back to New Bern, North Carolina, where pharmacist Caleb Bradham sold a drink he called “Brad’s Drink” in the 1890s. He renamed it Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and the Pepsi-Cola Company was incorporated in December 1902.<\/p>\n

PepsiCo itself was created in 1965, when Pepsi-Cola merged with the snack maker Frito-Lay. The company was incorporated on June 8, 1965, and its founding chief was Donald M. Kendall, then head of Pepsi-Cola. Its head office is in Purchase, New York.<\/p>\n

Key Milestones<\/h3>\n