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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Totino's™ Unveils Next-Level Indulgence with New Totino's Ultimate Pizza
Totino's delivers more cheese, more meat and bolder flavor in a mouthwatering new offering* MINNEAPOLIS, July 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Say goodbye to boring snacks and lunchtime slumps – Totino's™ is leveling up the flavor with its boldest launch yet, Totino's Ultimate, a new offering made for pizza lovers and unapologetic cravings. The lineup kicks off with a brand-new premium product: Totino's Ultimate Pizza crafted to deliver delicious flavor and satisfying bites. Totino's Ultimate Pizza is a savory indulgence featuring bold ingredients built for me-time, because with pizza this good, sharing is off the table. With a classic crispy crust that fans will love, Totino's Ultimate Pizza is taking classic comfort food to epic new heights with three delicious flavors: Extra Cheese: A classic favorite, upgraded with extra melty cheese and rich, tangy tomato sauce over a crispy crust. Uncured Pepperoni: A kick of salty and savory goodness on top of a classic pizza that'll have you lurking in the kitchen to nab the last slice. Loaded Combination: Make any meat lover sing with juicy sausage and crispy pepperoni toppings working together to make the ultimate combo. "Man, am I excited about Totino's Ultimate Pizza," said Blake Holman, Business Unit Director, Totino's. "We heard from consumers that they love the uniquely crispy crust and tangy sauce on our Party Pizzas™, but that they wanted MORE cheese and MORE meat.* So, we listened. We kept what they loved and upgraded our toppings. What we've created is a remarkable tasting experience that is so good, you won't want to share it." Totino's Ultimate Pizza is available now exclusively at Walmart stores and online and will be available nationwide this fall for an MSRP of $3.29. And coming soon, snack lovers can grab another Ultimate option when Totino's Ultimate Pizza Rolls™ hit shelves this Fall. This new take on the cult-favorite classic, Totino's Ultimate Pizza Rolls are loaded with 100% real melty mozzarella, savory pepperoni and bold flavor, all inside the same crispy bite-size shell that fans love. The 50-count Totino's Ultimate Pizza Rolls will be available at retailers nationwide for an MSRP of $8.29. Follow along for more by visiting and keeping up with @Totinos on Instagram. *Than Totino's Combination, Pepperoni and Cheese Party Pizzas About General Mills General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. Its portfolio of beloved brands includes household names like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Totino's, Annie's, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki and more. General Mills generated fiscal 2025 net sales of U.S. $19 billion. In addition, the company's share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1 billion. For more information, visit View source version on Contacts General EdelmanAli Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
The protein boom is only beginning: Morning Brief
They're cramming it into everything now. It's in pancakes and pasta, chips and cereal. Plant-based or harvested from the farm, it's the macro(nutrient) of the moment. And slices of corporate America are not so subtly asking: Have you met your protein goal today? Protein Doritos sounds like the ideal mashup for the gym rat snack fiends of the world. But it's not as farfetched a product as you might think. Pepsi (PEP) plans to unveil new protein offerings for some of its Frito-Lay and Quaker brands, part of a broader shift to enhance their products and strip away artificial flavors and colors. (But what is a tasty Cheeto if not a brazenly synthetic delight?) Pepsi's intended relaunch and extension of popular brands is a reaction to a consumer base on the hunt for healthier, cleaner options. Executives across the food and beverage world see a potential crisis unfolding. As demand for legacy products wavers, companies are reaching for new lines (like fiber, prebiotics, hydration, energy, and protein) to support the core business. Sign up for the Yahoo Finance Morning Brief By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's Terms and Privacy Policy "Protein is clearly a subsegment in our food and beverages categories that is growing fast," said PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta on an earnings call last week. "Consumers are adopting protein solutions in the diet at a pace that was not the case a few months back, a few years back." Coca-Cola (KO), which reported on Tuesday, is undergoing its own notable evolution. Earlier this year, the company came out with a prebiotic soda brand, Simply Pop, an answer to the initial success of soda alternatives like Olipop and Poppi. Coca-Cola's Fairlife line of lactose-free, ultra-filtered milk and protein shakes (a fitness influencer staple) is touting double-digit volume growth. Coke CFO John Murphy told my colleague Brooke DiPalma that protein is another representation of consumers looking for products that help them in their daily lives, have fewer calories, or are perceived as healthier. Coca-Cola also confirmed it'll offer a Coke variant sweetened with US cane sugar this fall. A confluence of factors has amped up the recommendations and ability to up your protein intake. Strength training is having a moment, in a sort of vindication of gym bro fitness culture but also an expansion and reimagining of it. More young people, older people, and women are skipping (or supplementing) the treadmill and stationary bike and heading to the weight rack. Big, commercial gyms are swapping out cardio machines to