SAVE A LOT® 2023-2024 HOMETOWN HEROES CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, NOR WILL MAKING A PURCHASE INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. AN INTERNET CONNECTION IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY

1. Dates: This Contest is valid from 9/11/2023, 12:00 AM ET, through 9/10/2024, 11:59 AM ET (“Contest Period”). Sponsor’s computer will be the official time-keeping device for the Contest.

2. How To Enter: There is one (1) way to enter:
1. Nomination – A Nominee must be nominated by a person other than the Nominee (“Nominator”). Nominators may submit a nomination by visiting https://savealot.com/hometownheroes, completing the nomination webform, and submitting a written statement (“Materials”) describing the Nominee. Nominations for each Nomination Period may be submitted during the dates described in table below.

b. Accept Nomination – A Nominee must accept his or her Nomination(s) to enter. Sponsor will contact Nominees by email on or about the end of each Nomination Period and confirm that (1) Nominee accepts his or her Nomination, and (2) Nomination meets the minimum requirements, to be determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a Nominee does not respond, does not accept Nomination, or does not meet the Nomination Criteria (defined herein), Nominee will be excluded from and ineligible to win the Contest. A Nomination that has not been confirmed is an invalid entry. One (1) confirmed Nomination will be considered one (1) entry into the Contest.

Sponsor is not responsible for, and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected, unsuccessful, or illegible Nominations for any reason. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to reject any entry for failure to comply with these Official Rules.

3. Eligibility: This Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C. (void where prohibited) who are 18 years of age (or age of majority in his or her state) and older and have a valid U.S. address at the time of entry. Any entrants found to be under the age of majority in their state of residence shall be disqualified. Employees, directors, officers and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and each of their spouses regardless where they live) or members of households of Moran Foods, LLC, d.b.a. Save-A-Lot and each of its respective parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries agencies and licensees and anyone connected with the production and distribution of this Contest (collectively the “Contest Entities”), are not eligible to enter or be awarded a prize.

4. Sponsor: Moran Foods, LLC, d/b/a. Save-A-Lot (“Sponsor”), 400 Northwest Plaza Drive, Saint Ann, MO 63074

5. Winner Selection: Winners for each Nomination Period (as defined herein) will be chosen through a combination of Sponsor’s judging based on the Nomination Criteria and public voting. In the initial round of each Contest Period, Sponsor will review each accepted and confirmed Nomination and select a number of Nominees from among all eligible entries received based on the Nomination’s adherence to certain judging criteria, which include commitment to community service, inspirational power, overall impact, and any other qualities or traits that Sponsor deems in its sole discretion to exemplify what it means to be a “Hometown Hero” (collectively, the “Nomination Criteria”). Each Nominee selected during the initial round of judging will become a “Finalist,” and the number of Finalists selected during each Contest Period will be determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Decisions of Sponsor are final, and Sponsor reserves the right to reject Nominations or terminate the Contest and select no Finalists if, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, Nominations submitted do not follow these Official Rules or are not suitable for the intended purpose.

In the second round of each Nomination Period, Sponsor will open voting on the selected Finalists to the public. The general public may cast a vote on Save A Lot’s Facebook page (@savealot) for the Finalist of their choice. Up to five (5) Finalists with the most votes at the end of the Voting Period will be the Winner(s). Votes are limited to one (1) vote per user per day during the Voting Period. In the event of a tie, Sponsor will choose a Winner(s) at its sole discretion. Decisions of Sponsor are final.

Sponsor will select Finalists, open voting to the public, and determine the Winner(s) on or about the dates in the schedule below. Voting will be open from 12:00 AM ET on the date the Voting Period opens through 11:59 PM ET on the date the Voting Period ends.

6. Prizes: During the Contest Period, up to five (5) Winners each Nomination Period will each receive a $500 Save A Lot® gift card (the “Prize”). Gift cards, alcohol, tobacco products and lottery tickets (“Excluded Items”) cannot be purchased with the Prize. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of all Prizes awarded up to $10,000.00. Limit one (1) Prize per Winner.

All charges, fees and costs not specifically included in the Prize description above, including but not limited to taxes, gratuities, and or other related fees, are the sole responsibility of each respective Winner, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is used. The reporting and payment of all tax liability incurred by any Winner as a result of the Contest, including but not limited to federal, state, and local income taxes, is the sole responsibility of each Winner. Each Winner is further responsible to maintain records and establish that any amounts received can be excluded from income. The Winner may be required to complete certain tax documents for the value of the Prize and return them to Sponsor.

Winners will be notified via the e-mail address included in the Nomination on or about the dates in the “Winner Selected” column of the table above and will have approximately seventy-two (72) hours to claim their Prize. In the event that the Winners cannot be reached by e-mail, do not claim their Prize within said seventy-two (72) hour period, the Prize is returned as undeliverable, or are otherwise disqualified subject to these Official Rules, the Prize may be forfeited, and, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, an alternate Winner may be selected, time permitting. Sponsor is not responsible for, and shall not be liable for, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify the potential Winner, for any change of the potential Winner’s contact information, or for any issues with the potential Winner’s e-mail account. Upon Prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given. Winning the Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules.

