Greek Exporters

PEPSICO is a leader business in the food and beverage industry worldwide, and one of the most successful companies in the consumer goods sector, employing more than 198.000 people and exceeding $43 billion in annual sales.

PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP (PBG) is PEPSICO’S largest bottler worldwide, employing more than 68.000 people and exceeding $14 billion in annual sales. PBG became a publicly traded company in 1999, through one of the largest initial public offerings in the history of the New York Stock Exchange.

Having established more than 72 subsidiaries in the U.S.A., Mexico, Canada, Russia, Spain, Turkey and Greece, PBG produces half the volume of all the PepsiCo beverages sold in the U.S. and about 40% of those sold globally. The company owns more than 100 plants and 546 distribution centers around the world.

In Greece, PBG uses the corporate name: PepsiCo-Ivi, while in the foreign markets the company is known as PBG Greece.

PEPSICO - IVI is a subsidiary of Pepsi Bottling Group PepsiCo-Ivi’s origins run back to a Greek company called Ivi Panagopoulos.

Founded in 1926 by Nick Panagopoulos, Ivi Panagopoulos was a small beverages company in Maroussi, Athens, named after the ancient Greek goddess Ivi whose duty was to refresh the Gods in Olympus by offering the famous nectar.

During the ’60s and the ’70s, Ivi became a large enterprise with facilities both in Athens and Thessaloniki. The owners at the time also bought out the bottling facilities of the famous “Karandani” water fountains in Loutraki.