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

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

Photo credit: Flickr/justinday (Creative Commons)

There’s a big debate going on these days. Which candidate will give us the best results? Which candidate inspires people across the country? Which candidate will make the tastiest grilled cheese sandwich? Yes, it’s election season, and Loafy wants to know…what’s your favorite loaf!?

Loafy thinks you should elect Medium Cheddar, but don’t let being World’s Best Medium Cheddar influence your vote! Sharp Cheddar is currently leading the polls, but a vote from you and your friends can change that! Hop on over to the election page and let us know which Tillamook Cheese you think deserves the title of the “Big Cheese.” The elected loaf will be on sale for 25% off, so make sure to check back when the polls close on November 6!

By Loafy

Team Tillamook takes on Loafy in Tillalympics Volleyball!

By Kaarin

Watch as Loafy and team compete in the Pentathlon!

By Kaarin

Image: Celebrate Express

Dear Graduates,

It’s been a tough road, but you’ve made it! As you embark on the next chapter of your life, I’d like to share a few pieces of advice from some really smart people.

Congratulations on your graduation!

Signed,
Loafy

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph, to be happy.” – Ben Stein

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” – JK Rowling

“Don’t forget the cheese!” – Loafy

By Loafy

Loafy at the Denver Zoo

The Denver Zoo was a huge smash! The Loaf Love Tour arrived over an hour before opening and there was already a line of people wearing Tillamook orange waiting to get into the zoo! One lady even rode her Tillamook orange moped scooter, which she called “the mini loaf,” and parked it next to the Yum bus for a photo op! The cheese-loving and animal-loving excitement was at an all time high on Sunday!

Inside the zoo we had our cheese sampling booth with the Yums parked around it. The zoo was open for eight hours on Sunday and not a second passed that people weren’t sampling Tillamook Cheese!  I’m pretty sure we set a record for number of cheese cubes eaten at a single zoo! We sampled four of our most popular cheeses and found that the kids loved the Monterey Jack and Medium Cheddar the best. Some kids discovered they had more refined taste buds and decided they really like Sharp Cheddar!

One fan's orange moped scooter - "the mini loaf"

I’m not sure which attraction was busiest: the new elephant exhibit or the Loaf Love Tour! The tour will be at the Oregon Zoo this weekend on Father’s Day, Sunday June 17, from 9AM – 5PM. So I wonder, will Oregonians top the cheesiness of the Denver zoo-goers? Be sure to stop by and see for yourself! The first 100 fans wearing orange will get in for FREE! Those after the first 100 will save $1 off zoo admission! We’ll also have cheesy games to play, yummy cheese samples, and coupons to take home. See the schedule for more details.

By Kelly

The Tillamook Cheese Factory – the cheesiest place in the whole wide world! I always find smiling faces and hearts full of Loaf Love whenever I’m there.

By Loafy