GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – SpartanNash has announced the trio of winning designs in it’s Reusable Bag Design contest and one winner hails from Michigan.
The contest that started in February, named Alivia Murphy of Harbor Springs, MIchigan as one of the winners. Murphy has this to say about her design:
Northern Michigan in a nutshell – our beautiful bridge, lakes, beach grass and amazing Northern Lights. Some call it God’s Country. I call it home.
Murphy, who works for Mitchell Graphics in Petoskey, holds a degree is arts management from Adrian College. Her father, Joe, and stepmom, Debra, are both SpartanNash associates in the North Dakota area.
Voting was opened to the public and over 2,600 votes were cast. The other two winners are from Minnesota and Nebraska.
The reusable bags contain up to 20 percent recycled material and will be available in September. The bags will be sold for $1.49 in SpartanNash stores, including D&W Fresh Market, Family Fare Supermarkets, Forest Hills Foods, ValuLand and VG’s stores in Michigan. In addition to the reusable bag design contest, SpartanNash is teaming up with Goodwill Industries for the seventh consecutive year to offer Earth Week donation drives in partnership with 80 of its corporate-owned grocery stores in five states.
On Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23, anyone that drops off a donation to a participating Goodwill organization – located in the same community as a participating SpartanNash corporate-owned store – will receive a coupon for $10 off a $25 or more purchase at SpartanNash-owned stores. Find participating Goodwill locations online.
