PepsiCo-Jordan receives Pepsi-Cola International’s Donald M. Kendall Award

Press release

Published May 16th, 2013 - 07:58 GMT

Al Bawaba

PepsiCo-Jordan received Pepsi-Cola International’s globally-renowned Donald M.Kendall (DMK) Award, under the category of Small Emerging Beverages Market, for the third time in five years. This prestigious Award recognizes excelling beverage companies based on a thorough evaluation process and specific criteria that cover quality standards, customer service, corporate social responsibility and growth scope, amongst others.

To mark this achievement, PepsiCo-Jordan held a celebratory event with its employees on Saturday 11^th May, 2013, at the South Theater in Jerash. The event featured a dinner in honor of the Jordanian national football team - also known as Al Nashama. It was attended by the General Union of Food Industry President, Ahmad Abu Khadra, and Jordan Football Association (JFA) executive committee member, Munther Juneidi. Also present at the event were Al Nashama players, as well as JFA’s department heads. The celebratory event comprised performances by Jordanian singer Hussein Al-Salman and Jordanian artist Nabil Sawalha.

Over the course of the event, and in line with its ongoing efforts to support Jordanian football, PepsiCo-Jordan announced that it has made a financial donation to Al Nashama’s upcoming trip to Australia which marks their highly anticipated journey towards qualifying for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

During the event, PepsiCo-Jordan General Manager Eng. Nidal Hamam thanked the PepsiCo-Jordan team for their unwavering efforts which were key to receiving the Award. He went on to add, “It is with your dedicated efforts and teamwork that PepsiCo-Jordan has been recognized by Pepsi-Cola International’s DMKAwards. I am confident that with our unified goals and vision, we will continue to reach even greater heights of success.”

In turn, the attending employees congratulated PepsiCo-Jordan for receiving this well-deserved accolade and wished the Company continued success. They highlighted PepsiCo-Jordan’sproven track record as a socially responsible company that is fully aware of the importance of supporting its local community on various fronts and on different occasions.

Background Information

Pepsi Cola International

In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world's leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo.

For more than 50 years, as tastes, trends and lifestyles have changed, PepsiCo has evolved with them. Our willingness to adapt and grow has transformed our snack and soda company into a collection of global brands including Pepsi and Quaker, Gatorade and Tropicana, Frito-Lay and beyond. Today, PepsiCo is one of the world’s most-respected companies with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories and 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.