As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2004
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                                                      Registration No. 333-60428

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         THE PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

              Delaware                                   13-4038356
   (State or Other Jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   Incorporation or Organization)

                                  One Pepsi Way
                           Somers, New York 10589-2201
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                        PBG 2000 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                Pamela C. McGuire
              Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                         The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
                                  One Pepsi Way
                             Somers, New York 10589
                                 (914) 767-7982
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
             Mark D. Wincek                            Steven M. Rapp
         Kilpatrick Stockton LLP               The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
    607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 900                   One Pepsi Way
      Washington, D.C. 20005-20018              Somers, New York 10589-2201
             (202) 508-5801                            (914) 767-7971



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                          DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     This Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to the Registration  Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-60428) (the  "Registration  Statement") is being filed
by The Pepsi Bottling Group,  Inc. (the  "Registrant")  to deregister  2,288,831
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"),
previously registered for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the PBG 2000
Long-Term   Incentive  Plan  (the  "2000  Plan").  The  Registration   Statement
registered  15,000,000 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for the 2-for-1 split
of the Common Stock effected on November 27, 2001) issuable under the 2000 Plan.
On May 26,  2004,  the  shareholders  of the  Registrant  approved  the PBG 2004
Long-Term  Incentive Plan,  which provides that, upon such approval,  no further
awards would be made under the Registrant's  then-existing equity-based employee
compensation plans,  including the 2000 Plan.  Accordingly,  the purpose of this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is to deregister 2,288,831 shares of Common Stock
covered by the  Registration  Statement  that have not been issued,  and are not
subject to outstanding awards, under the 2000 Plan.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.        Description
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       24          Powers of Attorney*
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*    Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 24 of the Registrant's  Annual
     Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2003.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused  this  Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Somers, State of New
York, on August 3, 2004.

                          THE PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP, INC.

                          By:  /s/ Steven M. Rapp
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                               Steven M. Rapp
                               Vice President, Senior Deputy General Counsel
                               and Assistant Secretary

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 3, 2004.


               Name                                Title
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       /s/ John T. Cahill*                Chairman of the Board and
- ----------------------------------------  Chief Executive Officer
          John T. Cahill

      /s/ Alfred H. Drewes*               Senior Vice President and
- ----------------------------------------  Chief Financial Officer (Principal
         Alfred H. Drewes                 Financial Officer)

      /s/ Andrea L. Forster*              Vice President and Controller
- ----------------------------------------  (Principal Accounting Officer)
        Andrea L. Forster

      /s/ Linda G. Alvarado*              Director
- ----------------------------------------
        Linda G. Alvarado

      /s/ Barry H. Beracha*               Director
- ----------------------------------------
         Barry H. Beracha

         /s/ Ira D. Hall*                 Director
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           Ira D. Hall

       /s/ Thomas H. Kean*                Director
- ----------------------------------------
          Thomas H. Kean

      /s/ Susan D. Kronick*               Director
- ----------------------------------------
         Susan D. Kronick

     /s/ Blythe J. McGarvie*              Director
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        Blythe J. McGarvie

      /s/ Margaret D. Moore*              Director
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        Margaret D. Moore

                                          Director
- ----------------------------------------
        Rogelio Rebolledo

        /s/ Clay G. Small*
- ----------------------------------------  Director
          Clay G. Small


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*By:  Steven M. Rapp, Attorney-in-Fact

/s/  Steven M. Rapp
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     Steven M. Rapp


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                                  Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.        Description
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    24             Powers of Attorney*
___________

*    Incorporated  herein by reference to Exhibit 24 of the Registrant's  Annual
     Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2003.



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