|Exhibit 31.1
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|CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION
        PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14
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I, Robert C. Pohlad, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiAmericas, Inc.,
certify that:

| | 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
        PepsiAmericas, Inc. for the quarter ended September 27, 2003;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The registrants other certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
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| | a) | designed such disclosure controls
and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared;
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| | b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | c) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth quarter in the
case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. | The registrants other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrants auditors and
the audit committee of registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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|Dated: | November 12, 2003 | By: | /s/ ROBERT C. POHLAD                             
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|       |                   |     | ROBERT C. POHLAD.                                
|       |                   |     | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer