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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$300.0M
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For more than 75 years, we have enjoyed making the best snacks on earth, starting with simple, farm-grown ingredients. And we're not stopping now. We continue to innovate, so we can provide tasty products that are good as well as fun. And we're reducing our environmental footprint by conserving natural resources as well as harnessing renewable energy technology that reduces harmful emissions. We know we still have a lot of work to do, but we're up to the challenge. We've had a lot of good fun along the way, and we'll continue that as we look to the future.

President & Chief Executive Officer, North America
Albert P. Carey
Number of Employees 749
Contact Information

PO BOX 40

Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5S9

fritolay.com

NAICS Code Other Snack Food Manufacturing: 311919

Recent Events

  • Frito-Lay names chief marketing officer

    10/06/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

  • SmartFood is nutritious but light on goodies

    8/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

frito-lay inc. - All News and Analysis

  • Frito-Lay Names Ann Mukherjee New Marketing Chief

    BNET - 2009-10-05

    CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Frito-Lay has tapped Ann Mukherjee as its new senior VP-CMO. Ms. Mukherjee was most recently group VP-marketing at the company. She replaces Jaya Kumar, who was named president, PepsiCo's Quaker Foods & Snacks today. Ms. Mukherjee will report to Frito President-CEO Al Carey. "Ann's work with Doritos'...

    Tags: PepsiCo, Frito-Lay Inc.

  • Robert Turtledove Named CMO of H&R Block

    BNET - 2009-08-13

    NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Robert Turtledove, former chief marketing officer of executive job-search site TheLadders.com, has joined tax-service provider H&R Block as senior VP-chief marketing officer. Charged with driving increased consumer consideration of the H&R Block brand, he will oversee the Kansas City, Mo.-based company's marketing and communications programs. "This...

    Tags: H&R Block Inc.

  • Frito-Lay Embraces Local Movement, But Movement Does Not Embrace Frito-Lay

    BNET - 2009-05-18

    Last week PepsiCo's Frito-Lay got a lot of attention -- not all of it positive -- for its new 'Lay's Local' marketing campaign. TV spots are debuting in California, Michigan, Florida, Texas and other markets with farmers from each individual state making statements like, "Next time you...

    Tags: Food, Frito-Lay Inc., TV Spot, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

  • Spicing up snack foods

    - 2008-11-17

    Four-alarm flavors, hard-to-pronounce berries from the rainforest and sweet combinations have had a big impact on the snack category. Drug Store News asked Stephen Kalil, executive chef at Frito-Lay North America's Culinary Innovation Center, and Gary Ehrhardt, senior group manager of FLNA seasoning development and flavor innovation about where flavor...

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  • Nut clusters are best of Frito-Lay's new line

    - 2008-09-24

    TrueNorth Nut Snacks. Almond, Peanut and Pecan-Almond-Peanut Clusters; Almond, Peanut and Pistachio Crisps; and Honey Wheat and Toasted Sesame Crunches. $3.29 per 4.5-ounce to 7-ounce bag or $7.88 per 24-ounce club-size bag. Bonnie: I'm truly impressed with the direction Frito-Lay is taking with its snacks. Recently, it purchased...

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  • Snack category innovations help carry sales

    - 2008-09-08

    Higher costs will no doubt affect snack sales this year, but industry experts said there's still market potential for innovative new products and healthy offerings. "There have been a lot of successful new introductions," said Sheila McCusker, editor of Information Resources Inc.'s Times & Trends research reports. While newness...

    Tags: Frito-Lay Inc.

  • Attune Foods

    - 2008-09-01

    Attune Foods, San Francisco, CA, has appointed Silvia Cheskes vice president of marketing. She will be responsible for the overall branding strategy and positioning for Attune's line of probiotic wellness bars. Ms. Cheskes has more than 10 years of brand management and marketing expertise, including stints with Torani and Frito-Lay.

