OVIEDO, FL – Duda Farm Fresh Foods is joining partner Peanut Butter & Co. to celebrate the first ever National Ants on a Log Day on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Duda and Peanut Butter & Co. applied for this day to be registered and it was granted. From now on, the registrar of the National Day Calendar has designated the second Tuesday of September of each year as National Ants on a Log Day. This day recognizes this iconic and healthy food snack.
Ants on a log is made by spreading peanut butter on celery and placing raisins on top. The snack name was first used in the 1950s. The typical peanut butter version of ants on a log is recommended as a healthy snack by the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As the largest grower and processor of celery in the United States and around the world, Duda celebrates and encourages this classic use of celery.
Duda will pay tribute to the creamy and crunchy snack with recipes, a Twitter party on Sept. 10 with lots of prizes, Facebook giveaways and flash promotions and an Instagram contest.
On Instagram, celery lovers are invited to post their favorite #AntsOnaLog snack to #entertowin Peanut Butter from @PeanutButterCo and coupons for #free Dandy Celery. Tag @DandyFreshProduce and @PeanutButterCo and use #AntsOnaLogDay to enter.
“We will share ways to stay traditional with peanut butter and raisins, or mix it up with chocolate peanut butter and pistachios, and just about any other combination you can think of,” said Nichole Towell, director of marketing. “This holiday is timed perfectly with back to school, and by using social media tools we can engage in a fun, fresh way with kids and adults alike.”
For more information about Duda Farm Fresh Foods, visit dudafresh.com and booth #2430 at the PMA Fresh Summit in Anaheim.
About Duda Farm Fresh Foods
Duda Farm Fresh Foods is a leading grower, shipper, processor and marketer of a wide range of fresh vegetables and citrus with primary locations in Florida, California, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of A. Duda & Sons, Inc., a family-owned, diversified land company headquartered in Oviedo, Fla. www.dudafresh.com
About Peanut Butter & Co.
Peanut Butter & Co. began in 1998 as a cozy little sandwich shop in Greenwich Village, NYC and has since become one of the fastest growing natural/specialty food companies in the US. The company’s ten varieties of all natural, flavored peanut butter are available in over 15,000 supermarkets and specialty retailers, and Dark Chocolate Dreams, the company’s chocolate flavored peanut butter, is the #1 selling all natural chocolate nut spread in the country (Source: IRI). Peanut Butter & Co.’s products are made exclusively from USA-grown peanuts. Find out more at www.ilovepeanutbutter.com.
Source: Duda Farm Fresh Foods