IGA ANNOUNCES 80TH ANNIVERSARY $80 SHOPPING SPREE

CHICAGO, IL - IGA today announced it will host the IGA 80 th Anniversary Shopping Spree Sweepstakes as a part of its national 80 th Anniversary Marketing Program celebration. The IGA 80 th Anniversary Shopping Spree Sweepstakes will take place in participating IGA Supermarkets Feb. 26 - March 12, 2006. During the two-week timeframe, IGA Supermarkets across America will offer valuable savings on brand-name consumer sponsor products, as well as the opportunity to enter to win an $80 shopping spree. Consumers may register via general sweepstakes entry as many times as they wish during the promotional period. Each participating IGA Supermarket will award one $80 Shopping Spree via a random sweepstakes drawing.

A host of famous brand name manufacturers are sponsoring the IGA 80 th Anniversary marketing program, including Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Hydration Unit, ConAgra Foods, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Kraft Foods, Nabisco, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Nestlé USA, J.M. Smucker Company and WM. Wrigley Jr. Company.

IGA Retailers will have an opportunity to win a share of an $8,000 cash prize just for participating in the event. Winners will be selected via random drawing of all retailers who submit proof of participation.

The breakdown of the cash prize is as follows:
$4,000 – 1 store
$2,000 – 1 store
$500.00 – 4 stores

“The IGA $80 Shopping Spree, the first official event in our 80 th Anniversary marketing plan, allows for a winner in every participating IGA store. By doing so, this event creates a consumer awareness of this monumental occasion, and kicks off a system-wide celebration,” said Doug Fritsch, IGA Vice President, U.S. Chief Growth Officer. “We are extremely excited to officially begin the 80 th Anniversary Celebration. Everyone involved is motivated to work as a team to make the 80 th Anniversary a huge success for our customers, retailers, sponsors and licensed distribution centers.”

IGA, the only global supermarketer based in the United States, is the world’s largest voluntary supermarket network with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year. The Alliance includes more than 4,000 Hometown Proud Supermarkets worldwide, supported by 36 distribution companies and more the 55 major manufacturers, vendors and suppliers encompassing everything from grocery to equipment items. IGA ranks in the top 10 in world food supermarketing. IGA has operations in 48 of the United States and more than 40 countries, commonwealths and territories on all six inhabited continents.