estaurant supply unit Received $5.5 billion in restaurant disengagement proceeds Divested Syrena candy business in Poland Divested Gerber baby food business in Mexico Placed more than 150,000 beverage coolers and vendors in the U.S. Enlisted new bottlers for territories in Brazil, Philippines, Japan and Scandinavia Renegotiated bottler contracts to centralize fountain beverage distribution Expanded U.S. fountain beverage sales and service group Acquired Pehuamar snack business in Argentina Divested Obregon flour mill in Mexico Repurchased 69 million shares 1998 Acquired Tropicana, world’s largest branded juice company Announced public offering of The Pepsi Bottling Group Launched new blue globe logo for brand Pepsi Launched WOW! fat-free snacks nationally in the U.S. Launched Pepsi One, sweetened with Acesulfame K Acquired Smith’s Snackfoods Company, Australia’s market leader Acquired snack chip businesses in France, Holland, Belgium Divested BN biscuit business in France Entered joint venture to become snack chip leader in South and Central America Acquired Barcel, Chile’s second-largest snack company Expanded stake in Tasty Foods Egypt Acquired bottling operations in four U.S. states and two Canadian provinces Placed 190,000 beverage coolers and vendors in the U.S. Acquired Cracker Jack snack brand Agreed to sell Polish chocolate and biscuit units Consolidated Pepsi and Frito-Lay U.S. media buying Repurchased 59 million shares HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SINDH BEVERAGES The plant had been established in Phulali in 1974 at first, when it operated with the help of a few donkey carts for distribution of its products. It had been upgraded in 1988 and had moved to the rather industrial SITE area. It had been producing only local soft drinks unti ...
