Pepsico Case

PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. Serving 200 countries with the annual average retail sales about $92 billion make the company a world leader in providing food and beverage products. Its brands consist of Frito-Lay North America, PepsiCo Beverages North America, PepsiCo International and Quaker Foods North America. Some of PepsiCo's brands are over 100 years old, however the company was only founded in 1965 when Pepsi-Cola merged with Frito-Lay. PepsiCo then attained Tropicana and Gatorade when they merged with the Quaker Oats Company The company is focused on being the premier producer in supplying the world with convienient foods. They offer a wide variety a food options as well, including healthy options.

of its brands; Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, and Diet Pepsi are among the top ten soft drinks in the U.S. market. The Frito-Lay Company division is by far the world leader in salty snacks, holding a 40 percent market share and an even more staggering 56 percent share of the U.S. market. In the United States, Frito-Lay is nine times the size of its nearest competitor and sells nine of the top ten snack chip brands in the supermarket channel, including Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos, Ruffles, Fritos, and Cheetos. Frito-Lay generates more than 60 percent of PepsiCo's net sales and more than two-thirds of the parent company's operating profits. The company's third division, Tropicana Products, Inc., is the world leader in juice sales and holds a dominant 41 percent of the U.S. chilled orange juice market.