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Frito Lay, Inc. is a privately held company that produces and distributes potato & corn CHIPS and related snacks worldwide. It is a subsidiary of a multinational corporation, Pepsico Inc. based in New York, United States. Frito Lay manages and owns manufacturing plants, warehouses and branch offices in around 50 countries worldwide including Mexico, India, The United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Brazil. The company was commenced in the year 1961 with the merger of two companies namely H.W. Lay & Company and The Frito Company. The headquarters of the company is situated in the Plano province of the Texas state of the United States of America.
Frito Lay Brands
Frito Lay offers a wide range of food products under different brands that include Lays, Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Cracker Jack, Baken-Ets, Chester's, Dips, Fritos, Oven Baked, Sun Chips, Islen, Muniches, Funyuns, Muncos, Nut Harvest, Santitas, Smartfood and Spitz.
Health & Environment Measures
The company's one of the manufacturing plants based in Modesto, California employs the solar collector’s technique which helps in making chips through
Hot water and saves around 1.8 million pounds of Carbon-Dioxide emissions per year. The company has initiated testing technology in which recycled-water is used rather than fresh water for cooking chips. The company's fleet of around 700 hybrid vehicles in collaboration with
Epa (Environmental Protection Agency)
Smart way Program has consumed less fuel. Frito Lay has restricted the use partially hydrogenated oils, as a result the company's product are free from trans-fat.
Awards
The company has won many awards such as Grocery Manufacturers Association award in the year 2012; U.S. EPA SmartWay Excellence Award;
American Heart Association Award; Arizona Recycling Coalition Large Business Recycling Award and Environmental Contribution of the Year Award in the year 2010.