PepsiCo Jordan honors distinguished employees at luncheon

Press release

Published July 3rd, 2011 - 07:08 GMT

Al Bawaba

PepsiCo-Jordan - winner of the 2009 & 2010 King Abdullah II Award for Excellence – held a luncheon on Wednesday, 29^th June 2011, at the company’s plant in honor of its distinguished employees who have been with the PepsiCo family for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years. The event was attended by PepsiCo-Jordan’s General Manager Ahmed El Sheikh, HR Manager designate Hawar Hijazy, in addition to senior management and all department directors.

The event corresponds with the Company’s ‘Years of Service Award’ incentive program that PepsiCo-Jordan adopted to recognize its staff’s dedicated efforts and to encourage a consistent quality of performance.

“I would like to thank all our staff members for their devotion over the years, but I would especially like to extend our gratitude to our honored guests today who are all outstanding models of dedication and loyalty. We at PepsiCo-Jordan take great pride in our human resources, who we consider to be the real wealth of this company and place our full confidence in,” said El Sheikh.

Sufian Al Salman, PepsiCo East Med and Africa HR Director, said, “Annually celebrating exceptional and longtime employees is a tradition that reflects PepsiCo’s corporate culture and HR values, which focus on ensuring our staff’s professional success and creating a stable and motivating work environment. We believe in rewarding commitment because it will ultimately enhance performance efficiency and promote excellence.”

Gifts and recognition certificates were awarded to the honorees, who in turn expressed appreciation for the Company’s efforts.

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.