Chicago, Illinois-headquartered Conagra Brands, one of North America’s leading branded food companies, has unveiled an innovative lineup of new products this summer, launching more than 50 items at grocery stores across the USA. With compelling arrivals in single-serve and multi-serve frozen meals, frozen vegetables and snacks, the new offerings build on the company’s 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 summer rollout are detailed below:
Healthy Choice Delivers “Bold Better for You” Flavor
With modern recipes inspired by restaurant trends, four new meals from Healthy Choice bring more flavor to the “better for you” frozen category. This new line of single-serve meals boasts a main protein, two sides, and a flavorful sauce, making it a good 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 (pictured above); 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 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.
Chef Boyardee Meals Hit the Freezer Aisle
Chef Boyardee has long brought smiles to the dinner table with popular pasta dishes, and now the brand is arriving in the freezer aisle with skillet meals. The range features three favorites including Spaghetti & Meatballs, Chicken Alfredo, and Cheese Ravioli. These meals have all the classic flavor one would expect of a homemade dish and make it easy to get a family meal on the table in just 15 minutes.
Contemporary Take on Frozen Vegetables
With a variety of styles and sizes, Birds Eye and Alexia are delivering an elevated array of vegetable dishes. Four new sauced vegetables from Birds Eye offer plenty of flavor with the convenience of Birds Eye’s Steamfresh microwave preparation method. Consumers may 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 to serve in minutes after microwave zapping. The line-up includes Garlic Herb Baby Potatoes, Cheesy Potato Casserole and Loaded Mashed Potatoes.
Alexia brand continues to elevate the vegetable side dish experience, drawing on the brand’s chef-founded roots and a commitment to quality ingredients. This simmer, Alexia is introducing two oven roasters and two skillet vegetables. Parmesan Truffle Broccoli and Balsamic Brussels Sprouts & Carrots deliver lots of 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 convenience of Birds Eye vegetables in a tasty multi-serve meal. The new Sesame Chicken features tempura-breaded poultry paired with broccoli, carrots, and white rice tossed in a sweet sesame sauce. This dish is available in a 42 oz. family size offering.
Birds Eye Voila! is also introducing new sizes for two popular 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 cheesy ranch and bacon flavored sauce. The restaurant-inspired Beef Lo Mein is now available in a 54 oz. value size, offering a combination of tender strips of beef with lo mein noodles, bok choy, onions, and carrots in a savory sauce.
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 tasty and convenient protein-packed meal. A leader in all-natural comfort food, Blake’s 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. Newly on offer are 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 Serves Up Bold Flavors, Big Portions
Banquet is delivering the taste of quick service restaurant sandwiches to home freezers. Two new varieties of Banquet MEGA Crispy Chicken Filets – Original and Spicy – offer crispier, more flavorful breading and are idea 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.
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 Expanded Lineup of Comforting Meals:. Marie Callender’s has two new Asian-inspired bowls: a sweet and citrusy Orange Chicken and a savory Chicken Fried Rice. The expanded 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 range 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 latest line includes Chicken Parmigiana & Penne, Chicken Alfredo, and Meatball Rigatoni. While waiting for the main dish, two new Bertolli appetizers may be enjoyed – 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 ideal 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. Its new single-serve meals contain two enchiladas featuring top flavors: Cheese Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce, and Chicken Enchiladas with Chile Verde Sauce.
New Plant-Based Options
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. The brand’s two new Asian-inspired bowls offer plant-based meals featuring top trending flavors, Vegetable Tikka Masala and Sweet & Sour Cauliflower.
Dolly Serves Up New Dinner and Desserts
Dolly Parton’s Southern-style recipes have been a big hit in the baked goods 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 frozen desserts. The new Dolly Parton’s Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese features a Dolly-approved recipe of pasta in a creamy cheese sauce made with real cheddar cheese. The 76 oz. dish is ideal 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 is needed, as both desserts are ready to serve after thawing.