make space for pumping iron. Planet Fitness (PLNT) announced plans at the start of the year to install new plate-loaded strength equipment — like bench presses and hack squats — into all of its more than 2,700 clubs by the end of 2025. Logically, protein follows to help realize the gains. Social media reflects and amplifies these trends. Popular influencers, like some of their Hollywood counterparts, are sporting more muscular physiques: wider backs, denser arms, and thicker legs. And they're touting the advantages of higher protein consumption as a method to change the way people look and feel. You have to eat more protein, they proclaim, to grow a dump truck. The opposite is true too: You generally need to actually train to put protein to work — and we may all be going overboard. Otherwise, you're just eating protein aspirationally. The explosion of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs from Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) is another reason why consumers are seeing more protein-enriched foods on grocery aisles. As appetite-suppressed Ozempic and Wegovy users eat less and drop pounds, it isn't just body fat they're shedding. People in a calorie deficit generally lose fat and muscle, so healthcare providers advise patients to eat more protein to help preserve their muscle mass. And as a diet trend, the pro-protein movement is also just that, "pro" something, instead of the carb villainization of Atkins of the 2000s or low-fat of the 90s and before. For food and snack companies, it's an opportunity to capitalize on that turbocharged demand by providing something that's acceptable to eat, tackling health through consumption instead of austerity. So far, the market is gobbling it up. Hamza Shaban is a reporter for Yahoo Finance covering markets and the economy. Follow Hamza on X @hshaban. Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock prices
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
The protein boom is only beginning: Morning Brief
They're cramming it into everything now. It's in pancakes and pasta, chips and cereal. Plant-based or harvested from the farm, it's the macro(nutrient) of the moment. And slices of corporate America are not so subtly asking: Have you met your protein goal today? Protein Doritos sounds like the ideal mashup for the gym rat snack fiends of the world. But it's not as farfetched a product as you might think. Pepsi (PEP) plans to unveil new protein offerings for some of its Frito-Lay and Quaker brands, part of a broader shift to enhance their products and strip away artificial flavors and colors. (But what is a tasty Cheeto if not a brazenly synthetic delight?) Pepsi's intended relaunch and extension of popular brands is a reaction to a consumer base on the hunt for healthier, cleaner options. Executives across the food and beverage world see a potential crisis unfolding. As demand for legacy products wavers, companies are reaching for new lines (like fiber, prebiotics, hydration, energy, and protein) to support the core business. Sign up for the Yahoo Finance Morning Brief By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's Terms and Privacy Policy "Protein is clearly a subsegment in our food and beverages categories that is growing fast," said PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta on an earnings call last week. "Consumers are adopting protein solutions in the diet at a pace that was not the case a few months back, a few years back." Coca-Cola (KO), which reported on Tuesday, is undergoing its own notable evolution. Earlier this year, the company came out with a prebiotic soda brand, Simply Pop, an answer to the initial success of soda alternatives like Olipop and Poppi. Coca-Cola's Fairlife line of lactose-free, ultra-filtered milk and protein shakes (a fitness influencer staple) is touting double-digit volume growth. Coke CFO John Murphy told my colleague Brooke DiPalma that protein is another representation of consumers looking for products that help them in their daily lives, have fewer calories, or are perceived as healthier. Coca-Cola also confirmed it'll offer a Coke variant sweetened with US cane sugar this fall. A confluence of factors has amped up the recommendations and ability to up your protein intake. Strength training is having a moment, in a sort of vindication of gym bro fitness culture but also an expansion and reimagining of it. More young people, older people, and women are skipping (or supplementing) the treadmill and stationary bike and heading to the weight rack. Big, commercial gyms are swapping out cardio machines to make space for pumping iron. Planet Fitness (PLNT) announced plans at the start of the year to install new plate-loaded strength equipment — like bench presses and hack squats — into all of its more than 2,700 clubs by the end of 2025. Logically, protein follows to help realize the gains. Social media reflects and amplifies these trends. Popular influencers, like some of their Hollywood counterparts, are sporting more muscular physiques: wider backs, denser arms, and thicker legs. And they're touting the advantages of higher protein consumption as a method to change the way people look and feel. You have to eat more protein, they proclaim, to grow a dump truck. The opposite is true too: You generally need to actually train to put protein to work — and we may all be going overboard. Otherwise, you're just eating protein aspirationally. The explosion of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs from Eli Lilly (LLY) and Novo Nordisk (NVO) is another reason why consumers are seeing more protein-enriched foods on grocery aisles. As appetite-suppressed Ozempic and Wegovy users eat less and drop pounds, it isn't just body fat they're shedding. People in a calorie deficit generally lose fat and muscle, so healthcare providers advise patients to eat more protein to help preserve their muscle mass. And as a diet trend, the pro-protein movement is also just that, "pro" something, instead of the carb villainization of Atkins of the 2000s or low-fat of the 90s and before. For food and snack companies, it's an opportunity to capitalize on that turbocharged demand by providing something that's acceptable to eat, tackling health through consumption instead of austerity. So far, the market is gobbling it up. Hamza Shaban is a reporter for Yahoo Finance covering markets and the economy. Follow Hamza on X @hshaban. Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock prices Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
