Yesterday was a little quiet around PepsiCo. That’s because, for the second year in a row, more than 1,300 PepsiCo associates across the country took the opportunity to roll up their sleeves, and put in some volunteer hours to support the fight against hunger in their local communities. Read more

Working at PepsiCo, I’ve created PowerPoint decks, given presentations, reviewed sales numbers, updated spreadsheets, mulched a New Orleans park, packed boxes of food for a Texas food bank, painted a New York community center, handed out winter coats, fished, helped elementary school girls with yoga poses, etc. Read more

At Frito-Lay, we’re celebrating a big milestone this month. In September 1961, Dallas-based Frito Co., founded by C.E. Doolin, and Atlanta-based H.W. Lay & Co., founded by Herman Lay, merged to form Frito-Lay, Inc. Read more

The NFL is back, fans are loving it, and Doritos is upping the Crash the Super Bowl ante. Doritos has looked to evolve the contest this year in a way that continues to raise the stakes, build on the consumer experience and respond to what fans are looking for from Doritos. Read more

I have been working at PepsiCo for over three years -- two years as an SAP consultant and one year as an employee in our Business and Information Solutions group. I am a very active person, and I like to be involved in my community, so I was glad to see that the Talent Sustainability plank of PepsiCo’s Performance with Purpose vision includes encouraging employee volunteerism. Through the company, I found two organizations close to my heart. Read more

Last week I received a new assignment at work–director of foresight for the Global Beverage Group here at PepsiCo. Sharing this news with people, I’ve received reactions like, “that’s exciting,” “wow!” cool,” “ooouuh,” and other interesting words/noises. Read more

Last week, I found myself on the campus of California State University – Los Angeles (CSULA), as Victor Crawford, president, field operations for Pepsi Beverages Company, unveiled PepsiCo’s new environmental investment to the City of Los Angeles. Read more

In 1966, legendary folk artist and activist Pete Seeger and other river-lovers banded together to change the course of events that were destroying the Hudson River. They were determined to reclaim a natural treasure for us all. Forty-five years later, during World Water Week 2011, a group of 20 Westchester County-based PepsiCo employees gathered on the much-improved Hudson shoreline, volunteering our time to carry the torch Seeger and others lit so long ago. Read more