PepsiCo Inc.

History

Year	Detail
1898	Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in New Bern, North Carolina, created and sold the drink from his drugstore soda fountain under the name "Brad's Drink." After buying it from a local competitor, he later changed the name to Pepsi-Cola.
1965	The company merged with Frito-Lay, forming PepsiCo, Inc. The merger was driven by the potential for Frito-Lay snacks to be distributed outside of the United States and Canada and for PepsiCo to market Frito-Lay snacks alongside its soft drinks.
2020	Vail Resorts and PepsiCo expanded their partnership to advance sustainability goals. The companies focused on waste reduction, including reducing beverage and food packaging waste and replacing wax-lined paper cups with compostable or durable PepsiCo products.
2022	The company partnered with the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD), California's groundwater agency, to help manage and protect the local groundwater resources of more than four million residents.
2022	PepsiCo and N-Drip, an Israeli company that developed a gravity-powered, high-efficiency irrigation system, partnered to provide water-saving, crop-enhancing benefits to farmers worldwide across 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) by 2025.
2023	The company announced a $216 million multi-year investment in long-term, strategic partnership agreements with three farmer-facing organizations, Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI), Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF), and the IL Corn Growers Association (ICGA), to drive adoption of regenerative agriculture practices across the United States.
2023	The company collaborated with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, an organization dedicated to guiding and building the future of artificial intelligence to specialize in industrialized AI applications and responsible AI and gain insights that advance research, education, policy, and practice throughout the industry.
2024	The company established a new warehouse in Greater Milwaukee, U.S., to service customers and meet growing consumer demand across four counties.
2024	PepsiCo Europe and Yara partnered to help European farmers adopt low-carbon agricultural practices, covering around 1,000 farms and 128,000 hectares across the EU and the U.K.