<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>PepsiCo ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/pepsico</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/pepsico/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving PepsiCo.</description><item><title>Acquisition: PepsiCo — Rockstar Energy</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-rockstar-2020</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-rockstar-2020</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>PepsiCo acquired Rockstar Energy for $3.85 billion, having distributed the brand in North America since 2009. It gave PepsiCo a wholly owned energy drink at a point when the category was growing faster than carbonated soft drinks.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: PepsiCo — SodaStream</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-sodastream-2018</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-sodastream-2018</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>PepsiCo acquired SodaStream for $144 per share in cash, about $3.2 billion. Buying a company whose product lets people make fizzy drinks at home was an unusual move for a business that sells them ready-made in cans.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: PepsiCo — Stacy's</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-stacys-2005</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-stacys-2005</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Frito-Lay acquired Stacy's Pita Chips, started by a couple who had turned leftover pita from their sandwich cart into a snack. Baking rather than frying gave it a health positioning the rest of the snack aisle could not match. The price was not disclosed.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: PepsiCo — Gatorade, Quaker and Quaker Chewy</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-quaker-oats-2001</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-acquires-quaker-oats-2001</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>PepsiCo acquired The Quaker Oats Company in an all-stock merger, primarily to obtain Gatorade, which gave it the leading position in sports drinks. The Federal Trade Commission cleared the deal after a split vote, with a consent order restricting distribution arrangements.</description></item><item><title>Spin-off: Yum! Brands — KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-spins-off-tricon-1997</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/pepsico-spins-off-tricon-1997</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>PepsiCo spun off its restaurant business as Tricon Global Restaurants, taking KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell out of the drinks and snacks company. PepsiCo had found that operating restaurants competed for capital with its packaged goods brands and complicated its relationships with other chains. Tricon renamed itself Yum! Brands in 2002.</description></item></channel></rss>