EXHIBIT 15 Accountants' Acknowledgment The Board of Directors PepsiCo, Inc. We hereby acknowledge our awareness of the use of our report dated October 15, 1999 included within the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PepsiCo, Inc. for the twelve and thirty-six weeks ended September 4, 1999, and incorporated by reference in the following Registration Statements and in the related Prospectuses: Registration ------------ Description Statement Number - ----------- ---------------- Form S-3 - -------- PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan for PCDC Employees 33-42121 $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-8 - -------- PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan 33-35602, 33-29037, 33-42058, 33-51496, 33-54731 & 33-66150 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 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 LLP New York, New York October 15, 1999 -33-