PLANO, Texas, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division, already a leader in the use of all-electric delivery trucks, is adding 20 electric vehicles to its fleet in upstate New York, along with 20 innovative and enhanced electric vehicle charging stations.
PLANO, Texas, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior leadership from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division were joined today by representatives from the Department of Energy and the State of Wisconsin to unveil Frito-Lay's inaugural Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station in Beloit, Wis. The station opening is part of Frito-Lay's large-scale commitment to alternative fuel. In 2013, the company will break ground on seven public CNG fueling stations across the U.S. and continue to grow its CNG fleet, bringing the total number of its CNG tractors to 208.
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior leadership from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division was joined today by California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Matt Rodriquez, secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Gregory Winterbottom, chairman of the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee to announce the growth of Frito-Lay's California electric truck fleet. Once all of the vehicles are deployed by the end of 2012, California will be home to 105 all-electric delivery trucks, the largest deployment in any state.
PLANO, Texas, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The all-electric trucks introduced by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division have charged their way to a million miles this month. Over the past two years, 176 all-electric trucks by Smith Electric Vehicles have been added to the Frito-Lay commercial delivery truck fleet. To date, these trucks have eliminated the need for approximately 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
PLANO, Texas, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division announced today the expansion of the Smartfood brand to include popped chips, popcorn, and puffed corn under the Smartfood Selects name.
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division announces eight new electric trucks will be rolling out in the Boston area. These electric delivery trucks join the largest fleet of commercial all-electric trucks in North America. By the end of this year, a total of 18 cities and surrounding areas across the U.S. will receive some of their favorite snacks in fully-electric delivery trucks.
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America announces ten new electric trucks will be rolling out in Orlando. These electric delivery trucks will ultimately be part of the largest planned fleet of commercial all-electric trucks in North America.
PLANO, Texas, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Frito-Lay's new distribution facility in Oahu, Hawaii has earned the U.S. Green Building Council LEED ® Gold certification. The 55,000 square foot design is Hawaii's first industrial "new construction" Gold site. LEED certification is awarded from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation's preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division today celebrated the success of its most ambitious environmental sustainability project to-date by announcing that its Casa Grande, Arizona, facility has reached "near net zero." The "near net zero" vision was to transform an existing facility so that it would be as far "off the grid" as possible and run primarily on renewable energy sources and recycled water, while producing nearly zero landfill waste.
AZOV, Russia, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today announced that its Frito-Lay manufacturing facility in Azov, Russia, has been officially awarded LEED® Silver by U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The manufacturing facility is the first site in PepsiCo's European network to receive the prestigious LEED certification for New Construction/Major Renovation, bringing the total number of LEED certified PepsiCo facilities around the world to 27.