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At least somebody is trying to spread a little good news while we await the return of sports. Duke’s Mayonnaise will be the new title sponsor of the college football bowl game in Charlotte, North Carolina, known as the Belk Bowl since 2011. The game will match an ACC team...

Duke’s Mayonnaise, owned by Richmond’s C.F. Sauer Co., will be the title sponsor of a regular-season college football game in September and a bowl game hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company announced Thursday with the Charlotte Sports Foundation. Financial terms of the four-year contract were not disclosed. Continue reading...

It’s been called “the Mother sauce of the South,” “the duct tape of Southern cooking,” and “the quintessential Southern condiment.” But for Ashley Strickland Freeman, a Charleston, South Carolina–based recipe developer, Duke’s mayonnaise is all that and more—it’s also her secret ingredient and obsession. Over the past three years, Freeman,...

If you’re a mayonnaise lover and you’re from South Carolina, then chances are good that you’re also brand loyal to Duke’s. But on the outside chance you aren’t already a fan of the nation’s number three brand of mayonnaise, then here’s a little background that may nudge you in that...

The health and well-being of our employees and the quality of our products have been top priorities for Duke’s Mayonnaise for nearly 100 years. We want to reassure you that we are taking extra steps to keep our employees safe in response to the COVID-19 public health threat even as...

What would a potato salad be without a creamy binder? What about a BLT? Deviled eggs? French fries? The list goes on. Suffice it to say, a large portion of your everyday recipes just wouldn't be the same without mayonnaise. And one particular mayonnaise reigns supreme, especially in the South. If you've...

I guess I've always loved Duke’s mayonnaise. I used to eat it out of the jar with a spoon when I was a small child, or so I’m told. As an adult, of course, I know that mayonnaise is highly caloric and should be consumed only occasionally or sparingly. (Wink,...

RICHMOND, Va. (August 7, 2019)—Here’s a dessert recipe that takes the cake. Created by Dolester Miles, named Outstanding Pastry Chef by the James Beard Foundation in 2018, this chocolate cake has a secret ingredient. Mayonnaise. “Instead of butter, I use Duke’s Mayonnaise,” says the renowned Birmingham, Alabama pastry chef, who...

Founder Eugenia Duke originally started selling sandwiches, complete with her homemade mayonnaise, at Camp Sevier, a National Guard Training Camp in the late 1910s. While the sandwiches themselves were a huge success, it was the mayonnaise recipe that proved most popular; in 1923 she began selling the spread as its own...

Elizabeth entering my life changed everything. My future wife expanded my empathy, honed my communication skills and showed me what a life full of compassion, grace and beauty looked like. She also introduced me to Duke’s Mayonnaise. Marrying a strong Southern woman delivers a multitude of blessings. Continue reading on...

“This pie combines two of my absolute favorite summer vegetables—tomatoes and fresh corn,” says Amanda Wilbanks, founder of Georgia’s Southern Baked Pie Company and author of Southern Baked: Celebrating Life With Pie. “It’s cheesy, but full of garden veggies and bright flavors.” The trick to making delicious pie dough, she adds, is using cold...

From local chefs, foodies, town officials -- everyone seems to have a mayonnaise opinion. July Fourth celebrations just call for mayonnaise -- tomato sandwiches, potato salad, slaw, hamburgers. But which mayonnaise? For some, Duke’s is the condiment of choice for chicken salads and pimento cheese, while for others Hellmann’s is...