Kindly reposted from the Frito-Lay Snack Chat Blog. Today, Frito-Lay North America put our wheels in motion for a more environmentally-friendly fleet: Five electric-powered delivery trucks hit New York City and will start servicing Frito-Lay routes this month.In total, we plan to put 21 electric trucks on U.S. streets in 2010 (additional trucks will be in Fort Worth, Texas and Columbus, Ohio). And, we plan to roll out 150 additional electric trucks in 2011, making Frito-Lay the largest commercial fleet of all-electric trucks in North America! Last summer, we announced our relationship with Smith Electric Vehicles, the nation’s top manufacturer of battery-electric commercial trucks and producer of the Newton, which is the only all-electric commercial truck on the market. These trucks generate zero tailpipe emissions and operate for up to 100 miles on a single charge. Smith Electric is a leader in the development of commercial electric trucks designed... Read more

On Saturday, September 25th, 2010 more than 90 volunteers, including employees from PBC and Frito-Lay (and their families), came out to the Lift for Life Academy in the Soulard neighborhood to revitalize the outdoor space at this charter school. Lift for Life Academy is an independent charter school in the city of St. Louis dedicated to providing a creative and motivating alternative to public middle and high schools. On Saturday morning, the outdoor space was nothing more than dirt, rocks and weeds. By the end of the day, PepsiCo volunteers had laid sod and mulch, planted bushes, trees and flowers, and built benches and picnic tables – among many other projects – to truly transform this space into an outdoor classroom and sanctuary for the students at Lift for Life Academy. Not only was the school’s space revitalized, but we feel that the... Read more

I’m pleased to announce a new feature on Living the Promise today – the Weekly Roundup. Every Friday we’ll post a few of our favorite links from around the web talking about PepsiCo and our brands. If you have a link you think we should take a look at, let us know. Read more

PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi was on CNBC with Maria Bartiromo Wednesday talking about PepsiCo’s return to the Super Bowl this year, new manufacturing facilities globally and the state of the world’s economies. Check out the video below. Read more

http://www.recruiterguy.net/general/the-possibilities.html Kindly reposted from The RecruiterGuy aka: Chris Hoyt. For more on Chris and Social Recruiting follow his blog here and @therecruiterguy. I knew when I joined the PepsiCo family to lead the recruitment marketing efforts I would be expected to work closely with teams around the globe to help recruiters be successful.  I knew in this newly created role that innovation and “best in class” effort would be the minimum expectation.  I knew that the possibilities related to what I was being asked to be a part of were potentially unlimited. What I didn’t realize was just how turbo-charged and ‘infinite’ those possibilities would be. Oh, I was a believer that things would move quickly and I’d be tasked with helping to drive a new focus but I was a whole 2 weeks into my new job when it began to sink in…  The level of ambition shared with me when I was being... Read more

On Saturday September 11, 2010 Pepsi Beverages Company San Diego teamed up with Rebuilding Together and San Diego Youth Services to refresh the old Spring Valley Elementary School into a Community Center. This community center will be used for a variety of non profit organizations and community outreach programs. The projects included prepping the community garden area, painting four buildings, building a compost bin, removing old and outdated metal building materials and digging and planting five smaller garden boxes. The garden boxes will be maintained by community members and... Read more