PLANO, Texas, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Frito-Lay, a
division of PepsiCo and leading snack manufacturer, along with
Fort Bend County, today announced
a $200 million investment at its
Rosenberg, Texas, site. The
investment will add two manufacturing lines for Funyuns and
tortilla chips, as well as increase capacity in its warehouse to
enhance capabilities and enable future growth. Anticipated to be
complete by 2023, the project will provide 160 new, full-time
jobs.
The Frito-Lay Rosenberg facility today employs more than 750
full-time plant and fleet associates and produces more than 117
million pounds of snacks annually.
"We've called Rosenberg home
for nearly 40 years. Throughout that time, the support of
Fort Bend County has helped us
invest in the right areas so that we can continue to grow and
provide jobs to the community," said Laura
Maxwell, senior vice president of supply chain, PepsiCo
Foods North America. "The Rosenberg site has the largest footprint of
any Frito-Lay facility in Texas,
producing snacks for Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and Georgia, and several other parts of the
country when we hit times of peak demand. We thank Fort Bend County for bringing investments like
this to life."
This is the second investment Frito-Lay has made since 2019 to
the Rosenberg site when the
company announced a $138 million
investment that added a new Cheetos line, new seasoning and
packaging equipment and a warehouse expansion, set to be complete
late 2021.
"Frito-Lay has been a long-time partner in Fort Bend County, coming to Rosenberg in 1982 with about 100 employees,"
said Vincent M. Morales, Jr.,
commissioner, Fort Bend County
Commissioner's Office, Precinct One. "They have expanded in
Rosenberg over the years, choosing
to grow their footprint in our community, and now have more than
700 employees – and that number will go up with this latest
expansion. They are active corporate citizens, and one of our
larger employers. We are proud of our partnership with Frito-Lay
and thank them for their investment in Fort Bend."
Ongoing Commitment to the Community
With Frito-Lay's
continued commitment to the communities where its associates live
and work, the company has programs to give back in the Houston area, including its Building the
Future Together initiative in partnership with Feed the Children.
The program provided donations to five Houston-area high schools during the 2020-2021
school year, supplementing 33,000 meals and providing monthly
deliveries of other items such as school supplies, snacks, books,
hand sanitizer and personal care items. In addition, The PepsiCo
Foundation program to support Black and Hispanic aspiring and
graduating community college students has partnered locally with
Houston Community College, providing
more than 200 scholarships over the next two years.
For more information on Frito-Lay, visit FritoLay.com.
About Frito-Lay North
America
Frito-Lay North America is the $18
billion convenient foods division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:
PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, N.Y. Learn more
about Frito-Lay at the corporate
website, http:www.fritolay.com/ and on
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/fritolay.
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by
consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200
countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more
than $70 billion in net revenue in
2020, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that
includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker, Tropicana and
SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of
enjoyable foods and beverages, including 23 brands that generate
more than $1 billion each in
estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in
Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. "Winning
with Purpose" reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the
marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of our business
strategy and brands. For more information,
visit www.pepsico.com
About Fort Bend
County
Fort Bend
County, 25 minutes from Houston's central business district, is the
tenth largest county in Texas.
Over 900 square miles and one of the fastest growing counties in
the U.S., Fort Bend is expected to
reach 1 million people in the next five years. The most diverse
county in the state, Fort Bend is
an inclusive community that leads the Greater Houston region in educational
attainment, diversity, and median household income. With a strong
commercial base, access to markets, a pro-business culture, and
exceptional quality of life, Fort
Bend continues to attract commercial and residential
development across the county. To learn more about Fort Bend County, please visit our website at
www.FortBendCounty.com.
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