Continental is no longer serving free pretzels in coach class.

The carrier made the move Tuesday, saying that ending its practice of serving free snacks to economy class passengers will save it $2.5 million a year, according to The Plain Dealer of Cleveland.

“As a cost savings initiative and to better align us with our competitors, beverage snacks (pretzels and Biscoff) will be removed from the main cabin for all non BusinessFirst markets which includes: domestic, Latin and Caribbean leisure, transcon, Hawaii and Canada markets,” the Plain Dealer quotes Continental as saying in an internal e-mail to employees this week.

The move also aligns Continental’s policies with those at United, which bought Continental last year. The carriers are currently flying as two separate units, though the process of combining the airlines into a single brand has already begun.

Continental’s move leaves a dwindling list of U.S. carriers that still offer fee-free snacks in coach.

Among those, most are low-cost carriers. They include AirTran, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, JetBlue and Southwest.

And it also allows Delta to stand out among the so-called “legacy carriers” as the only one left to regularly offer free snacks in coach.

(Source: USA Today)