Mission Chips Kicks Off Ultimate Game Sweepstakes

Football Fans Can Score Big with Grand Prize Tickets to the Supreme Football Showdown

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Dec 20, 2010, 12:17 ET

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Foods®, producer of the ultimate tortilla chip with an all-corn taste, announces the kickoff of the Mission Ultimate Game Sweepstakes, beginning Monday, Dec. 20. Football fans can visit Facebook and enter for a chance to win an all-expense paid trip for two to the 2011 Ultimate Game Showdown, one of America's most-watched annual sporting events, along with other great prizes.

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"Football games and Mission chips and dip are the perfect combination this time of year when fans gather across America to celebrate the playoffs and the final showdown of the season," says Pete Thornfield, director of Mission Snacks. "The Ultimate Game Sweepstakes offers fans a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience all the action of the final game in person, compliments of America's ultimate snack chip."

One lucky recipient will win the grand prize featuring a three-day, two-night trip for two to North Texas to attend the Ultimate Game Showdown along with a spending allowance of $2,400, making the total grand prize worth approximately $8,000. Other great giveaways include: three (3) first prizes: Sony Bravia 40" LCD HDTVs worth approximately $600 each, and ten (10) second prizes of $100 gift cards to ESPNShop.com. No purchase is necessary to enter the sweepstakes. Entries will be accepted from Dec. 20 – Jan. 22, 2011, and the lucky winner will be selected on Jan. 24. Limit of one (1) entry per person and one (1) per email address per day.

In addition to the chance to win great prizes, contest entrants are also encouraged to become fans of Mission Snacks on Facebook, which will offer quick-and-easy game day recipe ideas, updates on the Ultimate Game Showdown and information about upcoming promotions and prizes from Mission. For more information about Mission Foods and the Ultimate Game Sweepstakes, visit www.missionmenus.com/football.

About Mission Foods

Mission Foods, headquartered in Irving (Dallas area), Texas and Gruma S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, was founded in 1949, and is one of the largest tortilla manufacturers in the United States. Gruma S.A. de C.V. is the parent company of Mission Foods (GrumaCorporation) and is a leading Mexican producer of corn masa flour and tortilla products. It has operations in Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.missionmenus.com.

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