More than 50 Meals and Snacks Launching This
Summer
CHICAGO, June 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE:
CAG), one of North America's
leading branded food companies, has unveiled an exciting line-up of
innovation this summer, bringing more than 50 new items to grocery
shelves. With compelling arrivals in single-serve and multi-serve
frozen meals, frozen vegetables and snacks, the new offerings from
Conagra build on the company's impressive portfolio of
industry-leading brands.
"We have a diverse collection of new food that offers something
for every taste," said Burke Raine, President, Refrigerated &
Frozen for Conagra Brands. "Our team has worked hard to craft
delicious new recipes, and we look forward to consumers trying them
for the first time."
Highlights from Conagra Brands' summer slate of new food include
the following.
Dolly Serves Up New Dinner and Desserts: Dolly Parton's Southern-style recipes have been
a big hit in the baking aisle thanks to her Duncan Hines® baking
collection. In a deal brokered by IMG, the music legend is now
bringing her favorite dishes to the freezer section with a classic
pasta dish and two new frozen desserts. The new Dolly Parton's Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese
is certain to be a crowd pleaser, with a Dolly-approved recipe of
pasta in a creamy cheese sauce made with real cheddar cheese. The
76 oz. dish is perfect for parties and larger gatherings.
For dessert, Dolly is dishing out two of her favorites: Decadent
Chocolate Pie and Original Whipped Cheesecake. The chocolate pie
features a flaky pastry crust filled with chocolate fudge and is
sprinkled with powdered sugar. Southern-inspired ingredients
highlight the cheesecake recipe, with a cream cheese and buttermilk
filling paired with a graham cracker crust made with molasses. No
baking needed; both desserts are ready to serve after thawing.
New Chef Boyardee Meals Hit the Freezer Aisle: Chef
Boyardee® has long brought smiles to the dinner table with beloved
pasta dishes, and now the iconic Chef is arriving in the freezer
aisle with three delicious new skillet meals. The lineup features
three crowd-pleasing favorites including Spaghetti & Meatballs,
Chicken Alfredo, and Cheese Ravioli. These meals have all the
classic flavor you'd expect of a homemade dish and make it easy to
get a delicious family meal on the table in just 15 minutes.
A Contemporary Take on Frozen Vegetables: With a variety
of styles and sizes, Birds Eye® and Alexia® are delivering an
elevated array of new vegetable dishes. Four new sauced vegetables
from Birds Eye offer delicious flavor with the convenience of Birds
Eye's Steamfresh® microwave prep method. Choose from Maple Glazed
Carrots, Teriyaki Glazed Green Beans, Garlic Butter Broccoli and
Garlic Butter Green Beans.
Birds Eye is also taking a cue from top chefs with a trio of new
potato dishes. These 20-24 oz. family sized portions are packed
with flavor and ready in minutes from the microwave. The line-up
includes Garlic Herb Baby Potatoes, Cheesy Potato Casserole and
Loaded Mashed Potatoes.
Alexia continues to elevate the vegetable side dish experience,
drawing on the brand's chef-founded roots and a commitment to
quality ingredients. This year, the brand is introducing two new
oven roasters and two new skillet vegetables. Parmesan Truffle
Broccoli and Balsamic Brussels Sprouts & Carrots deliver
tempting oven-roasted flavor. Brown Butter Green Beans and Hot
Honey Carrots are delectable, contemporary side dishes that are
quick to prepare in a skillet.
Birds Eye Voila! has Dinner Covered: Birds Eye Voila!®
meals offer the goodness of Birds Eye vegetables in a delicious
multi-serve meal. The new Sesame Chicken features tempura-breaded
chicken paired with broccoli, carrots, and white rice tossed in a
sweet sesame sauce. This new dish is available in a 42 oz. family
size offering. Birds Eye Voila! is also introducing new sizes for
two beloved favorites. The Chicken Bacon Ranch Mac & Cheese is
now available in 21 oz. and 60 oz. sizes, and features pasta, white
meat chicken, and broccoli covered in a delicious cheesy ranch and
bacon flavored sauce. The restaurant-inspired Beef Lo Mein is now
available in a 54 oz. value size, offering a delicious combination
of tender strips of beef with lo mein noodles, bok choy, onions,
and carrots in a savory sauce.
