Food Dive reported the development on 2025-12-16. In his first interview since taking the top spot, Marty Thompson said the Stouffer’s maker is paying more attention to its core brands and identifying untapped growth opportunities.
The report places the news in a wider commercial context. Nestlé is undertaking an extensive review of its U.S. portfolio as the DiGiorno pizza maker works with a "sense of urgency" to strengthen its brands and win more eating occasions amid a pullback in spending and changing consumer preferences, according to the division's top executive.
For the food sector, the practical implications extend beyond the immediate announcement. “Right now our attention is really growing the core to its maximum potential, and we believe that we have a lot of runway,” the 64-year-old Thompson said, acknowledging the company previously failed to put enough “energy and emphasis” around its biggest brands. “We’re going to be a lot more focused in terms of how we direct our resources.".
Attention now turns to how companies, customers and regulators respond. Thompson acknowledged that job losses “will affect every market and every function in some way, and we’re right on the front end of that” in the U.S. Nonetheless, he’s confident that Nestlé, which is already in 97% of U.S. households, can record growth that outpaces the broader U.S.
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