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  • Beaded ice cream 'Shots' messy, not tasty

    - 2008-08-27

    Popsicle Ice Cream Shots. Cookie Dough, and Cookies 'N Cream. $4.09 per 13-ounce to 14-ounce container. Bonnie: We first reviewed a beaded frozen novelty for this column (Micropops, also by Popsicle) back in 1999. Almost a decade later, I still can't understand why anyone would want to eat...

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  • WHAT'S NEW ON THE GROCERS' SHELVES August 24, 2008

    - 2008-08-24

    Miss Vickie's All-Natural Snacks. Simply Sea Salt, Hand Picked Jalapeno, Country Onion With 3 Cheeses, and Creamy Buttermilk Ranch Kettle Chips; Nine Grain Chips; and Salty Sweet Kettle Corn. $2.49 for a 5-ounce to 6-ounce package. Bonnie: Miss Vickie's was a small company based in New Lowell, Ontario,...

    Tags: Frito-Lay Inc., Miss Vickie

  • Frito-Lay enters nut snack segment

    - 2008-07-14

    [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PLANO, Texas -- PepsiCo Inc.'s Frito-Lay division is launching TrueNorth, a line of 100% natural nut snacks that have five grams of protein in every serving. "While consumer demand for the nut category continues to be positive, the options have been limited and uninspiring," says Regan...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Albert P. Carey President & Chief Executive Officer, North America
Sharon Percy Rockefeller President and Chief Executive Officer of Weta Public Stations In Washington, D.C.
Daniel Naor Chief Strategist
Dave Rader Chief Financial Officer
Jaime Montemayor Senior Vice President and CIO Frito, Lay North America, Pepsico
Jaya Kumar Chief Marketing Officer
Clay G. Small Senior Vice President
Jim Rich Senior Vice President, Operations
Leslie Starr Keating Senior Vice President, Operations
Lynn Markley Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Mark Schiller Senior Vice President
Michele R. Thatcher Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Randy W. Melville Senior Vice President, Sales
Rich Beck Senior Vice President, Operations
Rocco Papalia Senior Vice President, Research & Development
Ron Parker Senior Vice President, HR
Ann Mukherjee Group Vice President, Marketing
Becky Frankiewicz Vice President, Portfolio Marketing
Beth Struckell Vice President & General Manager, Services
Charles Nicolas Vice President, Public Affairs
Dave Haft Group Vice President, Sustainability and Productivity
Dave Philips Vice President, Marketing & Advertising
Dave Reamsnyder Midwest North Region Vice President
Dave Skena Vice President of Potato Chip Marketing
Gannon Jones Vice President, Portfolio Marketing
Kelly Tullier Vice President
Lora DeVuono Group Vice President, Advertising & Brand Marketing
Paul Zmigrosky Group Vice President Strategic Sourcing
Regan Ebert Vice President and General Manager, Warehouse
David A Brookmire Business Partner
Don Brock Technical Manager
Jim Abolt Hr Manager
Robert Hobson Beloit Manufacturing Manager
Leo J Taylor Business Leader
Maria Guzman Finance Intern
Mike Rappold Mechanical Engineer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Cynthia M. Trudell Board of Directors
Solomon D Trujillo Board of Directors

Al Carey is President and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division. He leads the $12 billion snack and convenient foods business, reporting to John Compton, Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Americas Foods. Mr. Carey has a wealth of leadership experience in consumer packaged goods, spanning both sales and general management. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland. A natural born leader, Al says that the best salesperson he had ever met is the one who taught him to always listen to the customer.

