considered to be one of the most sophisticated and aggressive marketing companies in the world. In North America, the company had three divisions, each with category-leading brands. Pepsi and Mountain Dew were the number two and three soft drinks. Frito-Lay dominated the salty-snack category with Ruffles, Lay's, Doritos, and Cheetos. And the company had recently acquired Tropicana, the leading juice brand. In 2000, PepsiCo had acquired the SoBe line of teas and "functional" drinks from South Beach Beverages
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applied with this company. Diversification came about when Coca-Cola made the decision to branch out to non-carbonated drinks. Pepsi Co. made a similar decision when it branched out with Frito Lay and leaked into the food industry. According to PepsiCo’s website, they own very popular snacks like Doritos, Cheetos, Lays, and Ruffles chips. The CEO of Coca-Cola at the time decided that the food industry was just not for them. Instead, Coca-Cola expanded into the remainder of the vast beverage world. For
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Strategy in 2014 John E. Gamble Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi P epsiCo was the world’s largest snack and beverage company, with 2013 net revenues of approximately $66.4 billion. The company’s portfolio of businesses in 2014 included Frito-Lay salty snacks, Quaker Chewy granola bars, Pepsi soft-drink products, Tropicana orange juice, Lipton Brisk tea, Gatorade, Propel, SoBe, Quaker Oatmeal, Cap’n Crunch, Aquafina, Rice-A-Roni, Aunt Jemima pancake mix, and many other regularly consumed
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Thompson−Strickland: Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, 13th Edition 23. PepsiCo’s Acquisition of Quaker Oats Case © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2002 1 case 23 PepsiCo’s Acquisition of Quaker Oats John E. Gamble University of South Alabama In 2001, PepsiCo was the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage company, with such brands as Lay’s, Tostitos, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Doritos, Aquafina, and Lipton contributing to revenues of approximately $26 billion. PepsiCo’s revenues
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Marketing Communication and Personal Selling CHIPS AND DIPS ARE HARDLY BIG-TICKET ITEMS. MOST PEOPLE DON’T THINK TWICE ABOUT THE BAG OF CHIPS OR CHEESE SNACKS THAT THEY THROW INTO THEIR SHOPPING CARTS. CONSUMERS JUST KNOW THAT THE FRITO-LAY NAME AND ITS BRANDS MEAN GOOD-QUALITY, GOOD-TASTING SALTY SNACKS. REVENUES AT FRITO-LAY, A SUBSIDIARY OF PEPSICO, GREW BY MORE THAN $600 MILLION—6 PERCENT—IN ONE YEAR ALONE. ANNUAL WORLDWIDE SALES OF FRITO-LAY SNACKS ARE OVER $10 BILLION. IMAGINE SELLING BILLIONS
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Table of Contents 1.0 Company profile 2 1.1 PepsiCo Mission: 2 1.2 PepsiCo Vision: 3 2.0 Product Group 3 3.0 Foreign market expansion 4 3.1 Our performance in 2013 was strong: 4 3.2 Frito-Lay North America 5 3.3 Quaker Foods North America 5 3.4 Latin America Foods 6 3.5 PepsiCo Americas Beverages 6 3.6 Europe 6 3.7 Asia, Middle East and Africa 7 4.0 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 7 4.1 STRATEGIES 7 4.2 Supply Chain of PepsiCo. And Supply Chain Strategy 8 4.3 Supply Chain
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them. Frito-Lay North America (FLNA): makes, markets, distributes and sells branded snack foods. These foods include Lay’s potato chips, Doritos tortilla chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Tostitos tortilla chips, branded dips, Ruffles potato chips, Fritos corn chips and Santitas tortilla chips. FLNA’s branded products are sold to independent distributors and retailers. In addition, FLNA’s joint venture with Strauss Group makes, markets, distributes and sells Sabra refrigerated dips and spreads
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1903. During over a century, the company product line expanded with the creation of alternative cola recipes such as Diet Pepsi and the purchase of popular soda companies like Mountain Dew. In 1965, the Pepsi-Cola Company merged with snack company Frito-Lay, Inc. to become PepsiCo, Inc. Interesting fact: PepsiCo was the first company to stamp expiration dates, starting in March 1994. (1), (2) Vision of the company The mission of the PepsiCo focuses on products and performance primarily, with
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the soft drink, see Pepsi. PepsiCo Inc. | | Type | Public | Traded as | NYSE: PEP NASDAQ: PEP S&P 500 Component | Industry | Foods, Beverages | Founded | North Carolina, U.S. (1965 (1965)) | Founder(s) | Donald Kendall, Herman Lay | Headquarters | Purchase, New York, U.S. | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Indra Nooyi (Chairman & CEO)[1] | Products | See list of PepsiCo products | Revenue | US$ 57.838 billion (2010)[2] | Operating income | US$ 08.332 billion
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implementation of innovative manufacturing sites. Technological innovation in food industry requires the use of natural “green” raw and optimal package for both long-term and safe storage. Frito-Lay`s Inc. is ready to launch a new product within its dip line – a vegetable dip. The most vivid issues of the company’s dip line presentation include a tight focus on the original taste, since this segment of the market is tightly occupied with the companies, competing for the title of the most innovative relatively
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