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

The numbers have been tallied, the food has been weighed, and Tillamook is extremely proud to have been a part of making this year’s KGW Great Food Drive the most successful ever!

Thanks to generous individuals and companies, this year’s Great Food Drive raised more than 1.2 million pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank, more than DOUBLE this year’s campaign goal of 600,000 pounds, and far surpassing last year’s campaign results as well. Here at Tillamook, we’re thrilled to have contributed $30,000 from the sales of our cheese in Oregon and southwest Washington during the month of March. Additionally, our Tillamook employees alone donated more than 13,000 pounds of food to the Great Food Drive during March as well.

Overall, this year’s campaign raised enough food to provide more than 900,000 meals to those in need in our communities. Knowing that we were part of making a positive impact on that many lives here in our home state of Oregon means so much to us.

We had a lot of fun seeing our fans at food collection events throughout the state and welcoming our good friend and KGW NewsChannel 8 morning show personality Drew Carney to the Tillamook Cheese Factory to help promote the cause!

To all of the Tillamook fans that bought extra cheese in March to support this very worthy cause, thank you!

The problem of hunger is a year-round issue for adults and children across our state. To find out how to support the Oregon Food Bank throughout the year, visit www.OregonFoodBank.org.

By Tori

We’ve got some good news! Three varieties of Tillamook Cheese were voted “America’s Best” at the 2013 United States Championship Cheese Contest®!

Tillamook Colby Jack took “Best of Class” with a score of 99.40. Colby Jack is a veteran on the winners’ stand, previously earning “America’s Best Colby Jack” at the 2011 U.S. Championship! Tillamook Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar was voted “Best of Class” receiving a score of 99.45 out of 100, as well as second place in the Aged 2 years or longer Cheddar Category. Tillamook Sharp Cheddar scored 98.65 earning “Best of Class” for Sharp Cheddar aged 6 months to one year. We’re honored to be able to offer these “America’s Best” cheeses to all of our fans!

Held last week in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest® had a record-breaking total of over 1,700 entries, up 100 entries from 2011!!!

By Tillamook

A new Tillamook advertising campaign will begin airing in Los Angeles and San Francisco today. The campaign, called “California meets Tillamook” depicts a road-trip taken by two familiar characters from Oregon, Luke and Dale, as they travel throughout California in a Tillamook Baby Loaf Bus introducing the cheese that hails from their home state of Oregon. Check out the commercials below to meet Luke and Dale as they share their love of the loaf with California!

Dear Moguls
Luke and Dale always want to lend a helping hand. Here they give some friendly, sage advice on how Hollywood can make better movies.

Golden Gate
After watching this spot, you’ll want to sample Tillamook Cheese…and possibly the Golden Gate Bridge.

Road Trip Song
Every great road trip — sponsored by a cheese company from Tillamook, Oregon — deserves its own song.

Sasquatch
Oregon and California have many, many things in common. One is that both love great cheese.

Why The Ship
Luke and Dale tell the history of Tillamook Cheese. Why? Because we actually have one.

9 Months Old, Cypress
Luke and Dale know everything about cheese. Trees on the other hand…

State Cracker
Tillamook Cheese goes with all your favorite foods…even if they’re not officially endorsed by the state.

By Mary

Luke and Dale, Tillamook’s favorite funny guys and diplomats du fromage, are coming to California and on March 4, we’ll be launching the official #LukeandDale Twitter sweepstakes! From March 4 to March 8 fans will be able to choose their favorite “California Meets Tillamook” commercial and tweet it to @TillamookCheese using the hashtag #LukeandDale for a chance to win a year’s supply of Tillamook Cheese.

It’s sort of like the Academy Awards, but just for Luke and Dale. And, instead of them winning an Oscar, you could win a year’s supply of cheese!

Help us welcome Luke and Dale to California and join the fun on Monday, March 4!  Who knows, we might even give out some extra prizes. Good luck and happy tweeting!

How to Enter
• Visit the Luke and Dale website: www.Tillamook.com/LukeandDale
• Watch all “California Meets Tillamook” videos
• Tweet to @TillamookCheese and include the title of your favorite video and the hashtag #LukeandDale

When to Enter
• The contest will be begin on Monday, March 4, 2013
• The last day to enter will be Friday, March 8, 2013

Prize
• One lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a one-year supply of Tillamook Cheese!

*For official contest rules click here

By Tillamook

Good news, Arizona! Delicious Tillamook Ice Cream has made its way to the Grand Canyon state.

Look for Tillamook Ice Cream in Arizona in your local Bashas’ and Winco. Look up stores using our Where to Buy tool.

In case this will be your first taste of Tillamook Ice Cream, you should know we make it with the same dedication to quality, never using artificial growth hormones*, that we make our other dairy products.

Need help deciding what flavor you’ll try first? This video might help your tastebuds pick! Let us know what you think of our ice cream on Facebook, Twitter, or leave us a comment below!

*Please note that the FDA has stated that no significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST treated and non-rBST treated cows.

By Laura

By Tillamook

You know the lawnmower, the two-step, and the tango, but have you checked out the Yum! Dance? In case you still haven’t caught on to the latest dance craze, the Yum Dance is all about expressing the feeling you get when you eat something so delicious you can’t keep it in!

Everyday, fans across the world are helping me make the world a yummier place! Every time that you dance with the Yum! Dance iPhone app you add yums to the total yum tally.

I need you to help me celebrate yum and share it with the world!  How many Yums have you added to the world today!?!

By Loafy

We’re so excited to be featured in the New York Times! Journalist Stuart Elliott recently interviewed John Russell, our senior director of marketing, about marketing and advertising efforts here at Tillamook. To see the entire article, click here.

Full article can be viewed on nytimes.com.

By Tillamook