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Frito-Lay

Frito-Lay North America, Inc. doing business as Frito-Lay, (/ˈfriːtoʊ leɪ/; FREE-toh-LAY) is an American food company that manufactures, markets, and sells snack foods. It began in the early 1930s as two separate companies, the Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company, that merged in 1961. Frito-Lay itself merged with the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1965 to create…

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Founded
September 1961; 64 years ago (1961-09)
Founders
Charles Elmer Doolin Herman Lay
Industry
Food
Headquarters
Plano, Texas, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Brands
Lay's · Fritos · Doritos · Smartfood · Ruffles

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Frito-Lay

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Triples248
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Asia, Middle East and Africa · 40
Frito-Lay → Africa, August, Balls, Bekasi Regency, Beverages, Cheetos, Cheetos Puffs, Chiki, Chitato, Chitato Lite, Cikarang, Doritos, Frito-Lay's, However, In India, In Indonesia, In South Africa, Indofood, Indonesian, January
related to Products · 35
Frito-Lay → Also, Canada, Cheetos, Cracker Jack, Doritos, Elma Chips, Europe, Fritos, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Gulf, In, In India, Indian, Ireland, Kurkure, Lay's, March, North America, PepsiCo, PepsiCo India
related to North America · 27
Frito-Lay → Canada, Cheetos, Cracker Jack, Doritos, Food, Frito-Lay North America, Frito-Lay North America Inc, Frito-Lay's, Fritos, Gamesa, It, Its, Latin America Foods, Lay's, North, PepsiCo Americas Foods, PepsiCo's, Products, Quaker Foods North America, Rold Gold
related to Europe · 26
Frito-Lay → Cheetos, Coventry, Doritos, Duyvis, England, Europe, Frito-Lays, In, In Europe, In Spain, Ireland, Lays, Leicester, Matutano, Paw Ridge, PepsiCo, PepsiCo Europe, PepsiCo International, Portugal, Products
related to Central and South America · 21
Frito-Lay → Baconzitos, Brazil, Central, Cheetos, Colombia, Doritos, Elma Chips, Fandangos, Its, Lay's, Lucky, ManiMoto, Ouro, Pepito, PepsiCo's Latin Americas Foods, Pingo, Ruffles, South America, Stiksy, Torcida
related to Merger forms Frito-Lay, Inc. · 15
Frito-Lay → At, Cheetos, Company, Dallas, Fritos, In, In September, Inc, Lay, Lay's, Ruffles, Southeast, Texas, The, The Frito Company
Brands · 13
Frito-Lay → Cheetos, Doritos, Fritos, Funyuns, Kurkure, Lay's, Miss Vickie's, Rold Gold, Ruffles, Smartfood, Sun Chips, Tostitos, Uncle Chipps
related to Division of PepsiCo, Inc. · 13
Frito-Lay → At, Canada, In February, Inc, International, Lay's, On June, Pepsi-Cola, Pepsi-Cola Company, Pepsi-Cola's, PepsiCo, The, United States
related to Operations · 8
Frito-Lay → As, Frito-Lay North America, Its, Plano, Steven Williams, Texas, The, Within North America
related to Genetically modified ingredients · 7
Frito-Lay → GMOs, Greenpeace, In, OCA, PepsiCo, PepsiCo's, They

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company products pepsico snack lay's chips food north america fritos doritos sales frito potato brands tostitos lay cheetos chip new

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Frito-LayArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsLay's1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsFritos1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsDoritos1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsSmartfood1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsRuffles1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsCheetos1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsSun Chips1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsTostitos1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsRold Gold1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsFunyuns1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsKurkure1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsUncle Chipps1.00infobox
Frito-LayBrandsMiss Vickie's1.00infobox
Frito-LayFoundedSeptember 1961; 64 years ago (1961-09)1.00infobox
Frito-LayFoundersCharles Elmer Doolin Herman Lay1.00infobox
Frito-LayHeadquartersPlano, Texas, U.S.1.00infobox
Frito-LayIndustryFood1.00infobox
Frito-LayKey peopleSteven Williams (CEO)1.00infobox
Frito-LayParentPepsiCo1.00infobox
Frito-LayPredecessorsThe Frito Company H.W. Lay & Company1.00infobox
Frito-LayProductsSnack foods1.00infobox
Frito-LayRevenueUS$15.798 billion (2017)1.00infobox
Frito-LayTrade nameFrito-Lay1.00infobox
Frito-LayTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
Frito-LayWebsitefritolay.com1.00infobox

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