几十年来,美国各地的小商家所有者都在货架上陈列百事可乐、乐事和佳得乐等标志性品牌的畅销产品。但直到最近,许多这类家庭经营的小店铺、餐馆和本地商家仍在使用纸质支票支付百事公司 (PepsiCo) 的货款。这种落后而低效的流程耗费了大量宝贵的人力资源。
在数字转型时代,百事公司面临着一个严峻的挑战:负责为这些商家供货的 Away From Home 事业部需要在不失去传统客户的情况下实现支付技术的现代化。
通常情况下,商店经理将支票交给百事公司的送货司机,然后由他亲自将付款快递到财务团队进行处理。2024 年,该团队选择使用 Stripe Payments 并推出一款应用程序,客户只需点击几下就能下单并在线付款。
对于像百事可乐这样的全球性企业(其历史可追溯到 1898 年,员工人数超过 30 万)来说,这种改变并非易事。要将大量客户从传统支付流程过渡到现代解决方案,需要非常谨慎和注重细节。百事公司选择 Stripe 的技术,以协助其顺利过渡。Stripe 使公司能够迅速推出 PepsiCoPartners.com 和 PepsiConnect 应用程序,在七个月内有效地将百事公司合作了几十年的餐馆、赌场和酒店从传统世界中解放出来。这些新平台允许小商家所有者用信用卡预购产品和进行临时采购。
通过将 Payments 集成到网页和移动端应用程序中, Away From Home 团队每月节省了数天的人工财务处理时间,同时也免除了司机递送纸质支票所带来的责任和安全隐患,并为客户提供了更大的灵活性,使他们能够在最后一刻更改订单。使用 Stripe 支持的在线支付功能,客户现在甚至可以在送货时直接从车上拿取额外的食品或饮料,并在应用程序上实时更新订单。
为确保项目取得成功,百事公司在 Away From Home 项目邀请了多家关键合作伙伴参与。全球技术服务公司兼 Stripe 合作伙伴 Cognizant凭借其深厚的技术专长和对百事公司组织架构的深入了解,为项目提供了有力支持。Cognizant 团队在帮助将 Stripe 的解决方案集成到百事公司现有系统,特别是 PepsiCoPartners.com 平台和 PepsiConnect 应用程序方面发挥了关键作用。百事公司与 Cognizant 还借助了 Stripe 的专业服务团队 的专业知识,后者通过项目管理、专题研讨、数据报告及技术功能可行性分析等方式,帮助百事公司和 Cognizant 保持项目推进势头。
电商促进定制款佳得乐水瓶的销售
成功应用 Stripe 后,百事公司开始在整个组织内推广使用 Stripe,支持包括电子商务、面向消费者的直接支付以及线下支付等多个项目。例如,百事公司前工程副总裁 Henry Mori 在带领团队升级佳得乐数字支付基础设施、试点 AI 驱动项目时,选择了 Stripe 作为技术支持。
特别是,佳得乐希望在全球范围内开始销售其深受喜爱的复古橙绿色瓶装饮料,并首次通过在线和移动方式直接向消费者提供人工智能个性化选项,但这需要更强大的支付功能来支持这一举措。佳得乐经常听到客户在结账时遇到麻烦,因此团队希望用简单、快速的结账体验取而代之。另一个挑战是集成新的支付方式,确保客户可以使用自己喜欢的方式结账,包括数字钱包和本地支付方式。在“黑色星期五”和“网络星期一”期间,佳得乐的电子商务软件崩溃,导致系统宕机、销售损失及连锁故障。
要在佳得乐现有的内部解决方案中解决这些挑战,需要长达一年的开发和测试时间。Mori 知道,实施 Stripe Payments 可以将这一时间缩短到两个月,从而加快推出速度并增加收入。
“很多人认为支付是一个成本中心,但实际上,如果利用得当,它可以成为一个巨大的增长动力,因为支付领域有很多创新,” Mori 说。“你需要一个能够紧跟不断变化的法规和消费者需求的合作伙伴,帮助你无缝引入新功能,并将这些功能及时传递给消费者。”
该团队与 Stripe 专业服务团队合作,实施了 Payments和 Stripe 的结账优化套件,以获得现代且高端的结账体验,从而推动跨地区的转化率。结账优化套件包括通过 Stripe Elements嵌入的用户界面组件、动态显示的支付方式以及 Link—一个由 Stripe 构建的钱包,使客户能够使用他们首选的支付方式更快地结账。该支付套件使百事公司能够通过单一集成应用轻松开启流行的支付方式,如波兰的 BLIK 和 Przelewy24、欧洲的 SEPA 直接借记、澳大利亚的 BECS 直接借记、美国的 ACH 支付以及 Apple Pay 和 Google Pay 等数字钱包。
Mori 说:“对于百事公司这样一家历史悠久、业务遍及全球的公司来说,能够在全球各地的本地化市场为消费者提供他们所需要的产品,意味着我们面临着极大的机遇,可以提升结账环节的转化率,进而带来显著的收入增长。”
