The PepsiCo Empire

There are some really, really big companies out there. One of these companies is PepsiCo, which owns and produces a lot more than its signature drink. Here is how it breaks down:

PepsiCo owns:
Quaker Oats
Gatorade
Frito Lay
and Tropicana

These companies in turn own other companies, which are all ultimately owned by PepsiCo. That means that PepsiCo owns the following products:

Breakfast Bars

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
Quaker Chewy Granola Cocoa Bars
Quaker Dipps Granola Bars
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bars
Quaker Life Bar
Quaker Oatmeal to Go Bars

Coffee Drinks
Seattle's Best Coffee
Starbucks DoubleShot
Starbucks Frappuccino
Starbucks Iced Coffee

Energy Drinks
AMP Energy
No Fear Energy Drinks
SoBe Energy Drinks

Tea/Lemonade
Brisk
Lipton Iced Tea
Lipton PureLeaf
SoBe Tea
Tazo Tea

Juice Drinks
AMP Energy Juice
Dole Plus Fortified Juices
Dole Sensation Juice Drinks
IZZE Sparkling Juice
Ocean Spray Juice/Juice Drinks
Naked Juice
SoBe Juice Drinks
SoBE Lean Diet Juice Drinks
Tropicana Trop50 Beverages
Tropicana Pure Premium Juices
Tropicana Tropics

Oatmeal/Cereals
Cap'n Crunch Cereal
King Vitaman Cereal
Kretschmer Toasted Wheat Germ
Quaker Life Cereal
Mother's Ready-to-Eat & Hot Cereals
Quaker Essentials
Quaker Grits
Quaker Instant Oatmeal
Quaker Natural Granola Cereal
Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
Quaker Oh!s Cereal
Quaker Puffed Rice
Quaker Shredded Wheat Cereal
Quaker Oatmeal Squares Cereal
Quisp Cereal

Other
AMP Energy Gum
Aunt Jemima Mixes & Syrups
Quaker Baking Mixes

Rice Snacks
Quaker Large Rice Cakes
Quaker Mini Delights
Quaker Quakes
Quaker Tortillaz

Side Dishes
Near East Side Dishes
Pasta Roni Side Dishes
Rice-A-Roni Side Dishes

Snacks
Baked! Cheetos Snacks
Baked! Doritos Tortilla Chips
Baked! Lay's Potato Crisps
Baked! Ruffles Potato Chips
Baked! Tostitos Tortilla Chips
Baken-ets Pork Skins and Cracklins
Cheetos Cheese Flavored Snacks
Chester's Flavored Fries
Chester's Popcorn
Cracker Jack Candy Coated Popcorn
Doritos Tortilla Chips
El Isleno Plaintain CHips
Frito-Lay, Fritos, and Tostitos Dips & Salsas
Frito-Lay Nuts & Seeds
Fritos Corn Chips
Funyons Onion Flavored Rings
Gamesa Cookies and Wafers
Grandma's Cookies
Hickory Sticks
Hostess Potato Chips
Lay's Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Lay's Potato Chips
Lay's Stax Potato Crisps
Lay's Wavy Potato Chips
Matador Meat Snacks
Maui Style Potato Chips
Miss Vicky's Potato Chips
Munchies Snack Crackers
Munchies Snack Mix
Munchos Potato Crisps
Natural Cheetos
Natural Lay's
Natural Ruffles
Natural Tostitos
Nut Harvest Nuts
Rold Gold Pretzels
Ruffles Potato Chips
Sabritones Puffed Wheat Snacks
Santitas Tortille Chips
Smartfood Popcorn
Smartfood Popcorn Clusters
Spitz Seeds
Stacy's Pita and Bagel Chips
SunChips Multigrain Snacks
Tostitos Artisan Recipes Tortilla Chips
Tostito's Tortilla Chips

Soft Drinks
Diet Pepsi
Diet Mountain Dew
Diet Sierra Mist
Mountain Dew
Mug Soft Drinks
Pepsi
Pepsi Max
Mirinda
7 Up
Sierra Mist Natural

Sports Nutrition
Gatorade G Series Prime 01
Gatorade Thirst Quencher - G Series Perform 02
Gatorade G Series Recover 03
Gatorade G2
Gatorade Natural
Gatorade G2 Natural
Gatorade G Series FIT Prime 01 Pre-Workout Fuel
Gatorade G Series FIT Perform 02 Workout Hydration
Gatorade G Series FIT Recover 03 Post-Workout Recovery
Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Nutrition Shake
Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Nutrition Bar
Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Carbohydrate Energy Formula
Gatorade G Series PRO 02 Endurance Formula
Gatorade G Series PRO 02 Perform Gatorlytes
Gatorade G Series PRO 03 Protein Recovery Shake
Gatorade G Series PRO Prime +
Gatorade G Series PRO Recover +

Water
Aquafina
Aquafina FlavorSplash
Propel Zero
SoBe Lifewater

Also interesting to note, PepsiCo used to own:

Pizza Hut
Taco Bell
KFC
Hot 'n Now
East Side Mario's
D'Angelo Sandwich Shops
Chevys Fresh Mex
California Pizza Kitchen
Stolichnaya
Wilson Sporting Goods
North American Van Lines

Many of these brands were spun off into a new company, separate from PepsiCo, in 1997. This new company was called Tricon Global Restaurants, which later became known as Yum! Brands, Inc. Yum! Brands, Inc. currently owns:

A&W Restaurants (global, limited in Canada)
KFC / Kentucky Fried Chicken (global)
Pizza Hut (global)
Taco Bell (global)
WingStreet (United States, Canada, Germany and Cyprus)
Long John Silver's (United States, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore)
Dong Fang Ji Bai (People's Republic of China)
Wing Works
Pasta Bravo
China Wok (Latin America)

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1 comment:

  1. thought KFC makes most of its profit from speculating on and flipping real estate? confirm/ deny?

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