Oral history interview with Herman W. Lay, 1974 December 31 and 1975 February 20.

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Lay, Herman W. (Herman Warden), 1909-1982. Oral history interview with Herman W. Lay, 1974 December 31 and 1975 February 20.

Oral history interview with Herman W. Lay, 1974 December 31 and 1975 February 20.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44176217

Interview with Herman W. Lay concerning his early working experiences throughout the United States; employment as an independent food distributor in Nashville, Tennessee (1932-1938); purchase of a potato chip company in Atlanta and the formation of H.W. Lay Company, Inc. (1939); effects of World War II on business; preparation of advertising and choice of Lays trademark name (1946); post-World War II business expansion into North Carolina, Kentucky, and Louisiana; merger with Frito Company (1962); move of corporate headquarters from Atlanta to Dallas; components of successful mergers; attempts to expand into Germany and England; merger with Pepsi Cola and creation of company name Pepsico (1965); operating plants in East European countries; selling products in the Middle East and Japan; determining a philosophy of business; conducting mergers; developing program for entrepreneurs.

89 leaves ; 28 cm.

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