Banza Pizza grows retail footprint

After initially rolling out its line of chickpea-based pizzas at Whole Food Market, Wegmans and Target, Banza is expanding the line’s availability.

The company recently announced that its pizza line in three varieties — four cheese, Margherita and plain crust — will hit Walmart shelves beginning Aug. 31.

In addition, the brand’s pizza offerings can also be found at Stop & Shop, Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway and Meijer, bringing its total retail footprint to more than 8,000 stores, the company said.

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“Our mission is to inspire people to eat more chickpeas and other beans because of their benefits to human health and the environment,” Mike Tarullo, chief operating officer at Banza said. “This means making nutritious foods available everywhere people shop, and in every aisle of the store. We’re proud to have made a better-for-you pizza that delivers on the classic pizza experience people love, while helping people get more chickpeas into their diets.”

Made of such whole and plant-based ingredients as chickpeas, olive oil, yeast and oregano, the pizza crust also provides consumers with a serving of protein and fiber, the company said.