Waits filed his first lawsuit in 1988 against Frito-Lay.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an award of $ 2. 375 million in his favor ( Waits v. Frito-Lay, 978 F. 2d 1093 ( 9th Cir.

In a separate legal dispute, Astrud Gilberto sued Frito-Lay for trademark infringement for using the song in a TV ad for its baked potato chips.

Doritos () ( literally, from Mexican Spanish doradito or dorito: turned golden ) is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips founded by Arch West and produced since 1964 by the North American food company Frito-Lay ( a division of PepsiCo, Inc .).

Frito-Lay eliminated trans fat from all Doritos varieties in 2002.

At this point, the result of the inspection is determined by comparing each batch to product sent from Frito-Lay headquarters.

PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands, the largest of which include an acquisition of Tropicana in 1998 and a merger with Quaker Oats in 2001 — which added the Gatorade brand to its portfolio.

To prevent the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ( ACCC ) from intervening for unfair trading practices Frito-Lay divested a range of brands, manufacturing facilities, including plants in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.

After The Smith's Snackfood Company, the largest producer of salty snack foods, was acquired by Frito-Lay, the second largest producer of salty snack foods in Australia ( which is a subsidiary of PepsiCo ,) Frito-Lay agreed with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ( ACCC ) to divest a range of brands to prevent unfair trading practices resulting from a monopoly.

The original Munchos debuted a few months after Pringles, another brand of product that identified as " potato crisps " ( a term Pringles adopted after Frito-Lay successfully sued to prevent them from naming their product " potato chips "); in fact, early descriptions of Munchos closely parallel those of Pringles, with their curved shapes and thicker construction.

During the 1980s, many large corporations moved their headquarters to Plano, including J. C. Penney and Frito-Lay, which helped the city grow.

The success of Cheetos prompted Doolin and Lay to merge their two companies in 1961, forming Frito-Lay Inc. At the time, Cheetos was one of four large snack food brands produced by the company, which had annual revenues of $ 127 million.

As of 2011, Cheetos are produced, marketed and distributed under three different PepsiCo operating divisions: PepsiCo Americas Foods ( which includes Frito-Lay in the United States and Canada, Sabritas in Mexico and Latin Americas Foods in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru.

Tazos are round circular disks, which are found in packets of chips made by Frito-Lay and its subsidiaries around the world.

In the 1950s Nell Morris joined Frito-Lay where she helped develop an official cookbook which included the Frito Pie.

The Smiths Snackfood company in 1998 was Australia ’ s largest producer of salty snack foods and was acquired in August 1998, by Frito-Lay the second largest producer of salt snack foods in Australia, which is owned by PepsiCo.

While originally an Australian-owned company, Smith's was acquired in August 1998 by Frito-Lay the second largest producer of snack foods in Australia, which in turn is owned by PepsiCo.

The city is home to many corporate headquarters: Alliance Data, Cinemark Theatres, Dell Services, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Ericsson, Frito-Lay, HP Enterprise Services, Huawei, J. C. Penney, Pizza Hut, Rent-A-Center, Traxxas, and Siemens PLM Software.

The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Though originally formulated as a cheaper and more convenient source of cheese to top nachos, this dip has become popular enough in the U. S. that it is available in some Mexican-themed restaurants, and at major grocery stores, in both name-brand ( Frito-Lay, Tostitos, and Taco Bell ) and unbranded versions.

Funyuns is the brand name of an onion-flavored corn snack introduced in the United States in 1969 and invented by Frito-Lay employee Ray Trinidad of Arlington, TX.

Cheetos is a brand of cheese-flavored cornmeal snack made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo.

Matutano is a subsidiary of Frito-Lay.

In 1965, the Pepsi-Cola Company merged with Frito-Lay, Inc. to become PepsiCo, Inc., the company it is known as at present.

Ruffles is the name of a brand of ruffled ( crinkle-cut ) potato chips produced by Lay's potato chips, a division of Frito-Lay.

Tostitos is a brand of tortilla chips and ( more recently ) dips produced by Frito-Lay.

Fritos is the name of a brand of corn chips made by Frito-Lay.

On the other hand, PepsiCo is not a pure play because it also owns the Frito-Lay snack foods brand.

Sun Chips ( officially styled as SunChips ) is a brand of fried, rippled, multigrain chips launched in 1991 and produced by Frito-Lay.

The original tagline for Cracker Jack was " Candy coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize ," but has since become " Caramel coated popcorn & peanuts " under Frito-Lay.

* Frito-Lay has joined eco-friendly innovator TerraCycle ® to provide a second life for used chip bags

As of 2010, Frito-Lay has 14 fried-Cheetos plants in 11 states throughout the United States.

Lay's chips has been marketed as a division of Frito-Lay, a company owned by PepsiCo since 1965.

Frito-Lay then purchased Rold Gold in 1961, and has owned the pretzel company ever since.

In the years since its purchase by Frito-Lay, Rold Gold has expanded its sales nationwide.

West has provided voices for various other characters, including Jasper and Pasqually in Chuck E. Cheese's locations with Duncan Brannan, TV and radio ads for Pepsi, Bud Light ( English and Spanish ), Coors Light, Frito-Lay, KFC, Armour Meats, Circuit City, Texas Monthly Magazine, and Texas Lottery.

* The fictitious brand of cheese puffs called " Cheesy Poofs " appears regularly in the animated television series South Park, and the Frito-Lay company made a limited run of the snack in August 2011.

The popularity of the genre may have been a factor in the Frito-Lay corporation adopting the cartoon Frito Bandito as a television advertising spokesman.

Frito-Lay vice president Joe Ennen described this as " the most significant rebranding and relaunch in Doritos ' 38-year history ".

In 2005, Waits sued Adam Opel AG, claiming that, after having failed to sign him to sing in their Scandinavian commercials, they had hired a sound-alike singer.

Robillard was hired by Tom Waits, who was looking for a blues guitarist and a master of American roots music for his Orphans Tour.