Last Saturday, I spent the day at the San Antonio Zoo celebrating Mother’s Day in true cheesy style! My friendly brand ambassadors helped spread the Tillamook Loaf Love by sharing cheesy samples and taking photos. In honor of Mother’s Day, the first 100 moms who came to the zoo dressed in orange even got in free! Visitors played bingo all across the zoo and shared their photos on Instagram for a chance to win a year’s supply of Tillamook Cheese!

Here are some photos from the Instagram contest and my day at the zoo!

The Loaf Love Tour will be in San Antonio until May 23 giving out samples, coupons, and smiles to everyone they meet – so don’t miss out! Be sure to check out the tour schedule to see if there are stops near you!

I’ll be hanging out on Twitter and Facebook if you want to say hi!

By Loafy

Moms are the best! They take care of us when we’re sick, tuck us into bed at night, give great hugs…sometimes, they’re even our best friends! The best gifts aren’t always the ones that cost the most. Showing mom you care can be easy! You can give your Tillamama a coupon for anything you want! Just print this homemade coupon page and fill in whatever will make your mom smile!

Here are some ideas
• One bedtime story
• Breakfast in bed
• Car washing
• A picnic in the park
• Laundry folding
• One bike ride
• One very long hug
• Sweeping the floor
• One neck massage
• A homemade meal

What will you treat your mom to for Mother’s Day this year!?!

And don’t forget to enter the Tillamama & Me Photo Contest on Facebook!

By Loafy

From Austin to Dallas to Houston, the Loaf Love Tour has been soaking up as much of Texas as possible! The Texas fun continues on Saturday, May 11 with Loaf Love Tour at the San Antonio Zoo! Stop by to see us between 9am and 5pm to enjoy some cheese samples, play games, and get Tillamook goodies!

The first 100 moms who come to the zoo wearing Tillamook Orange will get in to the zoo for free*! Inside the zoo, there will be sampling cubes of our yummy natural cheeses and bingo cards that you and your family can take around the zoo to find fun animals and Tillamook Cheese! For every bingo spot you find, snap a photo with your Smile Sticks and share it with @Tillamook on Instagram to be entered to win a year’s supply of Tillamook Cheese!

See the official rules here.

I can’t wait to see you at the San Antonio Zoo on Saturday, May 11!!!

*Free entry for the first 100 eligible participants (moms) only. Free entry starting a 9am until limit reached. Participating fans may check-in at the Tillamook Baby Loaf bus located outside the San Antonio Zoo main entrance. To win, moms must be wearing orange. Limit one free entry per person, no monetary value.

By Loafy

Do you think you have what it takes to help choose the next winner of the Tillamook Cheese Factory Grilled Cheese Recipe Contest? Tell us why and you could be part of the judges’ panel, spending your Saturday tasting yummy recipes from our three finalists then telling the world whose recipe reigns the cheesiest!

How to Enter
1) Send an email to fans@tillamook.com and tell us why you deserve to be one of the judges for this year’s cook-off. Whether it’s your love for Tillamook Cheese, an eye for the perfect grill mark, an obsession with grilled cheese – or all three! – we want to know!
2) Submit your entry by midnight on Monday, April 15.

The winner will be selected and notified no later than Friday, April 19. The contest cook-off will take place at the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook, Oregon on Saturday, April 27. See official rules here.

Good luck!

By Loafy

It wouldn’t be National Grilled Cheese Month without grilling up a few Cheese’wiches!
If you haven’t made your own Cheese’wich yet, what are you waiting for!?! You can make your own Cheese’wich using the Facebook app, or download the free app for Android or iPhone! Share your Cheese’wich with me on Facebook or on Twitter (don’t forget to tag @TillamookCheese)!
I loaf making Cheese’wiches of all of my friends! Can you guess which of the Loaf Life Bloggers these cheesy faces belong to!?!

Follow along with Tillamook on Pinterest as we celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month!

By Loafy

Get your grilled cheese on with Tillamook all month long on Pinterest! What better way to celebrate these delicious 30 days than with recipes, tips, and all things grilled cheesy!? Each day, a new pin on our “Grilled Cheese (Smorgas)Board” Pinterest board will be revealed for our fans! Tune in for chances to repin and win!
Follow along here!

