Media Placements – 06/15/19

Mushrooms in the News: 6-15-19

Now in the third week of the Blended Burger Project, participating restaurants continue to appear in broadcast segments in Minneapolis, Detroit and Greensboro, N.C.

Additionally, The New York Times mentioned The Blend in a piece about climate-friendly grilling. And, Cooking Light included the Applegate’s Blended Burger in a roundup of items coming to Whole Foods this month; noting that these burgers are “a seriously healthy main dish.”

MEDIA + SOCIAL/DIGITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Consumer

• One Thing You Can Do: Plan a Climate-Friendly Cookout – NYT
• Blended Burger Cooking Demo w/ Golden Nugget – WCCO Mid-Morning (Minn.) (starts at 9:54)
• Local Restaurants Serving Burger – WDIV Detroit
• Blended Burger Project – WXLV (starts at 8:57:47)
• Fox8 Foodie takes Greensboro restaurant burger competition entry to the streets for a taste test – Fox 8 (N.C.)
• The Twin Cities’ 5 best burgers of the year…so far – Star Tribune
• Bullet Point Buffet: Tacos for a cause and a better burger – Scott Joseph’s Orlando Restaurant Guide
• ‘225 Dine:’ Mason’s Grill heads to James Beard burger battle – Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
• Video: Let’s WIn The Blended Burger Contest – Cleveland Lokol
• Restaurant review: Ember & Oak in Melbourne has potential to be magnificent – Florida Today
• 7 Healthy Items Coming to Whole Foods in June – Cooking Light
• Mushrooms Are Having a Moment – Awaken
• Sioux Center chef enters burger contest – Sioux Center News
• Whiskey Kitchen Joins The Blended Burger Project – Triangle Business Journal
• 8 Unique Ways to Cook with Mushrooms – FoodBeast
• 10 Delicious Mushroom Recipes That Will Leave You Craving More – Times of India
• Gilroy resident wins inaugural Mushroom Mardi Gras cooking contest – Morgan Hill
• How to Get the Right Amount of Selenium With Plant-Based Foods – One Green Planet

NOTEWORTHY SOCIAL/DIGITAL ACTIVITY

Hundreds of social media posts are being shared for the 5th Annual #BlendedBurgerProject, with most engaged posts including:

@mikeytcasey (John Wright Restaurant)

@sacfoodandbooze (Alaro Brewing)

@tanayas.table (The Tuck Room)