Healthy Choice Delivers Bold Better for You
Flavor: With modern recipes inspired by restaurant trends,
four new meals from Healthy Choice® bring great flavor to the
"better for you" frozen category. This new line of single-serve
meals features a main protein, two sides, and a flavorful sauce,
making it the perfect solution for either lunch or dinner.
Offerings include Creamy Chicken Marinara with orzo pasta and
seasoned broccoli; Balsamic Garlic Steak with green beans and
garlic mashed potatoes; Lemon Parmesan Chicken with a blend of
grains and seasoned vegetables; and Salsa Verde Chicken with brown
rice and black beans.
Healthy Choice is also adding to the brand's popular line-up of
bowls. Grain-Free Power Bowls will feature a new Spicy Steak
Burrito Bowl, Simply Steamers is delivering a new Pasta with
Chicken Bolognese, and Café Steamers® is expanding with a new
Chicken Alfredo bowl.
Blake's, Evol Present Flavorful New Meals: Blake's® and
Evol® are also debuting four new frozen single-serve meals
featuring a protein and two sides, offering a delicious and
convenient protein packed meal. Blake's, a leader in all-natural
comfort food, is serving Country Fried Chicken with roasted
potatoes and green beans; BBQ Seasoned Pork with cheesy pasta and
sweet corn; Homestyle Meatloaf with roasted potatoes and sweet
corn; and Roasted Chicken with cheesy rice and broccoli.
Drawing inspiration from modern menus, the Evol meals are
equally tempting. Try new Hot Honey Chicken with roasted sweet
potatoes and seasoned brussels sprouts; Garlic Herb Steak with
tri-cut potatoes and seasoned broccoli; Chicken Adobo with cilantro
rice and elote-style corn; and Homestyle Meatballs & Orzo with
seasoned green beans. Evol also offers a new seafood and pasta
dish, Garlic Shrimp Cavatappi, with pasta, shrimp and a creamy
garlic sauce.
Banquet, Hungry-Man Deliver Bold Flavors, Big Portions:
There's no need to take sides in the chicken sandwich wars;
Banquet® is delivering the taste you love from your favorite QSR
sandwiches right at home. Two new varieties of Banquet MEGA Crispy
Chicken Filets – Original and Spicy – deliver crispier, more
flavorful breading and are perfect as a sandwich or as a
center-of-plate entrée.
The Banquet MEGA line is also adding three new single-serve
meals: Chicken Bacon Alfredo and the Spicy Chicken Queso Burrito
Bowl offer forkable twists on popular Italian and Mexican dishes.
New MEGA Meats Meatloaf dishes out a generous helping of this
comfort food classic, accompanied by mashed potatoes and corn.
The dinner time dilemma of choosing between two tempting entrees
has been solved. Hungry-Man® has three new Hungry-Man Combos that
offer two classic recipes in one single-serve meal. The hearty
pairings include Fried Chicken & Salisbury Steak, served with
cheddar cheese sauced noodles and mashed potatoes and gravy;
Meatloaf & BBQ Chicken, accompanied by mashed potatoes and
tri-cut potatoes with BBQ sauce; and Orange Chicken & Teriyaki
Chicken, served with sides of white race with carrots and lo mein
noodles with broccoli.
Another familiar favorite rounds out Hungry-Man's new meals.
Chicken Parmesan will satisfy your appetite with a pair of breaded
white meat chicken patties, topped with marinara sauce and
mozzarella cheese, and served with penne pasta and green beans.
There's even a brownie for dessert.
