EXHIBIT 23.1


                     INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.:

         The audits referred to in our report on the Combined Financial
Statements of The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., included the related financial
statement schedule, as of December 26, 1998, and for each of the fiscal years
in the three-year period ended December 26, 1998, included in the registration
statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of The
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.'s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic combined financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth herein.

         We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.



/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
July 1, 1999