Giant Eagle, Inc.

Erie’s Most Spirited Teacher Contest

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.  THIS PROMOTION IS NOT SPONSORED BY, ENDORSED BY, ADMINISTERED BY OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED OR AFFILIATED WITH FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.

1. Timing: The Erie’s Most Spirited Teacher Contest (“Contest”) begins on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on September 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Contest Period”).  Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.

2. Eligibility: The Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry.  All nominees must be at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of nomination and must be a teacher in one (1) of the schools in Erie, PA listed on Schedule A.  Employees of Giant Eagle, Inc., and any of its affiliate companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, in-laws, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law.  The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  Participation in the Contest constitutes participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and by the Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest.  Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

3. How to Enter: No purchase necessary. During the Contest Period, visit www.GiantEagleBackInTheGroove.com.  Complete all required information to enter, including:  full name, email address, phone number, zip code, full name of nominated teacher, school at which teacher works, grade teacher instructs (or specialty, if a subject matter teacher), and why you are nominating that teacher (collectively, “Nomination”).  Your Nomination must be 200 words or less.  Click where indicated to submit your Nomination into the Contest.  Once you complete these steps, you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Contest. Limit:  Each person may only submit one (1) Nomination for a specific teacher during the Contest Period; nominated teachers may receive multiple Nominations, but each Nomination must originate from a distinct individual nominator. Screenshots or other attempts to verify entry submission will not be accepted.  Sponsor has sole discretion to determine eligible entries.  Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void all of that entrant’s entries and that entrant will be disqualified.  Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification of entrant and voiding of all of entrant’s entries.  In the event of a dispute as to email address, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register for such email address will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

4. Winner Selection and Notification: Chance plays no part in determining the Prize Winners.  On or around September 15, 2025, a panel of qualified judges, selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will select three (3) potential winners who receive the highest number of eligible Nominations during the Contest Period.  In the event of a tie, Sponsor will select the winner(s) in a random drawing from among all eligible Nominations having received the same number of Nominations.  Sponsor will notify potential winners through their schools, and they will be asked to confirm whether they would like to be accept their prize (subject to verification).  Except where prohibited, each potential winner may be required to sign and return to the Sponsor, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release, in order to claim his/her prize.  If a potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release within the required time period, potential winner forfeits prize, and an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place from the Submission scoring the next highest number of eligible Nominations.  Prize will be fulfilled on or around September 18, 2025, after winner confirmation.

5. Prizes: ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive one (1) $500 Giant Eagle gift card.   ONE (1) SECOND PRIZE:  One (1) Second Prize winner will receive one (1) $300 Giant Eagle gift card.  ONE (1) THIRD PRIZE:  One (1) Third Prize winner will receive one (1) $300 Giant Eagle gift card.  Total value of All Prizes:  $1,300.  FOR ALL PRIZES:  No substitution, assignment or transfer of any prizes permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with cash or another prize of comparable or greater value.  Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.  Prize winner may be required to provide Sponsor with his/her social security number and may receive a 1099 IRS tax form at year end for the retail value of the prize.  Prizes will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied offered by Sponsor.  Winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules in order to claim a prize.  Prize consists only of those items specifically listed as part of the prize – any item, feature, cost or expense not specifically listed as part of the prize is the sole responsibility of the winner.

6. Publicity: By entering the Contest and/or accepting prizes, each entrant grants to Sponsor (and its licensees and partners) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future, and otherwise use entrant’s name, likeness, biographical information, submission and any other information or materials provided by entrant, in any and all media now known or hereinafter devised, without territorial restriction (except where prohibited by law), for possible editorial, publicity, promotional or advertising purposes, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law).  All Nominations, including submission file and content, if applicable, will become the property of Sponsor, and may be used by Sponsor for commercial purposes without payment of any kind to the participating entrants.  Each entrant agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally transfer and assign to Sponsor all rights to all information submitted during the Contest, and agrees to execute and deliver such documents, certificates, assignments and other writings, and take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable to vest in Sponsor the ownership rights granted to Sponsor hereunder.

