SpartanNash®

“Upgrade Your Sports Drink ””

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.  A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE OR IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Participants must have a Family Fare, D&W, VG’s, Family FreshMarket  “yes Card” to participate.

1. ELIGIBILITY.  The “Upgrade Your Sports Drink ” Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is only open to entrants who, as of the entry date, are permanent legal residents of  Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Montana who are at least eighteen (18) years old (19 for Nebraska).  The Sweepstakes is void outside the eligible Sweepstakes territory; and where prohibited or restricted by law.  Employees, officers and directors of SpartanNash Company (“Sponsor”) and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families (defined as parents, spouses, children, siblings, grandparents, and their respective spouses) or members of the same household (whether related or not) are not eligible to win.  The Sweepstakes, and any website pages and advertisements relating thereto, is intended for viewing only within the eligible sweepstakes territory, and entrants must be present in the eligible Sweepstakes territory at the time they enter.

2.                   TIMING.  The Sweepstakes entry period begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Daylight Savings Time (“CDST”) on  March 13, 2016 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CDST on  May 17, 2016 (the “Entry Period”).  Sponsor’s (or its designee’s) computer is the official timekeeping device for the Sweepstakes.

3.       HOW TO ENTER.  During the Entry Period, entrants must:

          a.       Enter the Sweepstakes in one of two ways, either by using your yes Card at a checkout register at a  participating Michigan Family Fare’s, D&W’s and VG’s, Wisconsin Family Fresh Market’s, Minnesota Family Fare’s and Family Fresh Market’s, North Dakota Family Fare’s, Nebraska Family Fare’s and Family Fresh Market, South Dakota Family Fresh Market and Participating grocery stores are:

          b.      To enter via one of both of the following methods, you must:

                   i.       Enter by yes Card: When you visit a participating Family Fare, D&W, VG’s, Family Fresh Market  grocery store, present your yes Card at the checkout station and scan it before your first item is scanned.  If you fail to scan your yes Card before your first item is scanned, you will have to void the transaction and start from the beginning; or   

                   ii.      Enter by Mail: To enter the Sweepstakes without using your  yes Card at check out and receive one Sweepstakes entry, hand print your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, & age on a plain 3"x 5" piece of paper & mail it in a sealed envelope to: “Say  “Upgrade Your Sports Drink” Winners List Request,” c/o SpartanNash, 850 76th St SW PO Box 8700, Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8700. Enter as often as you wish by mail, but each entry must be mailed separately to be received by May 13, 2016. No photocopied, computer generated facsimiles, mechanically reproduced, or mass entries permitted.   

                   Limit one (1) Submission per person per visit to a participating store during the Entry Period. You may have multiple visits to a participating store in a day.   You may submit as many mail in entries as you wish.   Each participant must use his or her own yes Card and be owner of that yes Card account. Only fully completed entries are eligible. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.

To get a yes Card, visit a participating Family Fare, D&W, VG’s, Family Fresh Market  store and fill out a yes Card account application, or visit shopfamilyfare.com to apply on-line. Once an account is created your yes Card is active and ready to use, simply scan your card or enter your registered phone number at checkout.  A yes Card or a registered phone number are required to utilize your yes account. Yes Cards are free and there is no cost to apply for one.

6.       AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES AND DECISIONS. By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to be bound by and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor (including, without limitation, decisions regarding eligibility of entries, the selection of entrants and the winner, and the awarding of the prizes), which are final and binding in all respects.

7.       PRIZES.  Subject to the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, one (1) grand prize winner will be awarded in this Sweepstakes.  Grand Prize:  One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a signed  James Harden jersey. The grand prize  will be delivered via mail.  All Prizes:  Prizes are nontransferable, nonassignable, nonnegotiable, and not redeemable for cash or credit.  Prizes must be accepted as awarded.  No prize substitutions, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right (but has no obligation) to substitute a prize (or a component thereof) with another prize of equal or greater value (including cash) if the prize (or a component thereof) is not available for any reason as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  Unused components of the prize shall be forfeited and have no redeemable cash value.  Winner is solely and fully responsible for any and all costs, fees, taxes, assessments and expenses associated with prize award, redemption, receipt and use, including, without limitation, all federal, state and local taxes on the prize.  Winner will be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the actual retail value of the prize.  Winner waives the right to assert as a cost of winning a prize any and all cost of verification and redemption or travel to redeem the prize.  Non-compliance with any of the foregoing and any other condition of this Sweepstakes may result in disqualification and forfeiture of prize, in which case, no consideration will be awarded.

