"@TillamookCheese Factory... fun place!" - Photo by @DevEnemy

Good Aftermoon! As you may have herd, today is National Cow Appreciation Day. I am so udderly grateful for my bovine buddies. Without their delicious milk, this Baby Loaf wouldn’t exist! Don’t forget to thank a cow today, and if you don’t see any cows to thank, send them your loudest “mooooooo!” from afar.

Love,

Loafy

Facebook:

From Ali L.: I drove through Tillamook last week (stopping by the Cheese Factory, of course), and saw what looked like the happiest cow I have ever seen in my life in one of the fields by the Factory. It was walking with a little bit of a bounce in its step and was swinging its head this way and that way, as if it were humming a tune while it walked. That cow obviously knew it was producing yummy things for everyone!

From Pete O.: Woo hoo… it is National Cow Appreciation Day! I would like to thank all the cows out there that I have enjoyed eating and getting milk products from. Especially the Tillamook cows from Tillamook, Oregon. They make the best cheese in the world. I believe it is a good day for a cheeseburger and a milkshake.

From Lynn E.M.: Had a wonderful visit. Learned a lot about making cheese. Had some wonderful ice cream. Now I am craving Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream.

Twitter:

From @mruncommonsense: @TillamookCheese @alwaysnwonder …our baby girl just tried to choke me out ’cause I wasn’t feeding her Mountain Huckleberry fast enough.

From @_l1l1: @TillamookCheese is the best cheese company. Their food products are amazing. I recommend going and trying some.

From @iamacityskyline: @TillamookCheese went to your factory a few days ago. Gotta say I loved your ice cream! Very cool visit on our family vacay. :)

From @sevenslip: Thank you @TillamookCheese for helping me hide the veggies in my daughters grilled cheese sandwich yet again.

From @StenoVal: just noticed that Safeway now carries @TillamookCheese yogurt. The French Vanilla Bean is so divine. Oregon Strawberry too!

From @Randulll: @TillamookCheese I’m naming my first child “Vintage White” after your 2 year aged supercheese

From @TheHollyJones: Wine & cheese party Friday with the girls and ooog! Look what I found to go with the Pinot Noir – from @TillamookCheese http://t.co/OMWqpCS

By Loafy

"Decisions..." Photo by Facebook fan Joel A.

 With summer weather finally here, ice cream is on everyone’s brains. What’s summer without a big bowl of Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream? Or a waffle cone with Tillamook Marionberry Pie Ice Cream… or a scoop of Tillamook Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream on top of warm, homemade pie?!

Now I’m desperately craving ice cream! Don’t forget to stop by the store this weekend to pick up some Tillamook Ice Cream for our Ice Cream Photo Contest (winner gets 12 free cartons of Tillamook Ice Cream!).

Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Ron D: Loving the Tillamook Marionberry Pie Ice Cream I’m scarfing down on right now.

From Susan Y.S.: We are planning to go strawberry picking this afternoon to make jam and some sauce for Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream!

From Patti S.: Yum yum!!!! I wish I was back in Tillamook enjoying your delicious ice cream!!! It’s the best ever!!! : )

From Candice D.: Send some down to us in sunny Tampa, FL. We are missing your ice cream!!!!! Thank goodness that Costco still has your cheese here though :-)

From Liz K.F.: I just celebrated my birthday with an enormous bowl of Tillamook Mudslide… the chocolate-tiest ice cream in the world, it’s incredible!

Twitter:

From @Jenndola: Once you go @TillamookCheese Ice Cream, you can never go back.

From @melissa_leah: Oh thank god. I have some Tillamook Ice Cream!

From @HitBoy_SC: Tillamook has the best ice cream. Period.

From @rhaen_: If I had the #StanleyCup for a day I’d take it to @TillamookCheese Factory & make them fill it with Mountain Huckleberry Ice Cream.

From @alwaysnwonder: @TillamookCheese too bad the carton of ice cream only lasts @mruncommonsense 2 or 3 bowls!

By Loafy

Kids love Tillamook Key Lime Yogurt!

