SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2007--Children from communities throughout Westchester and Fairfield counties will descend on The Pepsi Bottling Group's (PBG) Somers, NY headquarters on Thursday, April 26, 2007 for the annual "Bring Your Child to Work Day" celebration. This fun and educational day of "work" will include a variety of hands-on activities for the participants, such as making their very own custom-flavored soda, learning website design animation, and previewing the latest Pepsi promotions.

In addition to this insider's view of PBG's business, the group will also focus on what they can do to better the environment. The Pepsi Bottling Group has partnered with Teatown Lake Reservation, a regional environmental organization with an 834-acre nature preserve and education center located in the towns of Yorktown, Cortlandt, and
New Castle, New York. The children will be collecting supplies to support Teatown, and will spend part of their day making hummingbird feeders and planting flowers and vegetables to be donated to the center. Those donations will be accompanied by a $2,500 contribution to Teatown from the Pepsi Bottling Group Foundation.

"PBG cares deeply about its communities, and we are proud to instill these same community values in our children," said John Berisford, Senior Vice President, Human Resources. "With its focus on nature-friendly educational programs for children, Teatown Lake Reservation is a great complement to our Bring Your Child to Work Day activities, and we are proud to support their work."

Throughout the day, groups of children will rotate through a number of activities and presentations, including:

• Make Your Own Soda - Pepsi's Research and Development team will
  teach students about flavors and help them make, name and label their
  own sodas.

• Marketing Workshop - Children will learn how Pepsi uses
  commercials to market products to consumers.

• Information Technology - PBG's IT department will teach the
  children website design animation techniques and demonstrate hands-on
  use of PBG's latest Hand Held technology.

• Community Event - Children will learn about the importance of
  eco-friendly living by making hummingbird feeders and planting flowers
  and vegetables to be donated to Teatown Lake Reservation.

• Wellness Center Event - Fitness instructors will show children
  how they can use recycled items to play games, have fun and be
  healthy.

• Shadow Parent/Guardian - Children will have the opportunity to
  learn about the work their parent or guardian does at PBG.

* Editor's Note: If you would like to cover this event, please
contact Simon Vukelj at 914-767-7433.

Copyright Business Wire 2007

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

The Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages — some of the world's most recognized consumer brands. PBG became a publicly-traded company in March 1999 through one of the largest initial public offerings in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. PBG generates nearly $11 billion in annual sales. It operates in the United States, Canada, Greece, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Turkey, accounting for more than one-half of the Pepsi-Cola beverages sold in North America, and about 40 percent of the Pepsi-Cola system volume worldwide.

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