Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine

What Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine does

Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine is an independently operated regional food and beverage publication serving Northern Nevada and the Lake Tahoe area, established in 2010 as part of the Edible Communities franchise network of local food magazines. It publishes a flagship magazine six times per year (four quarterly seasonal issues plus special Cooks and Drinks editions) and operates a suite of themed vertical guides — Eat + Drink Local, Farm Guide, Health & Wellness Guide, Home Guide, and a Wedding & Celebrations Directory — alongside an evergreen recipe database categorized into ten culinary sections and a regional events calendar.

The publication's core technology is a standard CMS-driven website (ediblerenotahoe.com) hosting the digital magazine archive, recipes, guides, and an events calendar, supplemented by active Facebook and Instagram profiles for community engagement. It is distributed via local newsstands and digital subscription access. Revenue is generated primarily through two streams: recurring magazine subscriptions (print and digital) to regional readers, and advertising sales to local SMBs — restaurants, farms, food producers, wineries/breweries, caterers, venues, florists, and wellness/health providers — across both the core magazine and the themed guides.

The business is run by Publisher and Editor Amanda Burden, who also oversees Edible Sacramento, indicating some cross-region operational leverage within the franchise model. The company has roughly 10 employees, operates from a Reno headquarters, and has maintained continuous publication for over a decade, suggesting an established but small-scale regional lifestyle media operation with no disclosed external investment, M&A activity, or public ownership.

Name

Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine

Legal name

Edible Reno-Tahoe

Website

https://ediblerenotahoe.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine is a regional food and beverage publication serving Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe, publishing a quarterly print/digital magazine, themed lifestyle guides, recipes, and an events calendar, with revenue from reader subscriptions and advertising by local restaurants, farms, and event vendors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Food & Beverage Publication

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines (MPAJAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Travel & Outdoors Magazines (MPAJAEAH)

Keywords

• Regional food magazine
• Local culinary publication
• Restaurant editorial content
• Seasonal food guides
• Advertiser directory issues

Headquarters

HQ city

Reno

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions: Print and/or digital subscriptions sold to readers who want regular access to the regional food and beverage publication
2. Advertising: Local businesses including restaurants, farms, food producers, and service providers advertise in the magazine issues and themed guides such as Eat + Drink Local, Farm Guide, Health & Wellness Guide, Home Guide, and Wedding Guide

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine publishes a regional food and beverage magazine covering the Reno-Tahoe area's culinary scene, restaurants, recipes, farms, and food producers. The magazine is published six times per year with seasonal issues and special themed editions, complemented by themed guides and digital content via its website.

Product overview

Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine is a single, unified food and lifestyle publication offering regional content through its flagship magazine (published six times yearly with seasonal and special editions), supported by a suite of topical guides (Eat + Drink Local, Farm, Health & Wellness, Home, Wedding), a recipe collection, and an events calendar. The publication serves as the primary product, while the guides and recipe database function as thematic sub-brands and content modules that extend the magazine's reach and utility for readers seeking specific local resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine Bimonthly print magazine covering restaurants, recipes, farms, chefs, and food culture in the Reno-Tahoe region. Available by subscription and on newsstands.
• Eat + Drink Local Guide Themed directory-style guide focused on local dining and beverage establishments in the Reno-Tahoe area.
• Health & Wellness Guide Themed guide edition covering health-conscious and wellness-focused food, restaurants, and lifestyle content in the region.
• Home Guide Themed guide edition focused on home cooking, kitchen products, and at-home food experiences.
• Farm Guide Themed guide edition profiling regional farms, growers, and agricultural producers in the Reno-Tahoe area.
• Wedding & Celebrations Guide Themed guide edition covering catering, venues, and food-related services for weddings and celebrations in the region.
• Cooks Edition Special cookbook-style magazine edition featuring recipes and profiles of regional cooks and chefs.
• Drinks Edition Special magazine edition covering cocktails, wine, beer, and other beverages from regional producers and establishments.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Food & Wine Magazine: National food, beverage, and travel publication; comparable as a food and beverage magazine covering regional travel destinations like Reno-Tahoe, but operating at national scale with a different business model emphasis.
• Eater: National digital food media brand covering restaurants and local food scenes including a Vegas/Tahoe-adjacent footprint; comparable in audience overlap for food enthusiasts but operates as a broad national digital incumbent rather than a regional print title.
• Bon Appétit: Major national food and cooking magazine; comparable as a food-cooking-beverage periodical with similar thematic guide extensions, but functions as a broad, national incumbent versus a regional print publication.
• Sunset Magazine: Iconic Western US lifestyle/food/travel publication covering travel destinations including Nevada and Lake Tahoe; comparable because it competes for the same Western food-and-travel advertising pool and reader interest, albeit at much larger scale.
• Saveur Magazine: Food, travel, and cooking title focused on authentic regional culinary traditions; comparable as a food-cooking-beverage magazine but at broad national scale rather than regional.

Direct peers

• Edible Communities: Parent network/franchisor of Edible Reno-Tahoe, coordinating 80+ regional Edible magazines across North America; comparable as the governing brand, content-sharing platform, and operating standard for the subject company.
• Edible Boston: Another independently licensed Edible Communities franchise regional food magazine; highly comparable as a same-franchise peer with identical publication cadence, advertiser mix, and revenue model applied to a different geography.
• Edible San Diego: Another Edible Communities franchise regional food magazine; highly comparable to Edible Reno-Tahoe as a same-format, same-franchise peer serving a different regional food market.
• Edible Sacramento: Sister publication within the Edible Communities franchise covering the greater Sacramento region; run by the same publisher as Edible Reno-Tahoe and the closest direct comparable in format, revenue model, and audience.

Regional players

• Reno Magazine: Long-running regional lifestyle magazine covering Reno and Northern Nevada; competes for the same regional advertiser dollars and reader attention, but with broader lifestyle rather than food-focused editorial.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ediblerenotahoe
• Instagraminstagram.com/ediblerenotahoe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edible-reno-tahoe-magazine

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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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