EACH POTENTIAL WINNER IS ALSO SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION, INCLUDING VERIFICATION OF AGE, RESIDENCY, BY SPONSOR WHOSE DECISION IS FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THIS CONTEST. A PARTICIPANT IS NOT A WINNER OF THE PRIZE, EVEN IF THE CONTEST SO INDICATES, UNLESS AND UNTIL THE PARTICIPANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED. SPONSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS. SPONSOR HAS THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO DISQUALIFY ANY WINNER AND/OR REMOVE FROM ALL SPONSOR MATERIALS ANY INDICIA OF A WINNER WHO COMMITTED AN ACT OR HAS DONE ANYTHING WHICH MIGHT BE REASONABLY CONSIDERED (A) TO BE IMMORAL, SCANDALOUS, OR OBSCENE; OR (B) TO TARNISH, DAMAGE, OR OTHERWISE NEGATIVELY AFFECT OR IMPACT THE REPUTATION OR GOODWILL ASSOCIATED WITH SPONSOR OR ITS BRANDS.

Prizes are awarded AS IS and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Prizes consist solely of those items specifically listed, may not be transferred or redeemed for cash and are subject to all terms and conditions of use as established by issuer. No substitutions are allowed except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Upon presentation or delivery to Winners, the Prizes become the sole property and responsibility of the recipients and will not be replaced by the Sponsor if lost or stolen. The Winners may waive their right to receive the Prize. All Prizes will be awarded without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, or national origin.

Non-winning entrants will not be notified.

7. Nomination Rules: A Nominee may be nominated multiple times and/or for multiple Nomination Periods. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by Nominator and/or Nominee’s online service will apply. Any sort of automated Nomination sent via bot is strictly prohibited. Any Nominee or Nominator suspected or found to be submitting automated Nominations of any kind will be disqualified. Any Materials submitted become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and cannot be returned.

8. Release / Grant of Rights: By submitting Materials, upon acceptance of the Nomination, and if applicable, the Prize, by Nominee, Nominator and Nominee acknowledge and agree that:
• Sponsor is granted a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive, sublicensable, assignable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use the Materials, together with all consents or waivers necessary to use (or refrain from using), reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transmit, communicate to the public, modify and make derivative works of the Materials, by any means and in all media formats and channels now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity, and to advertise and promote such use, in Sponsor’s sole discretion and without further notice to, or permission from, Nominator, Nominee, or any other person unless prohibited by law, and without compensation or reference to Nominator, Nominee or any other person;
• Nominator has obtained the consent of every identifiable individual featured in the Materials (or, in the case of minors, consent of the minor’s parent or guardian) for Sponsor to use that person’s name, voice, and/or likeness (as applicable) in connection with the Contest and pursuant to these Official Rules;
• It is a prerequisite for Nominator and Nominee to agree that the Materials may be used in Sponsor’s marketing and/or promotional materials;
• Nominator and Nominee shall not claim, argue, or assert any moral rights related to the Materials and/or the Nomination against any Sponsor actions and/or its sublicensee’s actions or behavior based on this section;
• Neither Nominator nor Nominee will have right of approval, claim to any compensation, and/or claim arising out of the use, alteration, distortion, or illusionary effect or use in any composite form of the Materials or Nomination;
• The submission of the Nomination is gratuitous, made without restriction, and will not place the Sponsor under any obligation;
• Sponsor is free to disclose the ideas contained in the Materials and Nomination on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you;
• By acceptance of the Nomination, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from the sources other than Nominator or Nominee;
• The Sponsor may use (or refrain from using) Nominator’s and Nominee’s names, pictures, videos, or other digital representation thereof, biographical information, or statements, whether now in existence or created in the future for any and all advertising and promotional purposes in any and all media now known or hereafter invented (including but not limited to digital and print media) without territorial or time limitations and without further consideration, at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, unless prohibited by law; and
• Nominator and Nominee will have no right of approval, no claim to any compensation, and no claim arising out of the use, alteration, distortion, or illusionary effect or use in any composite form of their names, pictures, videos, or any other digital representations thereof, biographical information, or statements.

