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PepsiCo Canada

US-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Lay's, Doritos, Ruffles, Miss Vickie's, Smartfood, Spitz and Tostitos; Quaker oats and bars.

Mississauga, ON CA · www.pepsico.ca

Found at Giant Tiger Walmart
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PepsiCo Canada ULC, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, is a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEP, Purchase, NY). Its shelf brands (Lay's, Doritos, Ruffles, Miss Vickie's, Smartfood, Spitz, Tostitos and Quaker oats and bars) are largely manufactured in Canada, including Quaker's Peterborough, Ontario mill, but ownership sits entirely with the US parent.

Switch: PepsiCo Canada ULC is a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of the Nasdaq-listed PepsiCo, Inc. (Purchase, NY); control sits with a single US parent.

Factors

Ownership

0.0 verified

US 100%

SEC EDGAR lists PepsiCo Canada ULC among the subsidiaries in PepsiCo, Inc.'s FY2025 10-K (Exhibit 21), and PepsiCo, Inc. is a Nasdaq-listed (PEP) public company headquartered in Purchase, NY and incorporated in North Carolina, per its EDGAR filer record. Ownership is diffuse public shareholding at the US-listed parent.

Manufacturing

76.5 reported

CA 80% · other 5% · US 15%

PepsiCo's own Canadian sustainability page states that resource-conservation programs "have been in place in our Frito Lay Canada manufacturing plants for over a decade," confirming a multi-plant Canadian production network for the snack brands (Lay's, Doritos, Ruffles, Miss Vickie's, Smartfood, Tostitos); the commonly reported sites are Cambridge (ON), Kentville (NS), Lévis (QC) and Taber (AB), though this session could not independently confirm each city. Quaker's major Canadian mill, confirmed via Wikipedia, is in Peterborough, Ontario. A minority of specialty or overflow snack items is assumed to come from Frito-Lay's larger US plant network.

People

87.0 reported

CA 90% · US 10%

PepsiCo Canada ULC's own coupon platform lists its head office at 2095 Matheson Boulevard East, Mississauga, ON. The company's legacy site says it moved into a LEED Gold-certified Mississauga headquarters in early 2011. Frito-Lay Canada and Quaker Canada plant and field staff are based in Canada; a small share of corporate/support functions is assumed to sit with the US parent.

Inputs

26.5 inferred

CA 30% · other 35% · US 35%

No published sourcing breakdown was found. Quaker's Peterborough mill likely draws heavily on Canadian-grown oats given Canada's position as the world's largest oat exporter. Potatoes for Lay's and Miss Vickie's are typically a Canada/US mix common to North American chip production, and corn for Doritos and Tostitos is predominantly US-grown. Cocoa, palm and other tropical oils used across the wider snack portfolio are imported from outside North America. This split is an estimate, weighted toward the snack brands' greater shelf prominence.

Where to buy

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