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                                  EXHIBIT 23.1
                               CONSENT OF KPMG LLP



The Board of Directors
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.:

         We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
to be filed on Form S-8 of The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. of our reports dated
January 30, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of The Pepsi
Bottling Group, Inc. as of December 30, 2000 and December 25, 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and changes in
shareholders' equity for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended
December 30, 2000, and the related schedule, which report appears in the
December 30, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.



/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
May 7, 2001