New York Times
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
The Little Food Lab Fueling the Big Protein Boom
Anthony Flynn had already watched a series of food fads rise and fall. His company, YouBar, has long produced snacks for brands that cater to the popular diets of the moment. He dabbled in no-carb bars. He did paleo pastries. When keto had its moment, he tested so many high-fat recipes that he had to place spittoons in his office. ('You can only eat so much coconut oil,' he said.) Mr. Flynn was agnostic about the trends, though each boosted his business. Sure, he could make date-sweetened granola bites. Yes, he could produce a no-sugar cake pop. But then came protein, the nutrient that prompted him to start his business — and that has recently transformed it. 'It's just been an insane amount of demand,' said Mr. Flynn, as he walked through YouBar's headquarters in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California this spring. 'We cannot build lines fast enough.' Mr. Flynn, 41, started making his own protein bars as a teenager, trading recipes with his mother — a health-conscious and Level Two certified snowboarding instructor — on drives to and from a ski resort outside the Los Angeles neighborhood where he grew up. After he graduated from college in 2006, he convinced her to turn their kitchen experimentation into a business, spinning up a web-based retailer that he called YouBar. It whipped up bars for CrossFit fans and ultramarathoners and sold them in packs of 12. Customers could choose their base and mix-ins, building the precise bar to meet their nutritional needs. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
PepsiCo to rebrand Lay's, Tostitos without artificial dyes, flavors
By Jessica DiNapoli and Juveria Tabassum (Reuters) -PepsiCo is planning to highlight what will no longer be in its potato or tortilla chips - artificial colors or flavors - when it re-launches its Lay's and Tostitos brands later this year, executives said on Thursday. The overhaul for the company's top-selling snack brands comes as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes Americans to eat "whole foods" and pressures manufacturers to ditch dyes. U.S. food makers have been announcing plans to remove dyes from their products and introduce new ones without the colors under pressure from Kennedy and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) social movement backing him. "We're trying to elevate the real food perception of Lay's. If you think about the simplest and most natural snack, it is a potato chip; it's a potato, it's oil, and it's a little bit of salt—the most simple, no artificial ingredients," said CEO Ramon Laguarta in a call with investors. The company also said it was expanding use of avocado and olive oil across its brands, rather than the canola or soybean oil it uses. The MAHA movement has questioned the health benefits of certain food oils. In April, PepsiCo said it planned to migrate its entire portfolio to natural colors, or give consumers the option to have a product without a synthetic dye. Its Cheetos snacks and Gatorade drinks rely on synthetic dyes for their bright hues. It already offers Lay's and Doritos without artificial colors or flavors under its Simply segment. 'The Simply line extension for existing chip brands is still in early innings - consumers have not engaged so far, and given that, it will be seen how consumers react to a rebranding of Lay's and Tostitos over the next couple of quarters,' said Christian Greiner, F/m Investments senior portfolio manager. COSTLY PREMIUM PRODUCTS? The soda pop maker also said on Thursday it would use sugar in its products like Pepsi beverages if consumers want it. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola will start using cane sugar in its beverages in the U.S., a dietary preference of Kennedy's MAHA movement. Both Pepsi and Coke use high-fructose corn syrup for their sodas, which is generally more cost-effective. The moves come at a time when packaged food companies like PepsiCo are seeing consumers reel in their spending after the industry raised prices over the years since the COVID-19 pandemic to shield their margins. PepsiCo has been offering more products at lower price points and smaller pack sizes in its food segment to meet the demand for affordable snacks. "While there is clearly demand for cleaner ingredients in food and beverage products, it remains to be seen if consumers will be willing to pay up for these more premium products, especially in today's inflationary environment and more price-sensitive consumer base," said Arun Sundaram, analyst at CFRA Research. Laguarta also said on Thursday the company would be entering the "liquid protein" space, as protein shakes grow increasingly popular. He also said the company would be adding protein options to its popcorn brand PopCorners and Quaker snacks. Solve the daily Crossword