8.       DRAWING; ODDS; NOTIFICATION.    Grand prizes: On or Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) one (1) grand prize winner will be selected. The grand prize winner will be selected from either Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota stores.  Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received by Sponsor in the Sweepstakes.  The selected entrant must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.  The potential winners will be contacted by telephone. Sponsor will have complete discretion over interpretation of the Official Rules, of administration of the Sweepstakes, and of selection of the winners.  Decisions of the Sponsor as to the selection of the winners will be final.  Potential winners will be required to respond to the Sponsor’s direct message with their full name and a valid e-mail address in the timeframe indicated in the prize notification (likely within forty-eight (48) hours.  Potential winners may be required to execute and return to Sponsor a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and, except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release (an “Affidavit/Release”) in the form(s) provided by Sponsor in order to claim his/her prize.  The Affidavit/Release must be returned to Sponsor by the date and/or time indicated within the Affidavit/Release.  If the potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days  of the first attempt to contact him/her, or if the potential winner fails to return the Affidavit/Release within the specified time, or such potential winner fails to call the verification number and provide the requested verification/fulfillment information within seven (7) days of the win notification call or text message, or if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or if the potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if the potential winner does not comply with the Official Rules, then the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner selected by Sponsor in his/her place at random from among all eligible non-winning entries received by Sponsor for the Sweepstakes.  In such event, an alternate potential prize winner will be notified as described above and will be required to return the required documents to Sponsor as described above; provided, however, Sponsor may alter the above timing to meet its Sweepstakes schedule.

9.       PUBLICITY.  Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each winner’s consent to Sponsor’s (and its designees’, successors’ and assigns’) use of winner’s name, biography, likeness, voice, photographs, video, opinions, statements, hometown, state and country for promotional purposes in any manner or media (including, without limitation, online), worldwide, in perpetuity, and without further payment, consideration, notice, review or consent.

10.     GENERAL CONDITIONS.  Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes if, in Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or if viruses, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical difficulties or failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes.  In such event, Sponsor reserves the right (but does not have the obligation)  in its sole discretion to award the prize at random from among eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of suspected impairment.  Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.  Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.  Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision of these Official Rules.

11.     RELEASE.  By entering, each entrant forever and irrevocably releases and holds harmless Sponsor and its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents, advertising and promotion agencies, affiliates, Sweepstakes partners and prize suppliers, and all of their respective employees, officers, directors, shareholders and agents  (together, the “Sweepstakes Entities”) from and against all claims, damages or liabilities arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from entrant’s participation and/or entry in the Sweepstakes and/or entrant’s award, receipt or use of any prize awarded in the Sweepstakes.

12.     LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.  Sponsor is not responsible for: (a) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late, lost, stolen, unintelligible, illegible, damaged, mutilated, altered, incomplete, postage due or misdirected entries or entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, wireless, mobile, texting or computer online systems, networks or lines, telephone, wireless, mobile, texting or computer equipment, website, server provider, network, hardware or software; (c) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any website or service, including, without limitation, telephone, wireless, mobile, texting or computerized service; (d) unauthorized intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (e) printing, typographical, electronic or human errors which may occur in the offer or administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (f) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer or wireless device, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes, or from viewing, playing or downloading any material from Sponsor’s website(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to Sponsor’s websites by a hypertext link.

13.     DISPUTES.  Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and solely and exclusively in federal or state courts located in Grand Rapids, Michigan; entrant submits to sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction to said courts in the State of Michigan for any such dispute and irrevocably waives any and all rights to object to such jurisdiction; (b) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (c) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant or Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules of provisions (whether of the State of Michigan, the United States, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

14.     DATA COLLECTION.  Sponsor and its designees collect, use, and disclose any personal information you provide to them through this Sweepstakes as set forth in Sponsor’s privacy policy located at https://www.spartannash.com/privacy.   Without limiting the foregoing in anyway, Sponsor may use your personal information to (a) administer this Sweepstakes and (b) for market research and for other marketing purposes.  Sponsor and its designees may share this information with third parties who need access to this information to perform services on Sponsor’s behalf.  Sponsor may also share this information with select marketing partners, who may use it to contact you with information and offers they believe will be of interest to you.

15.     OFFICIAL RULES.  These Official Rules are available at Sponsor’s website located at www.spartannash.com at the Sweepstakes section of the website, or by sending a self-addressed postage-stamped envelope to “” “Upgrade Your Sports Drink” Sweepstakes  – Rules Request,” c/o SpartanNash, 850 76th St SW PO Box 8700, Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8700.

16.     WINNERS’ LIST.  To request a list of the Sweepstakes winners, send a self-addressed postage-stamped envelope to  “Upgrade Your Sports Drink”  Sweepstakes  - Winners List Request,” c/o SpartanNash, 850 76th St SW PO Box 8700, Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8700.  Requests must be received by September 15, 2015.

17.     SPONSOR.  The sponsor of the Sweepstakes and the address at which the Sponsor may be contacted is SpartanNash, 850 76th St SW PO Box 8700, Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8700 and 7600 France Avenue South, Edina, MN  55435.  Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Sweepstakes at any time and substitute another promotion in its place. 

 ©2016 SpartanNash. All rights reserved.  Sweepstakes participants are hereby authorized to copy these Official Rules on the condition that it will be for the participant’s personal use and not for any commercial purpose whatsoever.  Yes Card is the registered trademark of SpartanNash Company.