Mt. Olive Pickle Drop nominated for USA Today’s 10 Best

MOUNT OLIVE — For the fourth year in a row, the New Year’s Eve Pickle Drop has been nominated for recognition as a USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Award. The event, presented by Mt. Olive Pickle Company on the campus of University of Mount Olive, is one of 20 New Year’s Eve Drops nominated by a panel of USA Today editors and subject matter experts. USA Today 10Best voting opened Monday, Nov. 2 and ends Nov. 30. Fans are encouraged to vote daily at http://10best.usatoday.com/qr/66100. “We are so thrilled to be nominated again this year,” said Lynn Williams, Mt. Olive Pickle spokesperson. “We are also fortunate to have made it in the final Top 10 for the first three years, so we really hope we can continue that trend. “It’s amazing that our event has captured such national attention. When we first started nearly 30 years ago, we joked that Time Square had nothing on us. We are still a long way from Time Square.

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