为了提高财务运营效率和完善监管,百事公司团队采用了 Stripe Organizations,该工具提供了在一个地方集中管理多个 Stripe 账户的方法。通过使用 Payments with Organizations 来管理多个网站(如 pantryshop.com)的支付,百事简化了收入跟踪、运营监管、用户权限管理及支付流程协调—所有操作均可在一个控制面板上完成。这种集成应用使零售商和分销商能够直接向全球 20 多个市场的客户销售产品。
Mori 说:“我们已经习惯于 Stripe 所带来的灵活性和敏捷性,能够在新市场快速启用支付方式,并实现当天上线运营。这正是 Stripe 的优势所在—它能够满足百事公司在灵活性方面的需求。”
Stripe 的专业服务团队与百事公司团队密切合作,指导技术集成—包括设置和配置 Organizations,以整合 Rockstar Energy Drink 和 SodaStream 等其他品牌,并提供报告和启动支持。
Stripe 支持线下支付,助力 Tostitos 餐车快速上线运营
在看到 Mori 的团队成功应用 Stripe 后,Tostitos 的营销团队意识到这是一个快速测试新商业模式的机会。团队设计了一个新方案,计划在 2025 年超级碗比赛期间,利用品牌餐车推广 Tostitos 产品。
要确保这一举措取得成功,关键在于快速启动和流畅无阻的客户结账体验。工作人员必须能够高效处理线下付款,同时确保队伍持续流动。他们仅有五周时间来为比赛日部署并准备好整套解决方案。
该团队最初曾考虑自建支付解决方案,但很快意识到,这将耗费过多时间,难以满足项目紧迫且充满挑战的时间安排。北美百事公司的 IT 营销经理 Dheena Monte 几十年来一直对过去的支付解决方案感到失望。“金融科技行业普遍不了解企业级需求,” Monte 说。“他们非常习惯于中端市场、初创公司和中小企业,但十亿美元级的公司有不同的商业模式和一系列需求。百事公司和许多企业一样,是由许多小公司组成的巨型公司。Stripe 了解这一点,并在正确的时间进入了这一领域。”
在对 Stripe 的功能进行评估后,Monte 的团队选择实施 Stripe Terminal,并在餐车窗口使用Stripe Reader S700提供便携式支付体验。与 Stripe 合作,使 Tostitos 团队能够迅速将一个创新构想转化为一场面向橄榄球迷的创意沉浸式体验。该品牌餐车向数千名球迷提供了 Tostitos 主题的餐点和零食,顾客仅需刷卡或使用移动钱包即可完成支付。该活动不仅成为现场吸引了大量顾客,还在社交媒体上引发了广泛的球迷互动。
Monte 说:“我们本可以自己构建这个解决方案,但找到合适的合作伙伴更有效率。我们是一家 CPG 公司,而不是一家金融公司。这本来是一个为期三个月的项目,如果我们自己构建解决方案,就会变成一个为期三年的项目。”
为了在超级碗比赛前测试餐车,百事公司与专业软件开发公司和 Stripe 的合作伙伴 Turkois 合作。在距本赛季首场 NFL 比赛仅剩三周的紧迫时间内,Turkois 借助 Stripe 的 S700 设备成功开发出一款定制化 POS 应用程序,并通过独立平板设备实现订单管理。凭借这一快速高效的部署,Tostitos 团队得以在 2025 年超级碗前,于达拉斯牛仔队的一场橄榄球比赛中顺利完成试运营。
Monte 的餐车实验非常成功,澳大利亚团队正在学习她的经验做法。“如果没有 Stripe 的参与,我们不可能这么快就将这套方案传递到澳大利亚,” Monte 表示,“拥有一个可在各地通用的解决方案,不仅有助于我们的统一管理,也便于将其模板化,并在整个企业范围内实现标准化。”
统一的全球解决方案使百事公司能够在各品牌间复制现代支付方式
通过使用 Stripe,百事公司开创了灵活的全球跨渠道支付的新时代,有力支持了公司的当前和未来目标。Mori 表示:“Stripe 的发展路线图不断优化,提供了极大的灵活性和多样化的模式,使我们能够真正根据业务需求定制整套解决方案。作为一家以数字为先的公司,Stripe 也让我们能够更加贴近数字化消费的趋势。”
For a company like PepsiCo with such a storied history and global reach, being able to offer consumers exactly what they need in their local market across the world means we’re looking at a huge opportunity to lift conversion at checkout, and in turn, drive meaningful revenue increases.
