Coinstar Announces National Promotion in 10,000 Supermarkets; Chance to Win Groceries for a Year and a Nissan Pathfinder.Business Editors BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2002 Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSTR CSTR Centre for Speech Technology Research CSTR Canister CSTR Continually Stirred Tank Reactor CSTR Center for Software Testing Research (Florida Tech) CSTR Combat System Trial Rehearsal (US DoD) ) today announced a new national promotion enabling customers to win groceries for a year and a Nissan Pathfinder For the model marketed as Nissan Terrano II in Europe, see . The Nissan Pathfinder and Terrano were originally compact SUVs and they are now mid-size SUVs. . The sweepstakes will run in nearly 10,000 supermarkets and 250 store chains across the U.S. Coinstar customers who process at least $10 worth of change between August 25 and September 21 will receive a sweepstakes entry to win $5,500 in store gift certificates and a 2003 Nissan Pathfinder SE. In addition to the Grand Prize, 200 winners will each receive gift certificates for $100 of free groceries. The "Win Free Groceries For A Year and a 2003 Nissan Pathfinder to drive them away in" promotion is Coinstar's second for the year, following a "Movie Getaway" sweepstakes with Columbia Pictures and successful promotions in 2001 with Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. and Radio Disney. The sweepstakes will receive nationwide exposure via in-store advertising, a national full-page freestanding insert on August 25, and Coinstar radio ads in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Sacramento. "This promotion is designed to make the Coinstar experience even more exciting as it promotes the value of loose change," said Rich Stillman, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Coinstar. "In addition to turning their coins into spendable cash, our customers have a shot at hundreds of prizes!" About Coinstar Inc. Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) owns and operates the only nationwide network of supermarket-based machines that offer coin counting and other electronic services. Linked by a sophisticated interactive network, the company has more than 10,000 machines throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Consumers can visit www.findcoinstar.com or call 1-800-928-CASH to find the nearest Coinstar machine. |
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