Pepsi Philippines
| Subsidiary, Public | |
| Traded as | : PIP |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines |
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Area served
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Philippines |
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Key people
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Oscar S. Reyes (Chairman) Furqan Ahmed Syed (President) Yong-Sang You (CEO) Imran Moid (CFO) |
| Products | Soft drink |
| Parent |
Lotte Chilsung PepsiCo |
| Website | www.pepsiphilippines.com |
Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI) (: PIP) is a Philippines-based company engaged in the bottling and distribution of PepsiCo beverages in the Philippines since 1989.
Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI) was established in 1989 as Premier Beverages by Luis Lorenzo, Sr. to acquire the bottling and distribution rights to PepsiCo beverages in the Philippines.
In 1997, the Guoco Group acquired Lorenzo’s holdings in PCPPI. Under Guoco management, ₱700 million was spent in 1998 to upgrade the facilities of PCPPI. In 2000, PepsiCo paid P 2 billion to the Guoco Group to acquire a 33% stake in PCPPI. News reports cited the rationale was to ensure PepsiCo had a continuing market for its concentrates, even if it meant infusing money into its licensed bottlers.
PCPPI became listed in the in 2008.
In September 2010, Korean-based Lotte Chilsung Beverage Company Ltd. acquired 34% of PCPPI. The acquisition made Lotte Chilsung the largest shareholder in PCPPI. Lotte Chilsung agreed to pay P4.447 billion to buy the 1.27 billion shares from the Guoco Group. In 2013, Lotte Chilsung increased its stake to 39%. As of March 2013, Netherlands-based Quaker Global Investments B.V. is the company’s second largest shareholder with 29.5%.
On October 16, 1946, John Clarkin acquired a franchise to bottle and distribute Pepsi-Cola in the Philippines, establishing Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of the Philippine Islands Ltd. Clarkin was an American who came to the Philippines as a member of the US Air Force during the close of World War II. In the beginning, the company imported Pepsi-Cola until 1947, when its first bottling plant was established in Quezon City.
After Clarkin returned to the United States in 1957, PepsiCo International took over the Philippine operations. In 1983, the Philippine operations became a branch of PepsiCo’s New York office - renamed PepsiCo, Inc. (Philippine branch) - and operated until 1985. From 1985 to 1989, Pepsi-Cola Distributors of the Philippines, Inc., a group identified with Filipino businessmen Ernest Escaler and Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr., took over the Philippine franchise.
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