For more efficient financial operations and improved oversight, the PepsiCo team used Stripe Organizations, which provides a centralized way to manage multiple Stripe accounts in one place. By using Payments with Organizations to manage payments across several websites such as pantryshop.com, PepsiCo simplified tracking revenue, overseeing operations, managing user access, and coordinating payment flows—all from a single dashboard. This integration enables retailers and distributors to sell directly to customers in more than 20 markets around the world.
“What we’ve come to take for granted with Stripe is the flexibility and agility of being able to just switch on a payment method in a new market and go live that same day,” said Mori. “And that’s really where Stripe stands out—it’s able to meet PepsiCo’s needs on an agility standpoint.”
Stripe’s professional services team worked closely with the PepsiCo team to guide the technical integration—including the setup and configuration of Organizations to consolidate across additional brands such as Rockstar Energy Drink and SodaStream—and provide reporting and launch support.
Stripe enables in-person payments for quick launch of Tostitos food truck
After seeing the success Mori’s team had with Stripe, Tostitos’ marketing team recognized an opportunity to quickly test new business models. The team came up with a new plan for marketing its Tostitos products with a branded food truck at the 2025 Super Bowl.
For this initiative to succeed, a quick launch and frictionless customer experience at checkout was key. The staff would need to accept in-person payments quickly and keep the line moving, and they needed that solution in place in just five weeks for game day.
The team initially considered building their own payment solution, but they realized it would take far too long to meet the project’s ambitious timeline. Dheena Monte, IT marketing manager for PepsiCo North America, had been frustrated with previous payment solutions for decades.
“The fintech industry in general doesn’t understand enterprise-level needs. They’re very used to mid-market, startups, and SMBs, but there’s a different business model and set of needs with billion-dollar companies. PepsiCo, like a lot of enterprises, is a bunch of tiny little companies making up one giant company. Stripe understands that and came in at the right time.
After evaluating Stripe’s capabilities, Monte’s team opted to implement Stripe Terminal and deploy a handheld payment experience with Stripe Reader S700 from the food truck window. Partnering with Stripe enabled the Tostitos team to rapidly transform an innovative concept into a creative, immersive experience for football fans. The truck delivered Tostitos-themed meals and snacks to thousands of fans with a simple tap of a credit card or mobile wallet, proving to be a popular attraction and generating notable fan engagement on social media.
“We could have built this solution internally, but finding the right partner was more efficient,” said Monte. “We’re a CPG company, not a finance company. This was supposed to be a three-month project—building the solution ourselves would have made it a three-year project.”
To test the food truck ahead of the Super Bowl, PepsiCo partnered with Turkois, a specialized software development firm and Stripe partner. With a tight three-week deadline before the first NFL game of the season, Turkois successfully created a custom POS application using Stripe’s S700 devices, complemented by a separate tablet for order management. This swift and effective implementation enabled the Tostitos team to conduct a successful trial run at a Dallas Cowboys football game prior to the 2025 Super Bowl.
Monte’s food truck experiment was so seamless, the Australia team is taking her playbook. “We would not have been able to pass the baton to Australia so quickly without Stripe being in the mix,” said Monte. “It helps with governance when we have a solution that works everywhere—we can templatize it and standardize it across the enterprise.”
A single, global solution enables PepsiCo to replicate modern payments across brands
Through its use of Stripe, PepsiCo has ushered in a new age of flexible, global payments across channels—supporting the company’s current and future goals. “Stripe’s roadmap just keeps improving,” said Mori. “It gives a lot of flexibility and many different models, so we can truly customize the suite to our business needs. Stripe being a digital-first company has enabled us to also lean into the digital-first footing with our consumers.”
Stripe 的优点在于能够根据商家的需求实现真正的定制,而且通常只需极少的技术升级。