EXHIBIT 15 Accountants' Acknowledgment The Board of Directors PepsiCo, Inc. We hereby acknowledge our awareness of the use of our report dated July 22, 1997 included within the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PepsiCo, Inc. for the twelve and twenty-four weeks ended June 14, 1997, and incorporated by reference in the following Registration Statements and in the related Prospectuses: Registration Description Statement Number Form S-3 Pizza Hut Cincinnati, Inc. and Tri-L Pizza Huts, Inc. acquisitions 33-37271 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for Employees of Monsieur Henri Wines, Ltd. 33-35601, 33-42122, 33-56666 & 33-66146 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for Opco Employees 33-30658 & 33-38014 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for PCDC Employees 33-42121 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for Employees of Chevys, Inc. 33-66144 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for Employees of Southern Tier Pizza Hut, Inc. and STPH Delco, Inc. 33-66148 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Annapolis acquisition 33-30372 $500,000,000 Euro-Medium-Term Notes 33-8677 $2,500,000,000 Debt Securities and Warrants 33-39283 Semoran Management Corporation acquisition 33-47527 $32,500,000 Puerto Rico Industrial, Medical and Environmental Pollution Control Facilities Financing Authority Adjustable Rate Industrial Revenue Bonds 33-53232 Extension of the PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan to Employees of Snack Ventures Europe, a joint venture between PepsiCo Foods International and General Mills, Inc. 33-50685 $4,587,000,000 Debt Securities and Warrants 33-64243 Form S-4 Erin Investment Corp. acquisition 33-31844 A&M Food Services, Inc. acquisition 33-4635 Pizza Hut Titusville, Inc. acquisition 33-21607 U.S. Kentucky Fried Chicken operations of Collins Foods International, Inc. acquisition 33-37978 Pizza Management, Inc. acquisition 33-47314 - -33- Form S-8 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan 33-35602, 33-29037, 33-42058, 33-51496, 33-54731 & 33-66150 PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for Opco Employees 33-43189 1988 Director Stock Plan 33-22970 1979 Incentive Plan and the 1987 Incentive Plan 33-19539 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan 33-54733 1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan 33-61731 & 333-09363 1979 Incentive Plan 2-65410 PepsiCo, Inc. Long Term Savings Program 2-82645, 33-51514 & 33-60965 Long Term Savings Programs of Taco Bell Corp., Pizza Hut, Inc. and Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation, respectively 2-93163, 2-99532 & 33-10488 Restaurant Deferred Compensation Plan 333-01377 Pursuant to Rule 436(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, such report is not considered a part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP New York, New York July 29, 1997 - -34-