ADDING MULTIMEDIA Las Vegas Resident Selected as Winner of Coca-Cola/Albertsons 2009 Dream Home Sweepstakes
50 Additional Winners Receive Free Coca-Cola for One Year
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- This past summer Las Vegas resident Dana Stanley stopped by her neighborhood Albertsons to do some grocery shopping, which included picking up her favorite Coca-Cola products - Diet Coke with Lime for her and Coca-Cola and Sprite for her family. With her purchase, she was automatically entered to win a beautiful $250,000 Taylor Morrison home in Southern California. To her surprise, Stanley was selected as the winner of the 2009 Coca-Cola California Dream Home Giveaway promotion sponsored by Albertsons, while 50 additional winners won a year's supply of Coca-Cola products.
Stanley, a mother of three, entered the contest at her neighborhood Albertsons and said "I can't tell you how stunned I still am. You just think that these kinds of things never actually happen, but they do. When it finally started to sink in, I started getting goose bumps I was so excited."
"We are excited that our dream home giveaway promotion is offering a family the peace of mind and financial relief during these tough economic times," said Luis Fernando Ramirez, vice president, West Region, Coca-Cola North America. "At home around the dinner table is where the most cherished memories happen. Now, the Stanley family has a brand new place that they can call home and where they can open happiness with an ice-cold Coke."
During the promotion, which ran from June 17 to August 11, consumers received one automatic entry into the giveaway each time they purchased eligible Coca-Cola products with their Albertsons Preferred Savings Card at a participating store. "The response to the promotion was tremendous," said Sue Klug, president of Albertsons Southern California Division. "We were excited to know that one of our customers would have a chance to win a dream home."
Stanley had the opportunity to choose her new home from one of Taylor Morrison's Southern California neighborhoods: Las Colinas and Los Arboles in Irvine; Market Street at Dos Lagos and Shady Grove, both in Corona; Bellafina in Montclair; Buenaterra in Buena Park or Palazzo in Stanton.
"Home ownership is the American Dream and we're thrilled to help the Stanley family attain that dream in one of our great communities," said Phil Bodem, division president for Taylor Morrison in Southern California.
Stanley's two-bedroom, 1,651-square-foot home is currently being built by Taylor Morrison in the company's Market Street community at Dos Lagos. It is expected to be completed in March 2010. Stanley's home will be situated close to shopping, dining and entertainment, making it even easier for her to enjoy the community, which was designed by the award-winning Robert Hidey Architects.
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with nearly 500 sparkling and still brands. Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company's portfolio includes 12 other billion dollar brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, POWERADE, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate of nearly 1.6 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our Web site at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.
About The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California (CCBCSC) has produced, marketed and distributed Coca-Cola products for over one hundred years, beginning its bottling operations in Los Angeles in 1902. Serving Southern California, the Central Coast and Southern Nevada, some 4,800 local employees take pride in community marketing, serving each customer and consumer town-by-town and neighborhood-by-neighborhood through 22 facilities in local communities across the region - from Santa Maria south to Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Downey, Orange and San Diego, and from Carson east to Montebello, The City of Industry, Rancho Cucamonga, Cathedral City and Las Vegas, among many others.
The headquarters of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California are a well-known landmark - "The Ship" on South Central Avenue, designated an Historic Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles.
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern California is a division of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., (CCE) which is the world's largest marketer, distributor, and producer of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic refreshment. CCE sells approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume in North America and is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands. For more information about CCE, please visit: www.cokecce.com.
About ALBERTSONS
Albertsons was founded in 1939 and currently operates 503 Albertsons and Lucky supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Southern California, Southern Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Albertsons is part of the SUPERVALU family, which is one of the largest companies in the United States' grocery channel, with estimated annual sales of approximately $45 billion. SUPERVALU holds leading market share positions across the U.S. with its approximately 2,500 retail grocery locations, including nearly 920 in-store pharmacies. Through SUPERVALU's nationwide supply chain network, the company provides distribution and related logistics support services to more than 5,000 grocery endpoints across the country. SUPERVALU currently has approximately 190,000 employees. For more information about Albertsons, please visit our Website at www.albertsons.com.
About Taylor Morrison
Taylor Morrison, Inc., is one of the top home builders in North America, building a wide range of product for discerning home buyers across the country. With more than 200 communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Texas, Taylor Morrison, Inc., offers first-time, mid-market and mid-to-upscale housing in both master-planned communities and urban infill neighborhoods. The company also operates under the Monarch brand in Ontario, Canada, where it builds single-family homes and high-rise condominiums. Taylor Morrison, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Taylor Wimpey plc (LON: TW), a home building company with 125 years of experience and operations in the United Kingdom, North America, Spain and Gibraltar. For more information, visit www.taylormorrison.com.
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Source: The Coca-Cola Company
Released October 27, 2009