BI-LO Rewarding Customers With Free College Baseball Tickets

GREENVILLE, S.C. – With the days growing longer, the smell of fresh cut grass filling the air and baseball season kicking off, people all around South Carolina are spending more time outside. BI-LO is providing one more avenue to enjoy America’s favorite pastime by providing customers with the opportunity to earn free tickets to top-flight college baseball games just for doing their regular grocery shopping.

For the fifth consecutive year, BI-LO is partnering with the University of South Carolina and Clemson University to offer the “No Dough” baseball promotion. Beginning on Wednesday, March 7 through Saturday, May 19 (while supplies last and tickets are available), customers who purchase any four participating BI-LO store brand items in one transaction with their My BI-LO BONUSCARD® will receive a voucher for two free NCAA baseball tickets to a 2012 regular season Gamecocks or Tigers home game.

Southern Home® is BI-LO’s award-winning brand that features more than 3,000 national brand equivalent fresh and packaged goods at a fraction of the price. BI-LO’s health, beauty and baby brand, Top Care, gives shoppers a satisfaction guarantee with high quality products for the lowest possible price. The Top Care line also offers value-priced, over-the-counter medications so customers can lead a healthy, active lifestyle without having to worry about money. Participating “No Dough” items include:

Southern Home® Fruit Snacks
Southern Home® Break N Bake Cookies
Southern Home® Chewy Granola Bars
Southern Home® Grape Jelly or Jam
Southern Home® Peanut Butter
Southern Home® Soda
Southern Home® Cajun Crab Dip
Southern Home® Trail Mix
Southern Home® Pasta Salad
Southern Home® Self-Rising Pizza
Southern Home® Thin & Crispy Pizza
Southern Home® Corn Chips
Southern Home® Green Tea
Southern Home® 8-7/8” Foam Plates
Southern Home® Color Cups
Southern Home® White Napkins
Sweet Dreams® Ice Cream
Top Care Allergy Tablets
Top Care Pain Relief Ibuprofen
Top Care Strong Strip Bandages
Top Care Instant Hand Sanitizer

“BI-LO has been looking forward to renewing its partnership with two universities that represent the state of South Carolina so well. The baseball programs at South Carolina and Clemson illustrate many of the things BI-LO stands for, most notably a drive for excellence,” said Katie Batista, sport and event marketing manager at BI-LO. “The ‘No Dough’ promotion allows our customers to save money on BI-LO’s store brand items while offering them the opportunity to enjoy one of America’s greatest pastimes.”

Customers who use their My BI-LO BONUSCARD to purchase any four of the participating products will receive a voucher, while supplies last, redeemable for two tickets at the Carolina Stadium box office in Columbia, S.C., or the Clemson Athletic ticket office in Clemson, S.C. “No Dough” ticket vouchers are eligible for any of the following home games, while supplies last and tickets are available:

University of South Carolina

3/9 – Princeton
3/10 – Princeton
3/11 – Princeton
3/13 – Charleston Southern
3/14 – Appalachian State
3/21 – Wofford
3/22 – Florida
3/23 – Florida
3/24 – Florida
4/6 – Tennessee
4/7 – Tennessee
4/8 – Tennessee
4/10 – The Citadel
4/13 – Mississippi State
4/14 – Mississippi State
4/15 – Mississippi State
4/17 – College of Charleston
4/26 – Alabama
4/27 – Alabama
4/28 – Alabama
5/2 – Davidson
5/9 – Furman
5/15 – USC Upstate
5/17 – LSU
5/18 – LSU
5/19 – LSU

Clemson University

3/9 – North Carolina
3/10 – North Carolina
3/11 – North Carolina
3/16 – Boston College
3/17 – Boston College
3/18 – Boston College
3/20 – Elon
3/28 – Presbyterian College
3/30 – Miami
3/31 – Miami
4/1 – Miami
4/3 – Winthrop
4/4 – Western Carolina
4/11 – Georgia
4/13 – NC State
4/14 – NC State
4/15 – NC State
4/17 – Charleston Southern
4/24 – Coastal Carolina
5/5 – College of Charleston
5/6 – College of Charleston
5/7 – College of Charleston
5/8 – Tennessee Tech
5/12 – Florida State
5/13 – Florida State
5/14 – Florida State
5/15 – Furman

Batista continued, “This promotion symbolizes BI-LO’s pledge to offer savings without sacrifice, as now shoppers can save on essential grocery items while also being provided with the chance to receive tickets to some of the best baseball games in the South.”

For more information on the promotion, size specifications for participating items or an updated list of available games, please visit www.bi-lo.com/promotions.

About BI-LO
Headquartered in Mauldin, S.C., BI-LO operates 206 supermarkets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, employing approximately 16,995 people. Founded in 1961, the company provides shoppers substantial savings without sacrificing quality or freshness through its BI-LO BONUSCARD® and other exclusive programs. A committed corporate citizen, BI-LO has donated more than $58 million through its BI-LO Charities efforts to organizations across the company’s footprint since 1983. For more information, visit www.bi-lo.com.

Source: BI-LO