M&A Deal Summary

PepsiCo Acquires Frito-Lay

On January 1, 1965, PepsiCo acquired food company Frito-Lay

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PepsiCo’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is PepsiCo’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is PepsiCo’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1965-01-01
Target Frito-Lay
Sector Food
Buyer(s) PepsiCo
Deal Type Merger

Target

Frito-Lay

Plano, Texas, United States
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Entrance to Frito-Lay's corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Entrance to Frito-Lay's corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Frito-Lay is a multinational producer of snacks. Products include corn chips, potato chips and pretzels sold under the Frito-Lay, Fritos, Cheetos, Doritos, Tostitos, Lay's, Ruffles, Rold Gold, and Walkers brands. Frito-Lay is based in Plano, Texas.

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Buyer

PepsiCo

Purchase, New York, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1898
Sector Beverages
Employees291,000
Revenue 86.4B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
PepsiCo office in Columbia, Maryland.
PepsiCo office in Columbia, Maryland.

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage company. PepsiCo's brands include Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. Through its operations, authorized bottlers, contract manufacturers and other third parties, PepsiCo makes, markets, distributes and sells a wide variety of beverages, foods and snacks. PepsiCo was founded in 1898 and is based in Purchase, New York.

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Overall 1 of 26
Sector (Food) 1 of 15
Type (Merger) 1 of 2
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 17
Year (1965) 1 of 1
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