Eat Happy Kitchen Accelerates Retail Expansion Across Three Product Categories with HomeGoods, Hy-Vee and Raley's Distribution

Eat Happy Kitchen Cheese Bites now available nationwide at HomeGoods locations

Sauces and spice blends enter 120 Hy-Vee stores, and sauces expand to all Raley's locations in Northern California and Nevada

SANTA YNEZ, Calif., Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eat Happy Kitchen, one of the fastest-growing women-owned clean-label food brands in the country, today announced a significant expansion of its retail footprint, with distribution of its high-protein Cheese Bites at HomeGoods stores nationwide. In addition, the company's seed-oil-free certified pasta sauces are now available at 114 Raley's locations across Northern California and Nevada, and 120 Hy-Vee stores, which will also carry its full line of filler-free spice blends.

The expansion represents retail growth across all of Eat Happy Kitchen's core product categories at once:

• Hy-Vee added Eat Happy Kitchen pasta sauces and spice blends to 120 stores, where they are being offered in the retailer's health food section.
• Raley's added Eat Happy Kitchen pasta sauces to shelves at all of its locations across Northern California and Nevada.
• HomeGoods introduced Eat Happy Kitchen Cheese Bites at stores nationwide, marking the first national brick-and-mortar retail availability of the brand's newest product category.

"There is tremendous momentum behind Eat Happy Kitchen right now, and this expansion reflects the strength of the brand across our entire product portfolio," said Anna Vocino, Founder and CEO, Eat Happy Kitchen. "We've been intentional about building products that deliver on taste, quality and clean ingredients, and the addition of HomeGoods, Hy-Vee, and Raley's gives us an opportunity to introduce those products to significantly more consumers across the country."

Eat Happy Kitchen has built its growing product portfolio around the straightforward philosophy that great-tasting food does not need added sugar, fillers, or unnecessary ingredients. The company's pasta sauces are gluten-free, contain no added sugar, and are Seed Oil Free Certified. Eat Happy Kitchen's spice blends, packaged in distinctive vintage-inspired tins, are gluten-free, contain no added sugar, and contain no fillers.

The company entered the snack category in 2025 with the introduction of high-protein Cheese Bites, savory snacks made from just two primary components: real cheese and Eat Happy Kitchen's signature seasoning blends. Each serving delivers 10-11 grams of protein, and the Cheese Bites are gluten-free, sugar-free, and made without fillers or artificial ingredients.

The nationwide HomeGoods rollout gives the snack line a major new retail presence while introducing Eat Happy Kitchen to consumers beyond traditional grocery aisles.

"Cheese Bites were born because I wanted the kind of grab-and-go snack I could never seem to find myself," added Vocino. "Now the idea that someone can walk into a HomeGoods and discover them is beyond exciting. At the same time, having our sauces and spices reach more grocery shoppers through Hy-Vee and Raley's is exactly how I've always envisioned this company growing. More products in more places across America, but never compromising what goes into them."

Vocino, the three-time bestselling author of the Eat Happy cookbook series, has parlayed her culinary voice into a national brand. She has expanded Eat Happy Kitchen into a 12-SKU portfolio spanning pasta sauces, spice blends and high-protein Cheese Bites snacks.

Vocino pairs her products with recipes and cooking inspiration for a devoted community looking to get healthy, cut sugar and eat well in the process.

Eat Happy Kitchen's latest retail expansion builds on several years of accelerating distribution. The company's pasta sauces are now stocked in more than 1,000 stores, including Pavilions, Gelson's, Central Market, Fresh Thyme, D'Agostino/Gristedes, Jewel Osco, Coborn's, Albertson's United/Market Street, and other regional grocers and independents. The company has also continued expanding retail distribution of its spice blends since introducing the newly redesigned product line to grocery shelves in 2025.

About Eat Happy Kitchen
Eat Happy Kitchen is a woman-owned, premium food company founded by Anna Vocino, author of the bestselling Eat Happy series of cookbooks. Founded with the primary mission of making foods with the highest quality clean ingredients, always gluten-free, and with no added sugar, the company's products currently include a line of five SKUs of seed-oil free certified pasta sauces, four spice blends, and three varieties of high-protein Cheese Bites snacks. For more information about Eat Happy Kitchen, visit www.eathappykitchen.com.

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