There's a message that's been shared on this blog many times by my fellow Snack Chat team members -- how great it is to work at a company that does so many things to help local communities. I had the opportunity to experience this myself recently when I joined 1,200 Frito-Lay and PepsiCo coworkers for our second annual United Way Day of Caring, in partnership with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Together, we donated more than 5,000 community service hours working on over 20 projects across the metroplex. Read more

This Saturday, I leave for Ghana. This will be my first time in Africa. Along with a friend and colleague, Emily Silver, I will be dropping in on the inaugural PepsiCorps team as they go about their Clean Water projects on the southeastern coast bordering Togo. Read more

Indra Nooyi visited Russia October 17-18, 2011 to see for herself the big changes afoot following the completion of the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann earlier this year. Her busy schedule included a dinner with PepsiCo Russia's management team and a special session with PepsiCo's top female executives in Russia, where she shared her global vision for PepsiCo. Her trip also included a very productive meeting with the prime minister as part of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council and tour of Lianozovo plant, one of Europe's largest and most advanced dairy plants. Read more

7 days are gone now, and I am totally overwhelmed with all kind of emotions. I am tired and happy, thankful and sad, thoughtful and smiling… Read more

Looking back at my first week, everyday has taught me something new – to greet the eldest person first, always use your right hand to greet, start and end meetings with a prayer, and so on... But if I have to pick a favorite day so far in this journey, it will have to be today. Read more

Si uno de los valores que tenemos en PepsiCo es sentirnos orgullosos de los productos que fabricamos y comercializamos, entonces en PepsiCo Iberia estamos más orgullosos si cabe y ahora os contaré por qué. Read more

One of the things we’re most proud of at PepsiCo is the products we produce and commercialize. So at PepsiCo Iberia we are delighted today and I’ll tell you why. Read more

The PepsiCorps Ghana team had a real world reality check today with the experience of engaging more than 250 local children in 4 local schools on clean water, sanitation and hygiene issues. Read more

So a week has passed since our arrival in Denu… The experience has been incredible in so many ways that it is time to stop and reflect on what we have seen so far. Read more

I had quite a few people send congratulatory notes upon hearing the announcement on July 28th from the PepsiCorps Group. One of the questions centered around what type of lodging would be available. Comments ranged from tents, mud huts, and a few mentioned luxury hotels. What I can tell you is, that no, we are not sleeping in tents, thrashed roof huts, mud huts, or as one person asked…the beach. I am happy to say that we are staying at the Hotel Vilcabamba. Read more