1 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. ("PBG") and each of the undersigned officers or directors of PBG do hereby appoint Pamela C. McGuire and Steven M. Rapp, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to execute and file on behalf of PBG and the undersigned, any amendment or supplement to PBG's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 1999, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange or any governmental official or agency, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and each of such attorneys-in-fact shall have the power to act hereunder with or without the other. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of March 3, 2000. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. By: /s/ Pamela C. McGuire Pamela C. McGuire Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary /s/ Craig E. Weatherup/s/ Thomas W. Jones Craig E. Weatherup Thomas W. Jones Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Director /s/ Peter A. Bridgman /s/Thomas H. Kean Peter A. Bridgman Thomas H. Kean Senior Vice President and Controller Director (Chief Accounting Officer) /s/ John T. Cahill /s/ Susan D. Kronick John T. Cahill Susan D. Kronick Executive Vice President, Chief Director Financial Officer and Director /s/ Linda G. Alvarado__ /s/ Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. Linda G. Alvarado Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. Director Director /s/ Barry H. Beracha /s/ Karl M. von der Heyden Barry H. Beracha Karl M. von der Heyden Director Director