Exhibit 99.1




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                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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                            JOHN A. QUELCH ELECTED TO
                   THE PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     SOMERS, N.Y., January 28, 2005 - The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG)
today  announced that Professor John A. Quelch has been elected to the Company's
Board of Directors, effective immediately.  Professor Quelch is Senior Associate
Dean for  International  Development  and Lincoln  Filene  Professor of Business
Administration at Harvard Business School, positions he has held since 2001. The
addition of Professor Quelch brings the total number of PBG directors up to 11.
     PBG Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer John T. Cahill said, "John Quelch
is one of the world's foremost authorities on global marketing and branding,  as
well as an accomplished international educator. His expertise on a wide range of
marketing  issues,  consumer  trends and brand  management  will be a tremendous
asset to our Board.  We're looking  forward to the benefit of John's insight and
experience as we continue to execute our strategies for growth."
     Professor  Quelch began his teaching  career at the  University  of Western
Ontario  in 1977.  He joined  Harvard  Business  School  two  years  later as an
Assistant  Professor.  Following  successive  assignments,  Professor Quelch was
named the  Sebastian  S.  Kresge  Professor  of  Marketing  and  Co-Chair of the
Marketing  Department at Harvard  Business School in 1993. In 1998, he was named
Dean of the London  Business  School.  Professor  Quelch  returned to Harvard in
2001, where he assumed his current roles.
     Professor  Quelch is the  author,  co-author  or editor of 20 books and has
published more than 50 articles on marketing and public policy issues in leading
management journals, such as the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly and
Sloan Management Review. He currently serves as a director of WPP Group plc, one
of the world's leading communications
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services companies,  Inverness Medical Innovations,  Inc., Loyalty Management UK
Ltd., and Accion International, which is a leading microfinance lender. In 2002,
the Governor of  Massachusetts  appointed  Professor Quelch Chairman of the Port
Authority of  Massachusetts.  With nearly $500 million in annual  revenues,  the
Port Authority of Massachusetts  oversees three airports,  the seaport of Boston
and extensive  waterfront real estate. In addition,  Professor Quelch has served
as a consultant  to more than 50 leading  companies in a variety of  industries,
including consumer products, technology and financial services.
     A native  of  London,  Professor  Quelch  earned a  bachelor's  degree  and
master's degree from Exeter College at Oxford University.  He went on to earn an
MBA from the Wharton  School at the  University of  Pennsylvania  and a master's
degree  in  nutrition   policy   planning  and  health   services  from  Harvard
University's  School of Public  Health.  Professor  Quelch  received a doctor of
business  administration from the Graduate School of Business  Administration at
Harvard University.
     The Pepsi Bottling Group (www.pbg.com) is the world's largest manufacturer,
seller and  distributor  of Pepsi-Cola  beverages  with  operations in the U.S.,
Canada, Greece, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Turkey.

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