CHARLESTON, South Carolina --- September 23, 2014 --- In order to promote Southern culinary culture, The Local Palate magazine and GE Appliances are launching a consumer outreach program named the "Southern Fridge Sweepstakes." The aim of this sweepstakes is to educate and engage consumers as to the diverse and delicious food culture of various selected Southern States. The promotion entails a national sweepstakes where the winner will receive a GE Café™ French door refrigerator entirely stocked with culinary products.
The sweepstakes itself will include a series of multiple-choice questions about culinary-related products, places, and/or events from the selected states. Upon answering these questions in their entirety, which will take just a few moments, the user earns the right to enter to win this stocked refrigerator.
"GE is thrilled to be a part of the Southern Fridge Sweepstakes," said Dan Goldstein, Refrigeration Marketing Manager for GE Appliances. "Our three GE plants in Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee are focused every day on making the best refrigerators in the U.S.A. to keep your local produce and gourmet specialty foods fresher longer."
The Sweepstakes runs four times over a 12-month period and each iteration focuses on a selected Southern state. The Tourism Departments from Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana and Alabama are participating.
The first sweepstakes included products from the State of Tennessee and launched on July 15. The second sweepstakes will include product from the State of Kentucky and is backed by the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism. This sweepstakes goes live on www.thelocalpalate.com on October 1, 2014, and will run through November 30, 2014.
The winner receives a GE Café French door refrigerator made in Louisville, KY, and a variety of products local to the specific state. The estimated value of each prize is around $5,000.
The Local Palate
The Local Palate is a nationally distributed publication with a focus on the food culture of the South. In The Local Palate, evolving trends are complemented by tradition. The Local Palate celebrates people, reveals processes, and shares a love for food and the culinary experience.
GE Appliances
GE Appliances is at the forefront of building innovative, energy-efficient appliances that improve people's lives. GE Appliances' products include refrigerators, freezers, cooking products, dishwashers, washers, dryers, air conditioners, water filtration systems and water heaters. General Electric (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter to build a world that works better. For more information on GE Appliances, visit www.ge.com/appliances.
Kim Freeman
GE Consumer & Industrial - Americas
kim_freeman@ge.com
502-452-7819