![]() ![]() He began his PepsiCo career in 1977 as marketing group manager at Frito- Lay, where he eventually served as vice president of new business development and vice president of marketing.Ĭranor then was a senior vice president and later president of Wilson Sporting Goods, then a Pepsico subsidiary. ![]() It was acquired by PepsiCo in October 1986.Ĭranor has held a series of marketing, operations and general management positions in the restaurant, soft drinks and snack food businesses. KFC is the world’s second-largest quick service restaurant system with about 8,000 restaurants generating sales of nearly $6 billion. ″We have great confidence in the entire KFC organization, and look forward to even greater success in the years ahead under John’s leadership.″ ″We’re very fortunate to have a leader of John Cranor’s caliber to succeed Dick,″ Calloway said in a news release. Wayne Calloway, chairman of the board and chief executive of Pepsico, based in Purchase, N.Y. Mayer, who resigned to become president of General Foods U.S.A., said D. subsidiary.Ĭranor, 42, formerly president of Pepsi-Cola East, will succeed Richard P. Cranor III, a top executive at Pepsico Inc., was appointed Friday as president and chief executive of the food and soft drink maker’s Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp. ![]()
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