Cruising altitude is about to get an entire lot sweeter. At the very least on United Airways.
On Thursday, United Airways introduced it is teaming up with Magnolia Bakery to convey its Banana Pudding onboard choose United flights throughout the US.
In response to an announcement offered to Meals & Wine, Magnolia’s Banana Pudding Wafer Cookie Bits at the moment are being served in United First on flights greater than 901 miles. The bits are served in particular person, three-ounce cups, and are made with “actual bananas, whipped to perfection, and impressed by Magnolia Bakery’s World-Well-known Banana Pudding.” It is the primary time Magnolia’s desserts are being served on a business airline.
“The one factor extra iconic than Magnolia Bakery’s Banana Pudding is having fun with that pudding at 30,000 toes in United First — we all know our prospects are going to find it irresistible,” mentioned Aaron McMillan, United’s managing director of hospitality applications. “We’re altering the best way vacationers eat and drink onboard, providing extra selection and extra elevated choices with companions like Magnolia.”
The bakery additional defined within the assertion, this is only one extra step in its quest to rework from “a New York deal with to an anyplace eat.” It is also not too long ago opened its first location in LaGuardia Airport, so even for those who’re not in United First, you would all the time swing by and get some to go for those who’re flying by means of. Magnolia additionally not too long ago supplied unique desserts through Doordash, bringing its Peanut Butter with Chocolate Chunks banana pudding taste proper to individuals’s doorsteps.
“As an avid traveler and baker, I do know what an essential position meals can play in your travels, which is why I’m so excited to convey this new, modern product to hundreds of adventurers annually,” Bobbie Lloyd, the CEO and chief baking officer at Magnolia Bakery, shared. “It is a first-of-its-kind collaboration for Magnolia Bakery and we couldn’t be extra thrilled to be working with United. Our crew labored for 3 years to develop this new Banana Pudding and we’re delighted for company to get a candy style of this beloved dessert within the skies.”
Magnolia additionally shared it is bought different issues coming down the pipe for followers, and as Eddie Revis, the chief business officer at Magnolia, added, “That is the primary cease of many to convey Magnolia Bakery to new locations in new methods.”