Media Placements – 03/22/19

Mushrooms in the News: 3-22-19

The fifth annual Blended Burger Project kicked off on March 20th, with coverage appearing in Food & Wine, The Packer and Fresh Plaza.

The recent study about mushrooms improving cognitive function continues to roll in on outlets including The New York Times and Forbes.

MEDIA + SOCIAL/DIGITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Consumer

• James Beard Foundation’s 5th Annual ‘Blended Burger’ Project Seeks Entries – Food & Wine
• Announcing the 2019 Blended Burger Project – James Beard Foundation blo
• Memorize This: Eat Mushrooms – The New York Times (Print)
• Researches Now Say Mushrooms May Reduce Risk of Cognitive Decline – Forbes
• Regular Old Mushrooms Are Good For Your Memory – Here are 5 Ways to Eat ‘Em – Well + Good
• Burgers. Made Better: Restaurants Can Now Enter The James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project – Morningstar
• A ‘blended burger’ battle is coming to Omaha – Omaha World Herald Online
• AZ Daily Mix–Live – KAZT (Phoenix) (Applegate mention)
• PeachDishcovery: Mushrooms (video)
• Video: Mushroom Meatloaf Recipe – Henry Ford Livewell
• 10 Foods That Will Boost Your Vitamin D Intake – Power of Positivity
• 6 Medicinal Mushrooms That Boost immunity, Digestion, and Help Combat Aging – Balanced Babe
• Mushroom Broth is Magic for Your Body – Eat & Drink
• 20 Stuffed Mushroom Recipes to Serve at Your Next Soiree – Brit + Co
• 12 Unexpected Ways to Experiment with Mushrooms – Domino

Trade

• Restaurant mushroom burger challenge returns – The Packer
• Blended Burger Project is back – Fresh Plaza
• Applegate “meats” the future with new product innovation – Refrigerated & Frozen Foods
• 4 teams rocked their recipes at MenuDirections’ Culinary Competition – Foodservice Director

NOTEWORTHY SOCIAL/DIGITAL ACTIVITY

To celebrate National Sloppy Joe Day this week, we polled fans on which ground meat they prefer to blend with mushrooms in sloppy joes. The results came back with a landslide win: ground beef!