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer, North America Current
PepsiCo, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Frito, Lay North America Current
The Home Depot, Inc. Board of Directors Current
University of Maryland Former

SHARON PERCY ROCKEFELLER, 56, was elected a director of PepsiCo in 1986. She is President and Chief Executive Officer of WETA public stations in Washington, D.C., a position she has held since 1989, and was a member of the Board of Directors of WETA from 1985 to 1989. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Public Broadcasting Service, Washington, D.C. and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting until 1992. Mrs. Rockefeller is also a director of Sotheby s Holdings, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer of Weta Public Stations In Washington, D.C. Current
Classical Weta President and CEO, Weta Public Broadcasting Current
Oya Awards Current
Classical Weta Board of Directors Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Wgms 103.5 Washington's Classical Station Board of Directors Current
Sotheby's Director Current
Washington Educational Telecommunications Association President & CEO Current
PepsiCo, Inc. Board of Directors Current
West Virginia Wesleyan College Former
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Member, Board of Directors Former
Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Member, Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Chief Strategist Current
Cheetos Chief Strategist Current
Cheetos Senior Vice President, Transformation & Strategy Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Transformation and Strategy Former
Massachusetts, Inc. MS In Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current

Jaime Montemayor is Senior Vice President and CIO for Frito-Lay North America at PepsiCo. He is responsible for the strategy, planning and delivery of IT capability and services for Frito-Lay in the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Jaime was Senior Vice President and CIO, PepsiCo Transformation; responsible for the delivery of SAP and Data IT Solutions for Quaker, Tropicana and Pepsi Cola NA (Project One Up), PepsiCo's business units. Prior to this appointment, Jaime served as CIO for Frito-Lay North America and Frito-Lay International, including all IT operations for Quaker Snacks and Foods outside the U.S. Jaime joined PepsiCo in 1995 as CIO for Gamesa, Mexico's largest cookie and biscuit company. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Jaime was a Principal with Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting Firm and a Technical Director with Oracle Corporation in Europe and Latin America. Jaime received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico and a master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President and CIO Frito, Lay North America, Pepsico Current
Stanford University Master's Degree In Computer Science Former
Stanford University Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President Current
PepsiCo, Inc. Senior Vice President Current
Pizza Hut, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
PepsiCo, Inc. Managing Attorney Former
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Southern Methodist University law degree Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current
Cheetos Senior Vice President, Operations Current
Georgia State MBA Former
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University BS In Mechanical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Public Affairs Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. General Manager, Quaker Snacks, Gamesa Former

Michele R. Thatcher leads the Human Resource team at Frito-Lay. Her team includes members from almost every department of the Frito-Lay organization. Michele received her BA with Honors in Accounting from Texas A University and her Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University. She and her husband Mike, a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army National Guard, enjoy watching their children play sports and attending Texas A&M football games.

Organization Position Status
Cheetos Senior Vice President, Human Resources Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Human Resources Current
Southern Methodist University Juris Doctorate Former

Randy W. Melville is Senior VP of Sales at Frito-Lay. Prior to this, he was VP and General Manager of Sales for the Southern Division of Frito-Lay, Chief Customer Officer for Frito Lay as well as VP, Urban/Ethnic Marketing for Pepsi-Cola Company. Randy is a graduate of Princeton University and holds a BA in Sociology.

Organization Position Status
Cheetos Senior Vice President of Sales Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Sales Current
Cheetos Chief Customer Officer Former
Frito-Lay, Inc. Chief Customer Officer Former
Cheetos Vice President Former
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President Former
Princeton University Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, Research & Development Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Senior Vice President, HR Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Group Vice President, Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President, Portfolio Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Services Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President, Public Affairs Current
Cheetos Vice President, Public Affairs Current
University of Florida BS In Telecommunication Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Group Vice President, Sustainability and Productivity Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President, Marketing & Advertising Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Midwest North Region Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President of Potato Chip Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President, Portfolio Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Cheetos Vice President and General Counsel Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. General Counsel Current
Cheetos General Counsel Current
Cornell Law Review Notes Editor Former
Cornell University Law School Juris Doctorate Former
Louisiana State University BA Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Group Vice President, Advertising & Brand Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Cheetos Group Vice President Strategic Sourcing Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Group Vice President Strategic Sourcing Current
Share Plus Federal Bank Chairman Current
The University of Texas MBA Former
Duquesne University Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Warehouse Current

