PepsiCo-Jordan holds employee Iftar and offers them Eid El-Fitr bonuses

Press release

Published August 6th, 2012 - 09:08 GMT

Al Bawaba

As part of its team-building activities and in celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, PepsiCo-Jordan - winner of the 2009 and 2011 King Abdullah II Award for Excellence - held an Iftar that brought together Company employees and a group of orphaned children. The Iftar, which took place on 31^st July, 2012, at the PepsiCo-Jordan plant, was attended by the Company’s General Manager Eng. Nidal Hamam and the Trade Union of Food Industry Workers’ President Ahmad Abu Khadra.

Hamam welcomed the attending employees and wished them a blessed Ramadan filled with continued success and prosperity on both the professional and personal levels. He also announced that all PepsiCo-Jordan employees will be receiving a special Eid El-Fitr Bonus. He went on to commend the dedicated efforts and unwavering loyalty of the employees which he believes are the foundations of PepsiCo-Jordan’s success in the local market.

“At PepsiCo-Jordan, we continuously seek to provide a sound work environment that promotes efficiency, productivity, team spirit, cooperation and the exchange of ideas and expertise. This Iftar event is one of a number of internal PepsiCo-Jordan activities that aim to strengthen ties between the Company’s employees and management team, particularly during this holy month,” added Hamam.

Background Information

Pepsi Cola International

In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world's leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo.

For more than 50 years, as tastes, trends and lifestyles have changed, PepsiCo has evolved with them. Our willingness to adapt and grow has transformed our snack and soda company into a collection of global brands including Pepsi and Quaker, Gatorade and Tropicana, Frito-Lay and beyond. Today, PepsiCo is one of the world’s most-respected companies with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories and 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.