Introduction

My name is Nicole Paschal and I am a senior at Quinnipiac University. This blog will be used as part of my Corporate Public Relations class. In this blog I will be commenting on PepsiCo,which is #50 on the list of the Fortune 500 companies.

PepsiCo is the 2nd largest food and beverage company in the world. It includes 19 different product lines which each generally over $1 billion dolars in annual sales. The company's headquaters is located in Purchase, NY and the business employees a total of 285,000 people worldwide. Different product lines owned by Pepsi include Frito-Lay, Quaker, Pepsi-Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade. There are more than 200 counties which sell these Pepsi brands in addition to the hundreds of others popular foods and drinks. 61% of sales are in the United States and Canada with 39% of their revenue coming from international. Pepsi's commitment to sustainable growth, known as Performance with Purpose, has helped the company to obtain revenues of nearly $60 billion each year. This company bases itself on having healthy, convient and nourshing products, reducing environmental impacting and providing a positive workplace atmosphere. (www.pepsi.com)