PepsiCo is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, formed in 1965 through the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. It has since expanded from its namesake cola into a diversified portfolio of food and beverage brands through acquisitions including Tropicana in 1998 and the Quaker Oats Company, which brought Gatorade into the portfolio, in 2001, and ranks among the largest food and beverage businesses in the world by revenue.
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Company TypeMultinational food and beverage corporation 2 Founded Year Founded Year HeadquartersPurchase, Harrison, New York, U.S. 2 Company Type
Company Type (category) PepsiCo
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Who brought Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay together to create PepsiCo?
Donald Kendall of Pepsi-Cola and Herman Lay of Frito-Lay, in 1965.
PepsiCo's own company history credits Donald Kendall, the chief executive of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the chief executive of Frito-Lay, with the 1965 combination. The company describes their idea as one company that would pair salty snacks with cola, which the two men called "a marriage made in heaven". Kendall later became chairman of the board in 1971, when Lay retired.
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Pepsi is made and sold by PepsiCo.
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1. Wikidata: PepsiCo
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- Operates In: Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry, Wikidata P452 industry claim
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PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase.
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PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc.
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PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market.
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For the 2007 Super Bowl, the Frito-Lays division of PepsiCo held the "Crash the Super Bowl" contest, allowing people to create their own Doritos commercials.
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