Spotlight
PepsiCo, Inc. is a US multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation. PepsiCo is the third largest food and drink company in the world. In 1965, the corporation was formed through the merger of Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. Pepsi-Cola was established in the 1890s and Frito-Lay, Inc. was created in 1961. PepsiCo products are available in over 200 countries, operates nearly 700 manufacturing facilities around the globe, and has a total of 22 “iconic, billion-dollar brands.” Its popular drink brands include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Tropicana Pure Premium, Gatorade, and Aquafina. Frito-Lay, the snack business of PepsiCo, includes brands such as Lay’s, Ruffles, Doritos, and Cheetos. The Quaker Foods unit makes breakfast cereals (Life, Quaker oatmeal), Rice-A-Roni rice, and Near East side dishes. It operates in the segments of: Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America, North America Beverages, Latin America, Europe Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Middle East, and North Africa. The company reported $79.8 billion in total assets and $34.74 billion in gross profit for fiscal year 2017.
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PepsiCo’s portfolio of mega brands includes 22 brands that each brought in $1 billion or more in retail sales in 2017.
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In 2012, PepsiCo contributed $2,145,400 to oppose the passage of California Proposition 37, which would have mandated the labeling of genetically modified crops used in the production of California food products.
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The US market makes up around 55% of total PepsiCo sales.
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From 2008 to 2011, PepsiCo, in a coalition with other industry giants, spent nearly $60 million to lobby against voluntary guidelines for advertisements targeting kids. Targeted marketing to children and youth has contributed to the growing numbers of young people facing obesity and diabetes in the US.
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In 2018, traces of the herbicide glyphosate, an active ingredient found in Roundup which has been proven to cause cancer, was found in Quaker Oats (a product owned by PepsiCo), as well as Cheerios, and other breakfast foods.
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In 2017 PepsiCo, along with Nestlé and Unilever, were accused by the Rainforest Action Network of illegal rainforest destruction in Sumatra, Indonesia, for palm oil plantations.
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PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé combined make $110 billion a year selling bottled water on the global market.
At a Glance
Founded
1965, United States
Headquarters
Purchase, New York, USA
Corporation Type
Intermediary; Public
Number of Employees
263,000
Major Industries
Beverages, Food processing
Total Revenue
$63.52 billion for FY 2017
Activity Map
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Industries
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Food Manufacturing
Companies engaged in producing food products from livestock and agricultural products.
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
This industry includes the decaffeinating and roasting of coffee, and the production of coffee and tea related products such as: ground coffee, soluble coffee, extracts and concentrates of coffee, the manufacturing of coffee substitutes, the blending of tea, and the manufacturing of extracts and preparations based on tea or mate. PepsiCo is involved in the manufacturing of soups and broths, and the manufacturing of special foods, such as: infant formula, follow up milks and other follow up foods, baby foods, and foods containing homogenized ingredients. PepsiCo is also involved in the manufacturing of spices, sauces, and condiments such as: mayonnaise, mustard flour and meal, prepared mustard etc. The manufacturing of vinegar, manufacturing of artificial honey and caramel, manufacturing of perishable prepared foods, such as: sandwiches, fresh (uncooked) pizza. This industry also includes the manufacturing of herb infusions (mint, vervain, chamomile etc.), the manufacturing of yeast, the manufacturing of extracts and juices of meat, fish, crustaceans or molluscs, the manufacturing of non-dairy milk and cheese substitutes, the manufacturing of egg products, egg albumin, processing of salt into food-grade salt, e.g. iodized salt, and the manufacturing of artificial concentrates.
Other Snack Food Manufacturing
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing snack foods (except roasted nuts and peanut butter).
Potato Chips, Corn Chips, and Similar Snacks
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing potato chips, corn chips, and similar snacks.
Brands
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Total Brands: 57
7-up
AMP Energy
Aquafina
Baken-Ets
Brisk
Cap'n Crunch
Copella
Cracker Jack
Dole
Doritos
Dr. Pepper
El Isleno
Fritos
Funyuns
Gatorade
Grandmas
H2OH
Harvest Crunch 
Izze
Lays
Life Cereal
Lipton
Looza
Manzanita Sol
Matador
Maui Style 
Mirinda
Miss Vickies
Mixed Nuts
Mountain Dew
Mug Root Beer
Munchies
Munchos
Naked Juice
No Fear
Oat Bran
Ocean Spray
Paso De Los Toros
Pasta-Roni
Pepsi
Propel
Quaker
Quaker Stila
Quisp
Rice-A-Roni
Rold Gold
Sabritas
Sabritones
Scotts Porage Oats
Sierra Mist
Smartfood Popcorn
SoBe
Spitz
Stacys
Tazo Tea
TropicanaLobbying
On this page you will find a list of lobbyists who had been hired by PepsiCo, Inc., the issues they lobbied for, and a list of federal bills they lobbied to pass. Bills that PepsiCo, Inc. lobbied against are not included on this page.
Government Contracts
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Department of Agriculture
36
Department of Defense
2107
Department of Energy
3
Department of Health and Human Services
2
Department of Homeland Security
20
Department of Justice
88
Department of the Interior
7
Department of Veterans Affairs
5
Education & Money
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Income Disparities
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1 : 1011
Ratio
$29,783,416
CEO Compensation
$29,450
Lowest Worker Compensation
