Snacks & Candy

Kellanova Debuts New Products at Pilot and Flying J

The travel centers now offer Pop-Tarts Crunchy Poppers and new Pringles flavors
Pop-Tarts Crunchy Poppers and Pringles
Photograph courtesy of Kellanova

Snack maker Kellanova is offering its new Pop-Tarts Crunchy Poppers and Pringles flavors first-to-market in convenience stores at participating Pilot and Flying J travel centers nationwide.

  • Pilot Co. is No. 15 on CSP’s 2024 Top 202 ranking of U.S. convenience-store chains by store count.

Pop-Tarts Crunchy Poppers, the brand’s first crunchy offering, is available in frosted strawberry crunch and frosted brownie crunch at the travel centers until mid-November. The crunchy snack features a “tasty filling and a layer of frosting and sprinkles with every bite,” Kellanova said.

The snack brand said the latest Pringles potato crisps flavors are now available at Pilot and Flying J travel centers, while supplies last. Kellanova, Chicago, said Pringles Sweet Chili Sauce is a blend of sweetness and spice and Pringles Bourbon BBQ is a salty bite with a sweetness and savory oak flavor. 

During the month of October, Pilot is offering daily buy one, get one (BOGO) deals on a variety of drinks and snacks through the convenience-store chain's myRewards Plus app. The offer is part of the Knoxville, Tennessee-based retailer’s new ad campaign, “See You Out Here.”

Founded in 1958, Pilot Travel Centers LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway. It has about 900 locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces, serving an average of 1.2 million customers per day. In addition to travel center services, Pilot and its partners offer trucking fleets a variety of solutions for fuel, credit, factoring, maintenance and rewards. The company operates the third largest fuel tanker fleet in North America and supplies approximately 12 billion gallons of fuel per year. Pilot is a major provider of biodiesel and renewable fuels and is developing an EV charging network and low-carbon fueling alternatives.

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