Answer the questions. Complete the sentences

Complete the sentences.

Match the equivalents.

Read the text and try to understand the information.

Pepsi – Cola North America

PepsiCo, Inc. is one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies. The company’s principal businesses:

Frito – Lay snacks

Pepsi – Cola beverages

Gatorade sports drinks

Tropicana juices

Quaker Foods

Many of PepsiCo’s brand names are over 100 – years – old, but the corporation is relatively young. PepsiCo, Inc. was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi – Cola and Frito – Lay. Tropicana was based in 1998. In 2001, PepsiCo merged with the Quaker Oats Company, and now it is the world’s fifth largest food and beverage company. PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient foods and beverages. It has annual sales of about $25 billion and over 142.000 employees. PepsiCo brands are available in nearly 200 countries and territories. PepsiCo’s success is the result of superior products, high standards of performance, distinctive competitive strategies and the high integrity of people.

PepsiCo (symbol: PEP) shares are traded principally on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. The company is also listed on the Amsterdam, Chicago, Swiss and Tokyo stock exchanges.

PepsiCo World Headquarters is located in Purchase, New York, approximately 45 minutes from New York City. The seven building headquarters complex was designed by Edward Darrell Stone, one of America’s foremost architects.

1. to be founded 1. turnover for a year

2. beverage 2. almost

3. annual sales 3. about

4. nearly 4. to be formed

5. to trade 5. to be in

6. headquarter 6. mainly

7. to be located 7. head office

8. principally 8. famous

9. foremost 9. to sell

10. approximately 10. drink

1. PepsiCo, Inc. is one of the world’s….

2. Many of PepsiCo’s brand names are….

3. The corporation is relatively….

4. PepsiCo was founded in….

5. Tropicana was based in….

6. Now it is the world’s fifth….

7. It has annual sales of about….

8. PepsiCo brands are available in nearly….

9. Its success is the result of….

10. PepsiCo shares are traded principally on the….

11. The company is also listed on….

12. PepsiCo World Headquarters is located in….

1. What is PepsiCo, Inc.?

2. What are company’s principal businesses?

3. When was PepsiCo founded?

4. When was Tropicana based?

5. What place in the world does PepsiCo take?

6. What is its annual turnover?

7. How many employees work for this company?

8. How many countries and territories are PepsiCo brands available in?

9. Why is PepsiCo of great success?

10. Where are PepsiCo shares traded?

11. What is the symbol of PepsiCo?

12. Where else is the company listed?

13. Where is its headquarters located?

14. What kind of complex is it?

15. Who was that complex designed by?

6. Here are some facts about the company Goodman & Co.

This is Mr. Lipman, the founder and President of Goodman & Co. This Company is a manufacturer of compressors with its head office in Edinburgh, Great Britain. It has a large modern factory, which employs 15,000 people.

The company’s most famous product is the latest design compressor, which is in great demand throughout the world.

Goodman & Co. sells 10,000 compressors a year. The factory is open twenty-four hours a day, with a daily production of 30 compressors a day. Created in 1985, the company makes large profits every year, but the price is not higher than in 1985 in spite of a few modifications made from time to time.

These modifications are very effective and improve performance.

7. Study these facts and make up the information about the company in writing.

Company:

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See TEST II Company Facys and Figures.

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