PepsiCo-Jordan donates Influenza vaccines to Rsaifeh municipality

Press release

Published January 8th, 2012 - 06:19 GMT

Al Bawaba

PepsiCo-Jordan winner of the 2009 and 2010 King Abdullah II Award for Excellence, donated influenza vaccines to Rsaifeh municipality. The vaccines were presented to the Rsaifeh Municipality Committee’s Chairman Eng. Saleh Al-Abbadi, at the municipality’s headquarters, in the presence of the Head of Rsaifeh municipality, Dr. Issam Al-Ghazzawi and a number of PepsiCo-Jordan executives.

PepsiCo-Jordan annually supports a number of initiatives aimed at promoting a sound and healthy society. The vaccine donation is yet another initiative that reflects the Company’s genuine interest in playing a positive and effective role within the local community, particularly in Rsaifeh municipality.

Commenting on the occasion, PepsiCo East Med and Africa HR Director Sufian Al Salman stated, “We at PepsiCo-Jordan continuously strive to interact with local community organizations, and we are proud of our ongoing and fruitful partnership with Rsaifeh municipality. Through our various activities, we seek to cater to the needs of the local community in order to enable them to actively participate in achieving local socio-economic growth.”

In turn, Eng. Al-Abbadi highlighted the strong relationship linking Rsaifeh municipality and PepsiCo-Jordan. He also lauded the Company’s invaluable community programs and activities that aim to support both the municipality and the local community on all fronts, particularly on the health front.

In recognition of its vaccine donations, PepsiCo-Jordan received a letter of gratitude from the Chairman of the Rsaifeh Municipality Committee, who also wished the Company the best of luck in its future endeavors.

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.