Feast Magazine

What Feast Magazine does

Feast Magazine is a regional food and lifestyle publication headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, focused on the St. Louis metropolitan area and adjacent markets in Missouri, eastern Kansas, and southern Illinois. The publication operates a print magazine distributed via newsstands and free pickup locations alongside a digital portfolio that includes a website, E-edition, and a dedicated mobile application, with social channels maintained on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. Editorial coverage centers on local restaurants, chefs, food culture, and related lifestyle content, with named sponsored-editorial franchises including "Feast on St. Louis," "In Good Taste" (produced in partnership with Siteman Cancer Center), and "Eat Good to Feel Great."

The underlying technology stack is built on the BLOX content management system supplied by Bloxdigital, a publishing platform shared across the parent company's portfolio rather than a Feast-specific proprietary system. Distribution is multi-modal: physical print runs, a website for longer-form editorial and searchable archives, an E-edition for digital replica reading, and a mobile app to capture on-device usage; the social channels extend reach and provide secondary discovery surfaces. Identified editorial leadership includes a senior editor (Emily Standlee), with the wider team sized at 11–50 employees.

Feast Magazine is a title within Lee Enterprises (NASDAQ: LEE), a publicly traded media company founded in 1890. Revenue mechanics derive from three streams: consumer subscriptions (print and digital), display and programmatic advertising on the website and in print, and branded/sponsored editorial content sold to regional and healthcare partners. As a sub-scale property within a larger corporate parent, Feast Magazine is not reported as a discrete operating segment, and its financial contribution is immaterial to Lee Enterprises' consolidated results.

Name

Feast Magazine

Legal name

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated

Website

https://feastmagazine.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Feast Magazine is a St. Louis-based regional food and lifestyle publication operating print, website, E-edition, and mobile app channels, serving readers in the St. Louis metro and broader Missouri/southern Illinois/eastern Kansas market with local restaurant coverage and sponsored editorial franchises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Food & Lifestyle Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines (MPAJAEAF)

Keywords

• Regional food magazine
• Print digital publishing
• Restaurant editorial coverage
• Recipe content publishing
• Local food culture journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: Monthly magazine subscription with Digital+Print options providing ad-free unlimited digital access across devices including mobile app
2. Advertising: Display advertising across print and digital platforms including banner, pop-up, and search-related advertisements
3. Sponsored Content: Branded content sections including In Good Taste, Feast on St. Louis, Eat Good to Feel Great sponsored by partners

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Feast Magazine is a regional food and lifestyle publication covering St. Louis and Midwest food culture. It produces a monthly print magazine alongside a digital edition, restaurant reviews, bar guides, recipes, maker profiles, and travel dining coverage distributed via subscriptions and supported by display and sponsored content advertising. The publication is owned by Lee Enterprises and operates under the Feast Magazine brand.

Product overview

Feast Magazine is a Lee Enterprises publication focused on St. Louis-area food culture, offering a monthly print magazine along with digital content including an E-Edition, newsletters, and sponsored content series like In Good Taste (health-focused content with Siteman Cancer Center) and Feast on St. Louis. The publication operates a digital subscription model with a standard tier providing unlimited digital access and a premium News+ tier offering an ad-free experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital + Print Magazine Subscription
• Digital-Only Subscription
• News+ Premium Subscription Upgrade
• Digital Edition (E-Edition)
• Email Newsletter
• Display Advertising (Print and Digital)
• Sponsored Content Series

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Siteman Cancer CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsored content partnership through the 'In Good Taste' series featuring health and nutrition content from Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine. Articles include expert quotes from medical professionals on topics like melon health benefits, amaranth nutrition, small fish benefits, and mocktail health advantages.
• Lee EnterprisescoreOthersFeast Magazine is owned by Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, a major newspaper and digital publishing company. The publication operates as part of the Lee Enterprises portfolio of regional media properties.
• BLOX CMS / BloxdigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationThe website and content management system is powered by BLOX Content Management System from Bloxdigital, used for publishing, digital content management, and site operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Eater: Eater is a digital-native food/dining publication with local city editions (including Eater St. Louis) covering restaurants, bars, and food culture—an emerging player in the same category but distributed as free, ad-supported digital media rather than print plus subscription.
• Plate Magazine: Plate Magazine is a regional food magazine covering chefs, restaurants, and culinary culture—an emerging player with overlapping editorial focus on dining coverage, makers, and food industry news.

Broad incumbents

• Saveur: Saveur is a national food and culinary travel magazine covering recipes, chefs, and food culture—a broad incumbent whose content categories (recipes, makers, travel dining) overlap directly with Feast's editorial pillars.
• Midwest Living: Midwest Living is a regional lifestyle magazine (part of Dotdash Meredith) covering travel, food, and culture across Midwest states—an incumbent that overlaps with Feast's Midwest regional travel-dining coverage at broader geographic scale.
• Taste of Home: Taste of Home is a national cooking and recipe publication covering home-cook audiences across categories (appetizers, mains, desserts)—an incumbent in the same broader food magazine space with overlapping recipe taxonomy but national scale.
• Food & Wine: Food & Wine is a national monthly food, wine, and travel magazine covering restaurants, recipes, and culinary culture—an established incumbent in the same Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines taxonomy with overlapping content categories.
• Bon Appétit: Bon Appétit is a national food/cooking magazine from Condé Nast covering restaurants, recipes, and food culture at scale—a broader incumbent in the same Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazine category, with overlapping editorial pillars (reviews, recipes, travel) but national reach.

Direct peers

• St. Louis Magazine: St. Louis Magazine is a regional city lifestyle magazine covering dining, local culture, and entertainment in the same metro as Feast—directly competing for local restaurant advertising, reader attention, and subscription dollars in St. Louis.
• Edible St. Louis: Edible St. Louis is part of the Edible Magazines network covering local food, restaurants, makers, and food culture in the St. Louis metro—a direct regional peer competing for the same local-food enthusiast reader and restaurant advertiser.
• Sauce Magazine: Sauce Magazine is a regional food magazine covering the St. Louis dining scene—directly competing with Feast Magazine in the same metro, same food-lifestyle categories (restaurants, bars, recipes), and similar print-plus-digital subscription model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/feastmag
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/FeastMagazine
• Facebookfacebook.com/feastmag
• Instagraminstagram.com/feastmag
• Pinterestpinterest.com/feastmag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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