POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned,  a director  of  PepsiCo, Inc.("PepsiCo")does hereby appoint
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. and Lawrence F. Dickie, and each of them severally, his
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact,  to execute on behalf of the undersigned the
following  documents and any and all amendments thereto including post-effective
amendments):

     (i)          Registration  Statements No. 33-53232 and 33-64243 relating to
                  the offer and sale of PepsiCo's Debt  Securities and Warrants,
                  and  any   registration   statements   deemed   by  any   such
                  attorney-in-fact  to be necessary or  appropriate  to register
                  the offer and sale of debt  securities  or warrants by PepsiCo
                  or  guarantees  by  PepsiCo of any of its  subsidiaries'  debt
                  securities or warrants;

     (ii)         Registration  Statements  No.  33-4635,  33-21607,   33-30372,
                  33-31844,   33-37271,  33-37978,  33-47314  and  33-47527  all
                  relating to the  primary  and/or  secondary  offer and sale of
                  PepsiCo  Capital Stock issued or exchanged in connection  with
                  acquisition  transactions,  and  any  registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate to register the primary and/or secondary offer and
                  sale  of  PepsiCo   Capital   Stock  issued  or  exchanged  in
                  acquisition transactions;

     (iii)        Registration  Statements  No.  33-29037,  33-35602,  33-42058,
                  33-51496,  33-54731, 33-42121, 33-50685, and 33-66150 relating
                  to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock under
                  the PepsiCo SharePower Stock; and any registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate  to  register  the  offer  and sale of  shares  of
                  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under the  PepsiCo  SharePower  Stock
                  Option Plan to employees of PepsiCo or otherwise;

     (iv)         Registration  Statements No. 2-82645,  33-51514,  33-60965 and
                  333-89265  covering  the offer  and sale of shares of  PepsiCo
                  Capital Stock under the Long Term Savings  Program of PepsiCo,
                  and  any   registration   statements   deemed   by  any   such
                  attorney-in-fact  to be necessary or  appropriate  to register
                  the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under
                  the long term  savings  programs  of any other  subsidiary  of
                  PepsiCo;

     (v)          Registration  Statements No. 33-61731 and 333-09363 pertaining
                  to the offer and sale of PepsiCo Capital Stock under PepsiCo's
                  1995  Stock  Option Incentive Plan, Registration Statement No.
                  33-54733,  relating to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo
                  Capital Stock under PepsiCo's 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan,
                  Registration  Statement No. 33-19539 relating to the offer and
                  sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital Stock under PepsiCo's 1987
                  Incentive Plan and resales of such shares by officers of
                  PepsiCo,  and  Registration Statement No. 2-65410  relating to
                  the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock under
                  PepsiCo's 1979 Incentive Plan, 1972 Performance Share Plan, as
                  amended, and various option plans, and resales of such shares
                  by officers of PepsiCo;

     (vi)         Registration Statement No. 33-22970 relating  to the offer and
                  sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock under PepsiCo's
                  Director Stock Plan;

    (vii)         All other applications,  reports, registrations,  information,
                  documents  and  instruments  filed or  required to be filed by
                  PepsiCo with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock
                  exchanges or any governmental official or agency in connection
                  with the listing,  registration or approval of PepsiCo Capital
                  Stock,  PepsiCo debt securities or warrants,  other securities
                  or PepsiCo  guarantees of its subsidiaries' debt securities or
                  warrants,  or the offer and sale thereof,  on in order to meet
                  PepsiCo's reporting requirements to such entities or persons;

and to file  the  same,  with  all  exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in
connection  therewith,  and each of such  attorneys  shall have the power to act
hereunder with or without the other.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned has executed this instrument as of January
27, 2000.


                              /S/ SOLOM D. TRUJILLO
                               Solomon D. Trujillo