1985 Milestones

• PepsiCo is now the largest company in the beverage industry. The company has revenues of more than $7.5 billion, more than 137,000 employees.
• Pepsi-Cola products are available in nearly 150 countries and territories around the world. Snack food operations are in 10 international markets.
• Frito-Lay expands into new headquarters in Plano, Texas.
• PepsiCo's first line of sweet snacks, Sonrics, is added in Mexico.
• The cola war takes "one giant sip for mankind," when a Pepsi "space can" is successfully tested aboard the space shuttle.
• Pepsi's successful "Entertainment Marketing" strategy is extended, with singers Lionel Richie and Tina Turner and actor Michael J. Fox, among others.
• Pepsi distributes products in China.