This week we’ve been talking a lot about Tillamook Yogurt and our new $1 Off Tillamook Yogurt Coupon on Facebook (available until 6/30). It has been so fun to hear why our fans love Tillamook Yogurt and what favorite flavors stock their fridges. Thanks to everyone who has been joining the Tillamook Yogurt conversation!

Love,
Loafy

Here are 10 of our favorite yogurt comments on Facebook this week:

From Copper W.: Thank you for the coupon! Tillamook Yogurt is the only yogurt I will buy. My 4 year old son eats a container of your French Vanilla Bean Yogurt every day (seriously!). We love everything Tillamook!

From Chizuko C.: Thank you so much! We always enjoy our Tillamook Yogurt. My son wants me to give you an extra special thank you for making his favorite: Watermelon! Our other favorites are Oregon Strawberry, Northwest Berry Patch, and Cherry Vanilla. Keep up the great work!

From Saephti P.: Tillamook Yogurt – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Baked Apple Pie flavor! This is the absolute best yogurt I have ever had. :)

From Lisa B.: I love LOVE LOVE Tillamook Cheese and Yogurt. Vanilla Bean, baby… Need I say more?? It is just so good frozen too. I am so glad we live near the Tillamook Factory. It is always at my store!!

From Elizabeth L.: Yay yogurt! My kids LOVE your yogurt! My five year old’s favorite is the Key Lime, my three year old loves Peach. I love that they have no hormones.

From Misty C.: Our kids love Key Lime yogurt!

From Betty C.: Can’t wait to try the yogurt – if it’s as good as your cheese – YUMM!!!!!!

From Mary L.: My favorite yogurt! Love the real fruit pieces.

From Angela S.: Thank you for the coupon. Your yogurt is the best and the only kind I want to feed my kids! We love the lowfat Key Lime!

From Valerie C.S.: Thanks for the coupon and thanks for not adding artificial sweeteners and colors!

By Loafy

Celebrating National Chocolate Ice Cream Day at the Cheese Factory. Posted by Facebook Fan Tommy Hintz.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks for the “Loaf Love” online this week!

Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Saephti P.: Tillamook Yogurt – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your apple pie flavor! This is the absolute best yogurt I have ever had. :)

From Kaila H.: Just saw my first Tillamook Ice Cream commercial here in Idaho! Love it!

From Debbie E.R.: I love Tillamook Yogurt so much it’s the only brand I buy! Thanks for the coupons!

From Grace A.: Just wanted to come and show some love Tillamook Cheese! I grew up with your cheese and LOVE it :D My mom would always make us quesadillas with it :D And we’d occasionally have it with summer sausage and crackers :D Now that I am an adult I buy the cheese myself, lol.

From Carly H.: Just shared lbs of Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar and Garlic Chili Pepper Cheddar with coworkers in NYC. Lots of grins and “mmmmmmms.” Not one frown. Thanks Tillamook.

Twitter:

From @tlscolwell: @TillamookCheese @BurgervilleUSA is always yummy but I won’t skip the cheese next time. #lessonlearned

From @Arachnidkid: Guys this is amazing. Now Tillamook is following me and just thanked me. This day is getting pretty awesome.

From @scarlet_ibis: @TillamookCheese I know it’s silly of me, but I always imagine that an actual lump of Tillamook Cheese is posting tweets. This pleases me.

From @carlamatic: I need to come to PDX with a huge cooler and fill it with Tillamook stuff to bring back here!

From @carlamatic: I’d recommend checking out the Tillamook brand yogurts. They’re *AWESOME* and I *HATE* yogurt.

By Loafy

Thanks for the fun conversations this week!

Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Sandy B.L.: I used to use American cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches…now it’s only Tillamook Pepper Jack Cheese! So good! (And it’s also great in homemade mac n cheese, mixed with Medium Tillamook Cheddar!)

From Dawn E.: Hey! I stopped by the Tillamook Cheese Factory last weekend and tried the Sticky Bun Ice Cream (per your suggestion). It was AWESOME!!!

