IGA AND GRAND OLE OPRY ANNOUNCE SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS

Lucky IGA shoppers win trips to the “Opry Homecoming Month Family Reunion”

CHICAGO, IL - IGA and Grand Ole Opry today announced the winners of the “Opry Homecoming Month Family Reunion Sweepstakes”. In celebration of the Opry’s 78th anniversary, IGA and the Opry gave away four trips for families of four to the “Opry Homecoming Month Family Reunion”, to be held October 10 and 11 in Nashville, Tenn.

The winners are:

Hickman’s IGA shopper Lola Whitworth of Mexico, Mo. — Morgantown IGA shopper Stephan Spurlock of Morgantown, Ind. — Foodbasket IGA Plus shopper Melinda O’Rourke of Powell, Wyo. — Rosebud IGA shopper Polly Sterrett of Colstrip, Mont.

Wining families will receive:

• Round-trip airfare to Nashville on Southwest Airlines, the OfficialAirline of the Grand Ole Opry.
• Two nights accommodations at the incredible Gaylord Opryland Resort.
• Tickets to a star-packed birthday weekend performance of the Grand OleOpry, including appearances by CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride and Grammy winner Ralph Stanley.
• The opportunity to pose for pictures on the famed Opry stage and tour backstage after the performances.
• Dinner and dancing at the Wildhorse Saloon, the Academy of Country Music’s “Nightclub of the Year”.

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.