Mushrooms join the meat tray in RSL 'flexitarian' raffle revolution

The line between innovation and blasphemy varies from person to person, but one RSL is pushing into the future and punting on a major meat-tray revolution.

Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL in Sydney has thrown in with Australian Mushrooms to launch a "flexitarian" version of the iconic plastic-wrapped prize.

Alongside staples like snags and rissoles, winners can look forward to a batch of locally-grown portobello, button, flat and cup mushrooms when they wave their winning ticket.

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Australian Mushrooms said a poll of more than 1000 people showed more than a quarter of Australians (27 per cent) would prefer to win an RSL meat tray than go surfing at Bondi Beach.

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And 43 per cent of respondents said they wanted more variety in their meat trays - with 33 per cent pushing for a "flexitarian" of the classic raffle prize.

Mushroom grower Chris Tolson said the new-look tray was a "win-win" for hungry RSL-goers.

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"Not only do they get a fantastic prize – they also get a prize that's packed full of flavour and the healthy benefits of Australian mushrooms," he said.

Australian Mushrooms is now looking to roll out the new trays nationwide, launching a toolkit to help RSLs create their own version, with local institutions in Queensland and Victoria taking up the call.

And they're raffling off Mushie Meat Trays to local community groups - if there's one you think deserving, tag them under the Mushie Meat Trays launch post on Australian Mushrooms' Instagram page.

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