Tour of Frito Lay Headquarters

Storage & Sustainment

In 1932, C.E. Doolin entered a small San Antonio cafe and purchased a bag of corn chips.  The manufacturer of the chips was selling his small business, so he purchased the recipe, and began to sell FRITOS® Corn Chips from his Model T Ford.  The kids posed by the same Model T that is in the lobby of the Frito Lay headquarters in Plano.

Marketing Minds!

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Today PEACH took 100+ homeschooler to tour the Frito Lay headquarters in Plano.  We broke up into smaller groups and spent an hour and half touring the facility.  The building is definitely state of the art with atriums, cafes, health clubs, beauty salons, and everything else you can imagine!  We toured the Research and Development and got to check out the test kitchen and watch the process of Cheetos and Lays being made.  The kids learned that a majority of the positions at the facility require an engineering degree whether it be mechanical, chemical or electrical engineers.

Research & Development

Ab's bag design

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One of the cool presentations included an introduction to the concept of sustainability including composting, recycling, upcycling, and energy conservation. Abigail was excited to show the upcycling of the pop cap tabs into the bracelet she was wearing.  The kids were also able to create their own new chip bag, package and seal them in product development.   

he said to his disciples,

 “Gather the pieces that are left over.

Let nothing be wasted.”
John 6:12