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Mt. Olive Pickles Announces Official Partnership with the Carolina Panthers
For immediate release: September 12, 2023 CHARLOTTE, NC – Today, Mt. Olive Pickles announces a new partnership to become the official pickle and pickle juice provider for the Carolina Panthers. “We are thrilled to be a part of this season with the Carolina Panthers and to provide our pickles and Pickle Juicers to help support…
Read MoreMt. Olive Pickles Announces Official Partnership with the National Wheelchair Basketball Association, Supports Paralympic Athletes in Paris
For immediate release: August 1, 2024 CHARLOTTE, NC – It’s a pickle partnership of global proportions. Mt. Olive Pickle announces its role as the official pickle and pickle juice provider for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA), in a national sponsorship that supports the NWBA all the way to Paris this summer. The NWBA is…
Read MoreMt. Olive Pickles Gives Back
Mt. Olive Pickle Company believes a strong company can help make a strong community. It focuses on producing quality, innovative products and serving customers well. In 2023, Mt. Olive provided nearly $1.25 million in financial support and products to dozens of civic and charitable efforts. “Around 98 years ago, a group of business leaders organized…
Read MoreMt. Olive Pickles, 96 Years Old, Honors Hometown Roots
For immediate release: January 3, 2022 MOUNT OLIVE, NC – Mt. Olive Pickle Company hit a milestone on January 2: America’s #1 best-selling pickle company turned 96 years old. For all those years, the company has honored its hometown beginnings. Organized on January 2, 1926, the company today employs 1,000 people who pack and sell…
Read MoreMt. Olive’s Lebanese beginnings chronicled in Our State
The spark of an idea for establishing Mt. Olive Pickle is credited to Lebanese immigrant Shikrey Baddour back in the 1920s. He saw local fields of cucumbers going to waste, and he thought there ought to be something done about that. His initial idea for a source of brinestock for other pickle companies didn’t pan…
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve Pickle Drop marks the end of 2020, virtually
Updated December 30, 2020 MOUNT OLIVE, NC—In true 2020 fashion, a live, in-person New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop will not be held in Mount Olive this year. But pickle fans everywhere will still be able to watch a pickle drop come December 31. Plans are to air a 30-minute webcast that compiles…
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve Pickle Drop Will Have a Different Venue for 2019
The 20th annual New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop will see a significant change this December – but only for one year. Because of a major construction project going on at the Corner of Cucumber & Vine – the location of the company’s Main Plant – the Pickle Drop will be held at the University of…
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve Pickle to drop into 2018
Mark your calendars: Mt. Olive Pickle Company, Inc.’s annual New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop will be held on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at the Corner of Cucumber & Vine in Mount Olive. At the stroke of 7 p.m. midnight – that’s 7 o’clock EST, which also happens to be midnight Greenwich Mean Time. (That way,…
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve Pickle will drop into 2025
25th annual event will be held at University of Mount Olive on December 31 MOUNT OLIVE, NC—The New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop returns for its 25th edition Tuesday, December 31, and for the second year in a row, it has been nominated in the USA Today’s 10Best Readers Choice Awards. The Pickle Drop was voted…
Read MoreONE BIG DILL: Axtyn The Pickle-Loving Baby’s First Birthday
A North Carolina family and their baby, Axtyn, stopped at Firehouse Subs for lunch one day. That was where Axtyn tried his first pickle. *Photos contributed by Photographer Cheyenne Woods His mom, Jessica, gave Axtyn a taste, and suddenly he wanted the entire pickle! “We let him hold it, then he dropped it and screamed…
Read MorePanthers Host Three Make-A-Wish® Alumni and Mt. Olive Pickles at Back Together Saturday
The Carolina Panthers, in partnership with Mt. Olive Pickle Company, recently hosted three legendary Make-A-Wish alumni for Back Together Saturday Training Camp at Bank of America Stadium. Mt. Olive is proud to be a national partner of Make-A-Wish and the official pickle and pickle juice of the Carolina Panthers. Mt. Olive announced a partnership with…
Read MorePickle Drop incorporates canned food drive
One of the traditions of the Mt. Olive New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop is the canned food drive for Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. And this year, in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, the food drive is even more important. See the list of most needed items. “Typically after the holidays local…
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