Longtime Save-On-Foods customer from B.C. wins $1M ‘Touchdown to Win' prize
A man from B.C.'s Lower Mainland has scored $1 million through the Save-On-Foods 'Touchdown to Win' CFL promotion – and there's still one more potential jackpot up for grabs.
The grand prize will be paid out to New Westminster resident Roy Lyster in $50,000 annual installments.
Heidi Ferriman, senior vice-president of marketing for Save-On-Foods, said Lyster is a longtime customer of the grocery chain's Burnaby location, having shopped there since it opened nearly 20 years ago.
He still comes in about five times a week, she said.
'He's an early bird and he's often the first customer in the store every day,' Ferriman said Friday, at a news conference announcing his win.
'I'm told that Roy has built many great relationships here with the team members and the many managers over the years.'
He'll be celebrating the win with his wife of more than 50 years, Glenda, and their family, Ferriman said.
Under the rules of the promotion, customers are 'automatically entered' every time they shop at Save-On-Foods and scan their More Rewards card.
They also receive bonus entries for purchasing participating products – which Lyster benefited from when buying Clamato, Ferriman said.
The grand prize is only awarded when two kickoffs are returned for touchdowns in the same CFL game – which happened on July 4 between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts.
Save-On-Foods said there is still one more $1 million grand prize that could be awarded this season, along with smaller prizes such as free groceries for a year.
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