百事在俄罗斯建第二个休闲食品厂（英文）

PepsiCo to expand snack operations in Russia

11th June 2007   By Leah Vyse

PepsiCo International is to build a snack manufacturing facility in Russia, with a planned investment of more than $170 million over the next five years.

The global food and beverage maker will build its second snack manufacturing site in Russia, in the town of Azov in the Rostov region, creating around 1000 new jobs.

PepsiCo's decision to build a second snacks facility comes five years after it announced plans to invest over $160 million in its first site and related agricultural programs in Kashira near Moscow in 2002. The company claims the Kashira plant is now one of the largest and most modern snack manufacturing sites both in Russia and continental Europe.

The Kashira facility, which employs around 1600 workers from the area, is now at full capacity and PepsiCo hopes the new facility will provide an opportunity for the company to expand sales throughout Russia.

PepsiCo's latest venture will include investments in agricultural programs in the area, which will provide local potato farmers with the tools and training to increase yields and grow superior quality potatoes. Since beginning its snacks business in Russia in 2002, PepsiCo has invested substantially in local farming with the result that only four years after the start of the program, 80% of all potatoes used by the Kashira plant are sourced locally, with plans to reach 100% in the next few years.

Speaking in St Petersburg at a formal signing of the letter of intent with Governor Vladimir Chub of Rostov, Michael White, vice chairman of PepsiCo and CEO of PepsiCo International, said: "I am delighted to confirm our decision to invest in the Rostov region to build our second snacks manufacturing site in Russia."

PepsiCo Russia Snacks general manager, Paul Kiesler, added: "Our business in Russia has been growing quickly and the second site in Rostov will provide us with the necessary manufacturing capability to meet growing consumer demand for our products, both today and tomorrow."