To enter sweepstakes:
1) Follow Tillamook on Pinterest
2) Repin any “Win This” pin for a chance to win that item!
3) All winners will be announced at the end of the month on their re-pinned pin, and the original Tillamook pin
Official contest rules

By Loafy

Me and my cake…Yum!

Have you ever seen a surprised loaf of cheese?

Well, let me tell you, I was about as surprised as they come on February 13 (our official founding day) when I was invited to the Cheese Factory where about 150 of my friends and family (employees and member-owners and their families) gathered for a party to celebrate Tillamook County Creamery Association’s 104^th birthday, and I was the special guest of honor!

We had birthday cake and any flavor of Tillamook Ice Cream a loaf could want! We played games like Beanie Cow Toss, Spin the Wheel, Pick-a-Milk-Bottle, and a family favorite, Bingo!

It’s not every day that a company turns 104, so it was sure nice to stop and recognize the hard work and dedication that everyone at TCCA puts into every product that is sold on store shelves!

One of my good friends having a good time playing Bingo!

My BFF Tillie even stopped by!

Everyone signed a giant birthday card for me, I’m hanging it on my wall!

The cake, it looks just like me!

By Loafy

February is a very exciting month for many reasons: Valentine’s Day, Oregon’s Birthday, and most importantly, Tillamook’s Birthday!!! This year, on February 13, the farmer owned co-op is turning 104! That’s 104 years of delicious naturally aged cheese made in Tillamook, Oregon! In 1909, several small creameries teamed up to form Tillamook County Creamery Association with the mission to make delicious high quality cheese.

I have a lot to be thankful for! After all, if it wasn’t for those farmers 104 years ago, there’d be no me (Loafy)! Today, Tillamook is made up of 100 dairy farm families, many of whom are kin to the early pioneers. To celebrate this very exciting birthday, I’m writing and collecting birthday cards to share with our wonderful farmers! Will you join me!?!

Send your cards to:
Tillamook
c/o Loafy
4185 Highway 101 North
Tillamook, Oregon 97141

Learn more about Tillamook’s history here!

By Loafy

In honor of National Milk Day, I’m putting you to the test!

1.     How long does it take from the time milk leaves a cow until it’s made into a loaf of Tillamook Cheese?

2.     How many pounds of milk are used to make one pound of Tillamook Cheese?

3.     How many pounds of milk does it take to make one carton of Tillamook Ice Cream?

4.     How many pounds of milk does it take to make one pound of Tillamook Butter?

5.     How much does a gallon of milk weigh?

6.     How many squirts are in a gallon of milk?

7.     How much water does a cow drink?

8.     How much milk can a cow produce in one day?

9.     Why is milk white?

10.  How many veggies would it take to equal the calcium in two servings of dairy?

Click here for the answers.

By Loafy

Do you know someone whose fridge is full of processed cheese, artificial sweeteners, and products made from milk with artificial growth hormones? Help them start the new year off right with a Tillamook Fridge Mookover!

Tell us at fans@tillamook.com about the person (and their fridge!) who’s in desperate need of a Tillamook Fridge Mookover by January 18, 2013 (midnight PST). Tillamook will pick one winner to receive a prize pack of yummy Tillamook products to give their fridge a makeover. The person who sends the winning nomination will also receive a prize pack!

Prize

A Tillamook Fridge Mookover including:
• 3 Free 2 lb Tillamook Cheese coupons
• 2 Free 2 lb Sharp Cheddar Tillamook Cheese coupons
• 2 Free 12 oz Sliced Tillamook Cheese coupons
• 2 Free 1 lb Tillamook Butter coupons
• 30 Free 6 oz Tillamook Yogurt coupons
• 2 Free Tillamook Sour Cream coupons
• 4 Free Tillamook Ice Cream coupons

Enter January 7-18

How to Enter Contest:
1) Read the official contest rules.
2) Nominate the person you feel is most in need of a Tillamook Fridge Mookover by Friday, January 18, 2013 (midnight PST) by emailing fans@tillamook.com. Include the email address for the person you’re nominating and any photos you want to share in your submission!
3) Tillamook will choose the best nomination on the basis of creativity, composition, and consistency with the Tillamook brand reputation. The Fridge Mookover Prize will be awarded to one nominee and the person who nominated them.
4) Winner will be notified January 21 by email, so keep an eye on your inbox!
5) Winner will be announced January 23 on the Loaf Life Blog.

By Loafy