2008 Milestones
- Pepsi to take over New Year's Eve 2009 in New York City's Time Square with new packaging
design and messages
- Frito-Lay Turkey builds world's first organic waste treatment facility
- SoBe Lifewater launches first-ever, zero-calorie, naturally-sweetened enhanced water
in the US
- PepsiCo honored by Environmental Protection Agency as water efficiency leader
- Pepsi Malaysia wins bronze award at the Malaysian Effie Awards for its marketing
and advertising achievements
- PepsiCo completes acquisition of Spitz International, Canada's leading maker of
sunflower and pumpkin seeds
- PepsiCo India Foods launches Cheetos Whoosh, the first snack in India made with
whole grains and vegetables
- PepsiCo recognized as Food & Beverage Packaging magazine's 2008 Beverage Packager
of the Year
- Advertising Age honors SoBe Lifewater, Sabra and G2 as top brands of 2008
- PepsiCo Americas Foods announces US$3 million investment in Mexico over next five
years to enable growth of Sabritas and Gamesa brands
- PepsiCo Japan Frito-Lay receives the 'Best Sanitation Facility' Award from the Japanese
Food Hygiene Association
- Gatorade G2 ranks among most memorable new products of 2008 according to the Most
Memorable New Product Launch Survey done by Schneider Associates, Mintel and IRI
- PepsiCo announces plans to invest US$1 billion in China over next four years as
part of the strategy to expand in emerging markets and broaden the portfolio of
locally-relevant products
- Pasta Roni's Shells & White Cheddar wins 'Best Mac & Cheese' from Good Housekeeping
- Propel supports breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment with
donation and special edition pink ribbon bottles of Propel
- PepsiCo is awarded the 'New Freedom Initiative' Award by the U.S. Department of
Labor for efforts to improvement employment opportunities for people with disabilities
- PepsiCo announces alignment of Canadian business for PepsiCo Americas Foods Canada
and PepsiCo Americas Beverages Canada
- Quaker Life cereal ranked among top cereals for kids by Consumer Reports magazine
- PepsiCo named top sustainability company in Portugal
- Frito-Lay installs solar thermal water heating system to reduce its reliance on
electricity
- Quaker introduces two High Fiber cereals to help consumers meet daily fiber requirements
- Brand Pepsi and Lay's is voted 'Most Preferred Beverage and Food Brands' by
CNBC Awaaz Awards
- PepsiCo wins the 'Workplace Excellence' Award at Out & Equal Workplace National
Summit
- PepsiCo named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability
North America Index
- PepsiCo receives a 100% rating for the fifth year in a row in the 2009 Corporate
Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
- PepsiCo Foundation announces two major new grants to WaterPartners and Safe Water
Network programs to provide access to safe water and sanitation in developing countries
- PepsiCo again named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- PepsiCo agrees to buy Bulgaria's Leading Nuts and Seeds Company
- PepsiCo announces initiatives with the Earth Institute and H2O Africa to drive Sustainable
Water Practices
- Forbes names PepsiCo among its 'Best Big Companies'
- PepsiCo India commissions first remote wind turbine to generate renewable, clean
energy
- CRO names PepsiCo to Top 25 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008
- PepsiCo to buy Russian juice leader, Lebedyansky
- Employees lead effort to make Chicago Plaza First LEED-Certified PepsiCo Headquarters
- Gatorade launches Gatorade Tiger with comprehensive integrated marketing campaign
- PepsiCo honored with '2008 Energy Star Partner of the Year' Award
- UK Vitamin Water brand--V Water acquired by PepsiCo
- Quaker plant in Cedar Rapids closes and reopens facility due to flooding to protect
employees
- PepsiCo Foodservice and Naked Juice expand Starbucks presence
- Gatorade Sports Science Institute gathers world's leading researchers on Protein
Nutrition
- PepsiCo International's China Foods wins 'China's Top Leaders 2008' Award
- Wall Street Journal article recognizes PepsiCo for Leadership in Employment
of People with Different Abilities
- PepsiCo and Frito-Lay join SmartWay in commitment to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- PepsiCo Beats Coke in race to launch new natural sweetener (Stevia)
- PepsiCo France recognized as 'Great Place To Work' by Institute Survey
- Tazo Tea joins Pepsi Lipton Partnership
- PepsiCo commits to reducing Acryalmide levels in potato chip products and restructured
potato snacks in California
- Subway names PepsiCo 'Vendor of the Year' for Sustainability Leadership