Einride · Octo
Electrifies five Frito Lay delivery trucks
PepsiCo deployed five Einride electric trucks for Frito Lay routes, cutting about 143 metric tons of CO2e emissions yearly.
Source: www.einride.tech
Venture client unit · Consumer Goods
PepsiCo
PepsiCo Labs
Purchase, United States
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo is a global food and beverage company with five brands each valued over $1 billion, operating in more than 50 countries with over 100,000 employees.
Source: labs.pepsico.com
How PepsiCo works with startups
PepsiCo Labs runs the Global Away from Home Program, which matches startup innovations to PepsiCo's own business problems in food service and away-from-home consumption. Startups submit a solution, PepsiCo tests it in a real-world pilot against an actual business challenge from day one, and pilots that work can expand globally at speed.
Source: labs.pepsico.com
How to approach the team
- Submit solution to PepsiCo
- Pilot tested against business problem
- Successful pilots scale globally
Source: labs.pepsico.com
Open calls
2025 Global Away from Home Program, now accepting applications
Check current availability ↗Selected startup collaborations
Capacity
Saves 438 hours monthly on knowledge search
PepsiCo deployed Capacity's Answer Engine for enterprise knowledge management, saving over 438 hours monthly and growing monthly users by more than 2500%.
Source: capacity.com
Black Swan
Analyzes 500 million conversations for trends
Black Swan's Trendscope platform analyzed over 500 million conversations across 11 markets for PepsiCo, identifying 14,000 micro trends and informing product launches.
Source: blackswan.com
Addverb
Achieves 300 pallets per hour
Addverb built an automated mixed case palletizing warehouse for PepsiCo's fourth India plant, achieving 300 pallets per hour throughput.
Source: addverb.com
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