From Marian H.: My husband and I are expecting our first child later this year, and I’ve had some massive morning sickness along the way – providentially, the ONLY food that would consistently settle on my tummy was Tillamook Cheddar Cheese! =) The doctor approved (citing “real” cheese as a great source of calcium/protein), and so we ate DOZENS of pounds of cheese (purchased from Costco/our military commissary)! =) Just had to share… sure appreciate you!

From Melanie S.T.: Love the cheese, but your yogurt is out of this world…I have to drive over a half hour to get it at a WinCo, the only place that carries it here.

From Heidi S.: I love Tillamook everything, every morning my husband and I have Tillamook Yogurt for breakfast. It tastes the best and is priced right. The ice cream is delicious - our favorite is Udderly Chocolate. We are just Tillamook fans. We even took some of our vacation time to visit the factory.

Twitter:

From @gregvalentine: I’m not sure people can appreciate what life was like living all those places all those years without Tillamook Cheese. “Living?” Hardly.

From @BelindaOlsen:  I LOVE the Tillamook creamery! Best ice cream. Ever! If I went on vacation to OR I don’t think I’d come home.

From @xtop: @TillamookCheese You are now my favorite anthropomorphic food of all time.

From @brandoniain: Mashed fresh raspberries over buckwheat pancakes with a turkey sausage, bell pepper and @TillamookCheese scramble. Frickin yum!

From @BeachBumChris: Turns out that @TillamookCheese goes nicely after wings and beer. God I love cheese.

By Loafy

The Tillamook Loaf Love Tour made its mark at the Creekside Smokehouse on their wall of fame!

National Cheese Day is one of the most important holidays a Baby Loaf can celebrate, so I was delighted to hear that so many Tillamook fans plan on celebrating as well! As always, thanks for all the Loaf Love!

And thanks for all your sweet thoughts online…

Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Ken H.: Oh my gosh are you kidding I love Tillamook Cheese. I grew up on it and will not eat any other cheese unless I have absolutely no other option and am craving cheese . Wow yes totally love this one I do.

From Windy E.: on my snacking/meal agenda just about every day is Tillamook Cheese (of some sort, in some form or another) :) Happy National Cheese Day all!! :)

From Cameron M.: Pretty sure it’s going to be a grilled cheese day today! Love you Tillamook!

From Chris B.: Thank you for the fine quality of your products that are free of rBST and high fructose corn syrup.

From Teigan B.: Ooohhh yummy!! I love Tillamok Cheese because your cheese is the closest I can get to the bitey tasty cheese I grew up with in Australia! The stronger the better for me and my kids! Don’t stop aging that cheese!

Twitter:

From @TheOnyxPlate: Via @TillamookCheese …. Tomorrow is National Cheese Day!!! But, honestly, do we really need an excuse to eat yummy cheese?

From @beechercreature: 38 flavors (of ice cream)! I don’t know which to pick! @TillamookCheese

From @davidpetersonh: #ff @TillamookCheese because my garlic mushroom potatoes come to life when I use their Special Reserve Extra Sharp Cheddar in the mix! :-)

From @Linditacouture: Tillamook Baked Apple Pie Yogurt = amazing

From @Wanda543: Getting ready to leave to go camping. I don’t care if I have to eat tree bark, as long as I have my @TillamookCheese.

By Loafy

Photo by Facebook fan Linden S.M.

Hooray for the holiday weekend! What’s everyone up to? I know one thing I’ll be doing for sure — making a sundae bar with Tillamook Sticky Bun Ice Cream!

Thanks again for another week of fun conversations online!

Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Clifford D.: Celebrating my 50th b-day today with Sharp Cheddar and crackers right now. AND, Chocolate w/peanut butter swirl ice cream with my cake tonight.

From Teresa S.: Your ice cream is delicious! I’ve recently fallen in love with Oregon Strawberry! So creamy! My other favorite is Mudslide.

From Ben D.: I love your cheese. Extra Sharp Cheddaron a grilled cheese is pretty much my childhood between two pieces of bread. Nom ♥

From Paige H.: My husband and I bought our first Tillamook Ice Cream… Banana Split!! It doesn’t get any better… it has everything in it… cherries, chocolate syrup, and even the walnut chips. EXCELLENT!!

