Bottling integration on track, says parting Pepsi exec

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and Pepsi Americas Inc. were spun out of PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP) 10 years ago. Now Pepsi is buying them back in a $7.8 billion deal expected to close early next year. Will the fact that the units were once part of the parent make it easier to fold them back in?