7. General Conditions: Sponsor is not responsible for problems with the submissions, including, but not limited to, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified.  Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, or cancel the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor will select the winner(s) from the eligible entries received prior to the modification, suspension, or Sponsor agrees to take such action in a fair and appropriate manner.  In addition, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the submission process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.  Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any other participant’s submission or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages 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.
8. Release and Limitation of Liability: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, FACEBOOK, INC., X CORP., ANd any promotional partners, of each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliate and related companies, and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively the “Released Parties”) from and against any losses, damages, rights, claim or cause of action of any kind arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of participation in the Contest or resulting directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the Contest, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy.  The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by participants or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (3) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of Contest submissions, including, but not limited to, malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (4), late, lost, undeliverable, or damaged mail; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize or while traveling to or from any prize-related activity.  Each winner also further acknowledges that the Released Parties have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law relative to any prize or this Contest including but not limited to quality, condition or fitness for a particular purpose.  If for any reason a participant’s submission is confirmed to have been erroneously lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, participant’s sole remedy is another submission and thereby another entry into the Contest.  No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. 
9. Disputes: Participant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate courts located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for and participant 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 LIMITATIONS 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 the participant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
10. Sponsor: Giant Eagle, Inc., 700 Cranberry Woods Dr, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066.  

11. Participant’s Personal Information: Information collected from participants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, available at https://gianteagle.com/about-us/privacy-policy.

12. Winners’ List: For each winner’s name, send an email to egarrard@nfm.agency with the subject line “Erie’s Most Spirited Teacher Contest Winner’s List Request”.  Requests must be received by October 31, 2025.

This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or X.  Information is being provided to Sponsor, not Facebook or X.

Schedule A

Erie City School District (Public)

• Erie High School
• Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy

Middle Schools

• East Middle School
• Strong Vincent Middle School
• Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Elementary Schools

• Diehl Elementary School
• Edison Elementary School
• Grover Cleveland Elementary School
• Harding Elementary School
• Jefferson Elementary School
• JoAnna Connell Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School
• McKinley Elementary School
• Perry Elementary School
• Pfeiffer-Burleigh Elementary School

Millcreek Township School District

High Schools

• McDowell High School
• McDowell Intermediate High School

Middle Schools

• Walnut Creek Middle School
• James S. Wilson Middle School
• Westlake Middle School

Elementary Schools

• Chestnut Hill Elementary School
• Tracy Elementary School
• Belle Valley Elementary School
• Asbury Elementary School
• Grandview Elementary School

Harbor Creek School District

High School

• Harbor Creek Senior High School

Middle School

• Harbor Creek Junior High School

Elementary Schools

• Clark Elementary School
• Klein Elementary School
• Rolling Ridge Elementary School

Wattsburg Area School District

• Seneca High School
• Wattsburg Area Middle School
• Wattsburg Area Elementary Center

Iroquois School District

• Iroquois Junior-Senior High School
• Iroquois Elementary School

North East School District

• North East High School
• North East Middle School
• North East Elementary School

Fairview School District

• Fairview High School
• Fairview Middle School
• Fairview Elementary School

General McLane School District

• General McLane High School
• James W. Parker Middle School
• Edinboro Elementary School
• McKean Elementary School

Fort LeBoeuf School District

• Fort LeBoeuf High School
• Fort LeBoeuf Middle School
• Waterford Elementary School
• Robison Elementary School
• Mill Village Elementary School

Girard School District

• Girard High School
• Rice Avenue Middle School
• Elk Valley Elementary School

Union City Area School District

• Union City Area High School
• Union City Area Middle School
• Union City Elementary School

Northwestern School District

• Northwestern Senior High School
• Northwestern Middle School
• Northwestern Elementary School

Corry Area School District

• Corry Area High School
• Corry Area Middle School
• Corry Area Intermediate School
• Corry Area Primary School

Giant Eagle, Inc.

Erie’s Most Spirited Teacher Contest

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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  Open to legal residents of the 50 United States (D.C.), 18 years or older.  Promotion ends:  9/14/25.  For official rules, including prize description, visit www.GiantEagleBackInTheGroove.com.  Sponsor:  Giant Eagle, Inc. 700 Cranberry Woods Dr, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066.  Void where prohibited.