David is a highly experienced business partner with successful track records of accomplishments at Frito-Lay, General Motors, Digital Communications, and Profit Recovery Group. He has held senior roles, including Vice President and Senior Vice President, and been responsible for Human Resources, M & A Integration, Total Quality, and Strategic Planning in both private and publicly-traded companies. David has created and implemented innovative business and human resource strategies and initiatives supporting the direction of the organizations and overcoming critical impediments to success. His work has directly contributed to the following outcomes: Improved top line growth, Successful IPO, Successful divestiture, Improved senior management performance, Rapid and critical skill acquisition and retention, Successful business strategy development and implementation, Improved workforce productivity, M & A integration successes, and Winning teams and cultures. He has been the lead HR or Integration executive in over 20+ deals and three divestitures. He has developed and delivered effective presentations on strategy and human resource topics for Wall Street analysts and Board Members. David earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of South Florida in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. He is a licensed psychologist. He has taught the SHRM Professional Certification Course at Kennesaw State University, guest lectured the MBA class at Emory University,co-led a national workshop entitled, "Designing a High Quality M & A Process that Delivers," and serves as part-time instructor for Georgia State University's business school.

Organization Position Status
Corporate Performance Strategies President Current
Corporate Performance Strategies Founder Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Business Partner Current
High Performance Strategies Current
Qualitycare Board Member Current
University of South Florida Ph.D. Former
University of South Florida M.A. Former
University of South Florida B.A. Former

Don Brock is the Technical Manager at the Frito-Lay, Inc., manufacturing plant located in Modesto, California. He has over 11 years of experience in the snack food business managing the plant's maintenance, engineering, utilities, and regulatory functions. Mr. Brock is considered an expert on resource conservation implementation within the company. Frito-Lay, Inc, a subsidiary of PepsiCo based out of Plano, TX, has continued its legacy of community and environmental citizenship by embarking on an energy conservation agenda over the last 10 years that has netted significant reduction in usage of utilities and emission of greenhouse gases. They have been recognized by Energy Star and Alliance to Save Energy as well as 31 other nationally recognized rewards for their sustainability programs.

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Technical Manager Current
California Bio-Energy Meeting Technical Manager, Frito, Lay, Inc. Current
California Bioenergy Technical Manager, Frito, Lay, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Trilogy Software Inc. Vice President, HR Current
Trilogy, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Hr Manager Current
Illinois State Bar Association Member Current
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Vice President of Leadership and Organization Development Former
PepsiCo, Inc. Plant HR Manager Former
Dartmouth College Bachelor's Degree In Psychology Former
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign degrees in both Law and Labor and Industrial Relations Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Beloit Manufacturing Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Big Builder Group President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Business Leader Current
Pulte Homes, Inc. Business Leader Current
Pulte Homes, Inc. Executive Vice President of Human Resources Former
Frito-Lay, Inc. Group Manager Former
West Virginia University Masters of Science In Industrial and Labor Relations Former
West Virginia University Bachelor Degree In Political Science Former

Organization Position Status
Tepper Vice President Corporate Finance Current
Frito-Lay, Inc. Finance Intern Current
The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Business Administration Former

Mike is a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Illinois. He and his wife Beth have two children; Drew 5, and Emma 8. They live in McKinney, TX where Mike works for Frito Lay as a mechanical engineer. Mike does all the engineering drawings for the Speed Sports Special. At the races he is responsible for all electrical equipment on the boat. He downloads the on board computer between rounds and interprets the results from the previous run. In addition he mixes the nitromethane fuel, and maintains the propellers, propeller shafts and underwater struts

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Mechanical Engineer Current
Speed Sports Top Fuel Current
University of Illinois Former

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Frito-Lay, Inc. Board of Directors Current
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