PepsiCo-Jordan organizes farewell gathering for top employees

Press release

Published March 18th, 2014 - 12:47 GMT

Al Bawaba

PepsiCo-Jordan organized a farewell gathering for three of its top Sales Managers who have retired after serving the Company for several decades. The employees included Khaled Asmar, Area Sales Manager; Mustafa Khattab, Regional Sales Manager; and Jamal Abdulhadi, Regional Sales Manager. The gathering took place on Tuesday 4 March, 2014, at Zaitona Restaurant & Café in Amman.

During the gathering - which was attended by the Company’s Management Teams - Eng. Nidal Hamam,General Manager of PepsiCo-Jordan, thanked the honorees for their unwavering loyalty and commitment. He elaborated that this gathering is held in recognition of their dedicated efforts throughout the years, and in appreciation of the vital role they played in enabling PepsiCo-Jordan to maintain and further build on its advanced market standing.

In turn, PepsiCo East Med and Africa HR Director, Sufian Al Salman, added, “Since assuming their positions at PepsiCo-Jordan, these exemplary employees have worked extremely hard towards enhancing performance levels and helping the Company cement its leading market position. They have actively contributed to PepsiCo-Jordan’s numerous successes and remarkable results, hence positively impacting our staff and the Company as a whole.”

The employees thanked PepsiCo-Jordan’s executive management team for the gesture, reaffirming the Company’s role in allowing them to develop their professional skills and garner invaluable experience.

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.