From Joey L.: I’m from Portland originally and live In Sacramento now. We made the 2 hour drive to see the Love loaf Tour and go to the Zoo. Everyone that worked on the tour was wonderful!!! They made me feel like a celebrity when they found out I was from Oregon and had been to the creamery!! I had a great time and I’m looking forward to seeing them in Sacramento!!! I love Tillamook products, and only buy them!!

Twitter:

From @MattLewis84: Both @TillamookCheese and @CrunchIsCalling (Wheat Thins) are following me. This is some kind of delicious twitter amazingness going on here.

From @Mommy3G: I wanna go to Santorini Island in Greece, I wanna bring @TillamookCheese and I wanna walk on a Black Sands Beach! #wannagobw @TheBestWestern

From @tessamcs: @TillamookCheese Crisis! Out of Tilla-Moos! Must.Get.To.The.Store…

From @RufnSerious: Power breakfast: @TillamookCheese – 2 Tilla-Moos. Do not get in my way today people.

From @HousePuma: OhMyGosh! @TillamookCheese -mascot named Loafy that tweets. As if. Like a loaf of cheese actually could use Twitter. (<3 ur yummy goodness)

By Loafy

This adorable, Tillamook-loving pup entered our "Tricks for Cheese" contest last fall.

Well, the sun finally decided it was tired of hiding behind the clouds here in Oregon – what a beautiful week we’ve had! Thanks for adding even more sunshine to my life with all of your Loaf-love filled comments and conversations this week. Now go out and enjoy the sun (if it’s still around!).

Love,
Loafy

Facebook (pet-themed comments!):

From Sam G.: The first time I brought Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream out to Iowa, I was eating a bowl when my cat Bandit came into the room with this wide-eyed look and her nose very active. She looked around, determined where it was coming from, and headed straight for the bowl. It was the one time she ever reacted to food that way.

From Kevin K.: My boxer, Kobe Beef – he appears like a genie when you open the door and take out the Tillamook Sharp Cheddar for grating onto a sandwich. I think his favorite thing in life is spilled grated cheese.

From Tim T.: I had and Abyssinian Cat (since passed on to kitty heaven) used to do chin-ups on the bread board for Tillamook Cheese. We called them “chin-ups for cheese.”

From Tina B.: My cat Smoky has what we have dubbed “cheese-dar” and can tell when we are getting out a block, slices or sticks of cheese. If he’s asleep on the other end of the house he’ll wake up and come running, begging for a piece, a morsel, or (jackpot!!) an actual bite! He has taught our 1 year old kitty to do the same.

From Janet H.: My cat, Sonja, goes nuts for Tillamook Cheese. If I’m snacking on some, I have to cut an extra half-slice for her. She knows either the smell or the wrapper sound, and won’t give me any peace if I take the cheese out of the fridge and she doesn’t get hers.

Twitter:

From @louisgray:  Our beagle once ate half a block of Tillamook Cheddar Cheese and buried the rest in the couch.

From @astute_rhett: Enjoyed the greatest ice cream ever this week while on the West Coast, Tillamook Creamery’s Grandma’s Cake Batter. It is an experience!

From @Adryz87: My coworker just bribed me with Tillamook Cheese! #ImTooEasy

From @mmosner: So happy to be indulging in PNW cheeses again. Last night I literally cradled a loaf of Garlic White Cheddar@TillamookCheese. #cheeseplease

From @PnPArtistMary: @TillamookCheese – Thanks for the follow! I’ve never been chased by cheese before; I’m usually the one pursuing the cheese on EVERYTHING!

By Loafy

"Some of the yummy ice cream we got at the Tillamook cheese factory!" - Facebook fan Donny M.

It has been a busy week here at Tillamook! We’ve been gearing up for THE big event of the year – the Grilled Cheese Invitational! Tillamook is sponsoring this amazing, cheese-loving cook-off this Saturday in Los Angeles. Our Loaf Love Tour team (including our cute little Baby Loaf buses!) will be there, and we’ll be cooking up free grilled cheese sandwiches for event attendees. I’ll also be running around the event, stuffing my face with grilled cheese – I can’t wait!

