Exhibit 24

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Directors and or Officers of PEPSIAMERICAS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute and appoint ROBERT C. POHLAD and ALEXANDER H. WARE, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set my hand and seal.


	Date		Date

/s/ Robert C. Pohlad	February 22, 2010	/s/ Archie R. Dykes	February 22, 2010
Robert C. Pohlad		Archie R. Dykes

/s/ Herbert M. Baum	February 22, 2010	/s/ Jarobin Gilbert, Jr.	February 22, 2010

Herbert M. Baum		Jarobin Gilbert, Jr.

/s/ Richard G. Cline	February 22, 2010	/s/ James R. Kackley	February 22, 2010

Richard G. Cline		James R. Kackley

/s/ Michael J. Corliss	February 22, 2010	/s/ Matthew M. McKenna	February 22, 2010

Michael J. Corliss		Matthew M. McKenna

/s/ Pierre S. du Pont	February 22, 2010	/s/ Deborah E. Powell	February 22, 2010

Pierre S. du Pont		Deborah E. Powell

PEPSIAMERICAS INC/IL/ 10-K