PepsiCo, one of the largest food and drink producers in the world, remains Russia's fourth-largest foreign business — with 60,000 workers and 19 factories still producing Pepsi Cola for Russian shelves under new names, Lyubimaya Cola and Evervess Cola.

They just rebranded Pepsi in Russia so that they could claim to have on paper 'discontinued' it.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But do they actually still own the facilities or does it just produce the same cola?

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They're making money from the local bottlers and other parts of the supply chain. Kind of like how Coke in the US is made locally by local bottlers.

Their presence is still massive.

From https://leave-russia.org/pepsico

...the B4Ukraine Coalition reported on Jan. 10, 2024. PEPSICO HOLDINGS LLC currently have 21 branches in different regions of Russia and 1 representative office in Belarus. They also have 80 brands registered in Rospatent, most of which were extended recently till 2033.

Not only that, they have been expanding, even in the middle of the war, with plans for even more facilities:

In 2024, the American company PepsiCo started the operation of the first phase of the factory of snacks and salty snacks in Russia, near Novosibirsk.

Despite the war, the company has been operating in Russia for over 60 years, and opened a new plant with a production capacity of 60,000 tons per year. The American company PepsiCo wants to register the Rockstar trademark in Russia for the sale of beverages. The application was submitted to the agency on April 30, 2025 and PepsiCo is listed as the applicant.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 2 days ago

Thank you, finally somebody with more than judt a "gutt feeling".

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Despite announcing it would suspend capital investments and all advertising and promotional activities in Russia, the firm has continued to sell what it calls "essential" products, such as milk, other dairy products, and baby food and formula.

The cola is no longer owned by PepsiCo to my knowledge, and any Pepsi Pepsi found there is via re-exports.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

If they remain the fourth largest business with 60,000 employees, then I would think yes.