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PepsiCo Donates $150-thousand to Future Connect — New Leadership Development Conference by the Food Marketing Institute

May 27, 2008
ARLINGTON, VA — May 27, 2008 — PepsiCo donated $150,000 to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) in support of Future Connect, the innovative new leadership development conference created by FMI to help companies address the need for management development with the fast-approaching retirement of the baby boomer population. Future Connect will debut May 4-6, 2009 in Dallas, TX. The check presentation was made by Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, to the FMI Board of Directors at a dinner in Las Vegas, NV during the FMI Show plus MARKETECHNICS®.

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion.  FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members. 

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