Marie Callender's Presents
Expanded Lineup of Comforting Meals: Enjoy made-from-scratch
flavor in just a few minutes with Marie
Callender's new craveable, delicious meals. Marie Callender's has two new Asian-inspired
bowls: a sweet and citrusy Orange Chicken and a savory Chicken
Fried Rice. Marie Callender's new
single-serve meals lineup includes Chicken Marinara, served on a
bed of pasta and accompanied by broccoli, and a Lemon Herb Chicken
with green beans and orzo pasta. Marie
Callender's Meals to Share line welcomes two new dishes with
robust flavors and tender pastas: Swedish Meatballs & Pasta and
Garlic Chicken & Pasta.
Flavors From Around the Globe: As consumers seek globally
inspired cuisines, brands such as Bertolli®, P.F. Chang's Home
Menu® and Frontera® are tempting their palates. New Bertolli Oven
Bakes are inspired by popular Italian restaurant dishes and are
easy to heat and serve. The new line includes Chicken Parmigiana
& Penne, Chicken Alfredo, and Meatball Rigatoni. While you wait
for the main dish, enjoy two new Bertolli appetizers – Three Cheese
Toasted Ravioli and Parmesan Arancini.
P.F. Chang's Home Menu delivers restaurant-inspired recipes from
the popular Bistro. Leveraging the popularity of home air fryers,
three new tempura chicken meals deliver a crispy and saucy chicken
dish the whole family will love. Options include Crispy Sesame
Chicken, General Chang's Crispy Chicken, and a new recipe for Honey
Chicken. The multi-serve meals are perfect for pairing with P.F.
Chang's Home Menu rice.
Frontera brings to life
authentic Mexican restaurant style food through chef-inspired
recipes and quality ingredients. Frontera's new single-serve meals contain two
delicious enchiladas featuring top flavors: Cheese Enchiladas with
Red Enchilada Sauce, and Chicken Enchiladas with Chile Verde
Sauce.
New Plant-Based Options: The Gardein® Ultimate
Plant-Based® line has set the standard for great taste in the
category with a diverse, flavor-packed menu. Three new offerings in
the Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based collection include Ultimate
Plant-Based Crispy Breaded F'Sh; Ultimate Plant-Based Meatballs;
and Ultimate Plant-Based Chick'n Fried Rice Bowl.
Purple Carrot continues to deliver delicious food that
celebrates plants as the star of the dish. Purple Carrot's two new
Asian-inspired bowls offer plant-based meals featuring top trending
flavors, Vegetable Tikka Masala and Sweet & Sour
Cauliflower.
A Second Choice for Wendy's Chili Lovers: The debut of
Wendy's® Chili was a huge success in the grocery aisle, driving 70%
of category dollar sales growth in its first year1. Now
chili lovers have a second flavor to enjoy, a "No Beans" variety
with 30% more beef than the original. Inspired by the Wendy's
Original Chili Recipe, this restaurant-inspired classic is made
with 100% all-natural beef, offering 33g of protein per can.
Glutino Delivers Craveable Gluten-Free Cookies and
Pretzels: Glutino®, a leader in the gluten-free snacks
category, is meeting the demand for gluten-free snacks with six
delicious new sandwich cookies and pretzels. Flavors of the
gluten-free sandwich cookies, which feature 30% less sugar than
Glutino's original sandwich cookies, include Swiss Miss® Hot Cocoa,
Lemon Pie and Mint.
Glutino is also bringing big flavor to its gluten-free pretzels.
New Vlasic® Dill Pickle flavored and Honey
Mustard flavored pretzels are perfect for those seeking a
savory treat. To satisfy the sweet tooth, new Birthday Cake
Pretzels feature pretzel twists enrobed in vanilla-flavored coating
and topped with sprinkles.
For more on Conagra's collection of more than 100 brands, visit
conagrabrands.com.
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About Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America's leading branded food
companies. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Conagra Brands
combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened
focus on innovation. The company's portfolio is evolving to satisfy
people's changing food preferences. Conagra's iconic brands, such
as Birds Eye®, Duncan Hines®, Healthy Choice®, Marie Callender's®, Reddi-wip®, and Slim Jim®,
as well as emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®,
Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®, offer choices for
every occasion. For more information, visit
www.conagrabrands.com.
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