9. Content Restrictions: Nominator and Nominee acknowledge and agree that:
• Materials are the Nominator’s original, previously unpublished content and do not infringe, violate, or misappropriate any third-party intellectual property rights, including without limitation, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks;
• Materials do not violate any applicable laws or regulations or infringe or violate any rights of a third party, including third-party publicity or privacy rights;
• Materials must not contain any brand names, trademarks, or copyrights other than those owned by Sponsor or its affiliates;
• Materials must not include any watermarks or credits;
• Materials must not disparage Sponsor or any other person or party affiliated with the Contest;
• Materials must not contain content that is, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, deemed to be inappropriate, indecent, offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, violent, hateful, threatening, profane, harassing, tortious, defamatory, slanderous, and/or libelous;
• Materials must not contain content that is, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, deemed to promote bigotry, racism, hatred, or harm against any group or individual, or to promote discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, and/or age;
• Materials must not contain images of humans and/or animals that are, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, deemed to be unfit or unhealthy;
• Materials must not contain images of humans and/or animals that are, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, deemed to depict unsafe or unhealthy environmental conditions or unsavory behavior;
• Materials must not contain the image, likeness, and/or any other identifying information of a minor unless the Nominator has obtained the permission of the legal guardian of said minor and, if Nomination is selected as a winner, will confirm such permission in writing upon request;
• Materials must not include private or restricted materials or locations without having first obtained the consent of the owner or same, and the Nominator must be able to provide all appropriate clearances, permissions, and releases upon request; and
• Materials must not have been previously published, submitted in a promotion of any kind, or have won any other award.

ALL ENTRIES (EVEN ENTRIES USED BY SPONSOR PURSUANT TO THE LICENSE UNDER THESE OFFICIAL RULES) ARE THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER.

10. General Rules: Upon request, each Winner may sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Release within seven (7) days of Prize notification. Noncompliance within this time period may result in disqualification, and an alternate may be selected. Sponsor reserve the right to cancel/terminate, modify or suspend the Contest if in Sponsor’ sole determination it believes that the integrity of the Contest has been, or could be, compromised or that the Contest is not capable of running as planned or fairly, including, but not limited to, fraud or force majeure or any other causes beyond Sponsor’ control.

11. Limitation of Liability: By entering this Contest, a participant, including Nominator and Nominee, explicitly releases, discharges and holds harmless the Contest Entities, their successors, estates and assigns and all their respective shareholders, directors, officers and employees, one and all, from any and all liability, actions, causes of action, damages, actual, incidental or consequential, claims and demands whatsoever in law or equity, including all “costs”, which he/she now has or may acquire, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, including without limitation, to claims arising out of personal injury, death, loss of or damage to property, or any reason, occurring during or arising out of his/her participation in the Contest and the acceptance, possession, and use or misuse of a Prize, claims based on intellectual property rights, publicity rights, privacy rights, or defamation, or claims based on the negligence of Sponsor. By accepting a Prize, each Winner waives the right to 1) assert as a cost of winning the Prize any and all costs of verification and redemption or travel to redeem said Prize, and 2) claim any liability (including attorney’s fees and costs) which might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem said Prize (including any travel related thereto). ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. REMEDIES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ALL LIMITATIONS AND RELEASES IN THESE RULES, BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT OF POCKET DAMAGES, AND SHALL NOT, IN ANY EVENT, INCLUDE ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR ANY INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. SPONSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS CONTEST IS VALID IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION.

12. Sponsor is not responsible for unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Contest. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with the mechanics or logistics of this Contest will be declared ineligible, and Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute and to seek damages from said individual to the full extent of the law. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for incomplete, incorrect, or inaccurate entry information, human error or technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any computer equipment or software, or any combination thereof, or for lost, stolen, late or misdirected entries. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to entrants or to any other person’s computer related to, or resulting from, participating in or downloading of materials in this contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism, epidemic, pandemic, or any other acts, events, or causes beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that may corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, or any portion thereof. In the event of early termination or cancellation of the Contest, Sponsor may award recognition to a Winner based on the above judging Nomination Criteria from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to termination or cancellation.

13. Severability: Contest void where prohibited. If any provision of this Contest shall be deemed to violate any federal, state, or municipal law, it shall be amended to conform to such law and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to participants.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This Contest and these Official Rules shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. Jurisdiction and venue shall be solely within Saint Louis County, Missouri. As a condition of participating in this Contest, entrants agree that any and all disputes and causes of action against Sponsor arising out of or in connection with this Contest shall be resolved individually (without resort to any form of class action). Any such dispute shall be resolved by mediation and binding arbitration.

15. Privacy and Use of Contest Information: Participation in this Contest is not conditioned upon the provision of any personal information to Sponsor by any person under the age of thirteen (13) years. If you are under the age of thirteen (13), do not provide Sponsor with any personal information about yourself, including your first or last name, address, phone number, email address, picture, or similar information. Sponsor does not seek to collect, and will not knowingly accept, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen (13) years. All information submitted by entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at https://savealot.com/privacy-policy.

16. Winner Name(s):The names of the Winners will be posted on or about the dates noted in the “Winner Selected” column of the table in Section 5, at savealot.com/terms/hometown as well as in Sponsor’s social media posts and other promotional materials. To request the list of Winners, send an e-mail with subject line: “Hometown Heroes Contest” to [email protected]. The list will be sent once the Contest has been conducted and Winners have been verified.