Have a great weekend everyone, and remember: Bread-Butter-Cheese-Victory!

Love,
Loafy

Facebook:

From Jamison B.: There should be a “love” button for Tillamook!

From Jennifer C. (a cheese poem!):
If cheese be the way
To my heart, then
Please,
Lay the first brick upon my plate.

From Anne L: I don’t usually “like” products on Facebook, but everyone I know, knows certain things about me. One being, Tillamook is the best. The only cheese I buy.

From Stacie D.: My daughters abosult favorite cheese in the world. We visited Oregon last summer went to the Tillamook Cheese factory for her birthday she had a blast thank you Tilamook.

From Corbett W.: I moved from Astoria to Frederick Maryland a while ago, I finally found a good place to get Tillamook Cheese. Never been more excited to be alive. But, I still miss home.

Twitter:

From @AustinLA: Saw this on KTLA. Amazing RT @grlldcheesetruk: Special @TillamookCheese Sharp Cheddar w sliced granny smith apples smoked bacon

From @lydgro: @TillamookCheese I drove to Winco in Indio just to get Tillamook yogurt and ice cream… you really need to sell to more stores.. delish!

From @kaylita: Tillamook Cheese (@TillamookCheese) is now following your tweets (@kaylita) on Twitter. day has been made.

From @brentiverson: Shameless Plug: another wonderful lunch today with @TillamookCheese Sharp Cheddar – just a slice (and another then another) makes your day.

From @WhereLA: Gear up for the @GrilldCheez invitational this week by gorging on @TillamookCheese sandwiches @ Los Angeles restaurants http://bit.ly/egY24W

By Loafy

"Thanks for making the best ice cream ever!" - Facebook fan Andria T.

When you’re cooking up dinner this weekend, don’t forget that it’s National Grilled Cheese Month! 

Talk to you next week!

-Loafy

Facebook:

From Wade R.: Checking in from Louisiana. I am a transplant from WA who grew up on the loaf. Just letting everyone who currently cannot get Tillamook know, hang in there because yesterday it showed up in my local grocer and I outwardly cried tears of joy! My wife was concerned, I tried to explain but to no avail. We got out to the truck, I found the loaf, pulled out my pocket knife and we ate. We ate and I cried some more!

From Christy K.M.: Gillette Wyoming Albertsons now has your ice cream. My friend went 3 times last week on truck days and all 3 days it was sold out with in hours of stocking the shelf. My other friend’s family is hoarding it all and buying cart loads. Thank you for finally bringing it to us, well done!

From Lori M.: Tillamook Cheese… Food of the Gods! Never met a more perfect food in my life!!! Tillamook Cheese… You are true Nirvana!!!

From Susan C.: I did my grocery shopping last night and my local store was sold out of Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese. Rather than try something else I just opted to go without cheese for a while. Hopefully it won’t be too long. I need my Tillamook Cheese!

From Amber W.: Just thought I’d let you know of a lil test I did to prove to my husband that no cheese can beat Tillamook! We have a 1-year-old and recently bought a cheap pack of medium cheddar cheese… and when I gave a slice to my daughter, she gagged, spit it out, and gave what was left in her hand to the dogs. Just went to the store and bought a big ol’ block of Tillamook and our daughter gobbled it down like it was her first meal in weeks!! So, even new taste buds know the difference between yucky immatation cheddar and the BEST. Tillamook rocks!!!

Twitter:

From @stretchmarkmama: I grilled a @TillamookCheese sandwich on some @KillerBreadMan wheat and can you see my Oregon flag gently blowing in the breeze?

From @moteviolence: I may have just eaten the best cheeseburger ever!! Thank you, @Burgerville and @TillamookCheese!

From @cunningpike: Tillamook is the genuine, eye-watering, tongue-burning thing. A slice of cheese heaven

From @molliewollie: @TillamookCheese is now following me! All my dreams are coming true!

From @xxkrustee: Is it Saturday yet? I really can’t wait to visit @TillamookCheese and eat a grilled cheese sammich in the cafe. I LIVE FOR GRILLED CHEESE.

By Loafy