Shaw's Rewards Customers Can Earn up to 20 Gallons of Free Gas at Irving Oil When Buying Groceries

Irving Oil and Shaw's Team Up to Expand Gas Discount Program in New Hampshire and Maine

Portsmouth, NH (September 7, 2007) - With more than 7,500 Shaw's Rewards customers saving an average of 24 cents per gallon at Irving Oil during an eight-week pilot, the two companies announced today the start of an expanded month-long partnership that will provide gasoline discounts with every qualified Shaw's purchase at 57 Shaw's supermarkets and more than 140 Irving locations in Maine and New Hampshire.

The program will offer discounts from 10 cents to 60 cents off per gallon for every qualified $50-$300 Shaw's purchase through October 4, 2007. Customers can combine the discount coupons up to the price per gallon of gas, and Irving will honor the Shaw's coupons through October 18, 2007.

"Everyone buys groceries and everyone buys gasoline. It's a natural partnership to help New Hampshire and Maine shoppers with their family budgets," says Shaw's President Carl Jablonski. "Shaw's and Irving Oil realize the challenges families face with gas prices and this program helps meet that challenge."

"At Irving, we're committed to finding ways to bring additional value to our customers," says Harry Hadiaris, Director of Convenience Retail for Irving Oil. "Teaming up with Shaw's allows us to reward our customers for something they are already doing - buying food for their busy families."

This expanded program comes after a highly successful pilot program at three Shaw's and six Irving Oil locations in New Hampshire this summer. Now, customers throughout New Hampshire and Maine will be rewarded with significant savings by doing the same thing they have been doing for a long time; buying their groceries at Shaw's and filling up their tanks at Irving.

Here's how customers can take advantage of this opportunity:

• Customers shop at Shaw's with their Shaw's Rewards Card.
• For every purchase of $50 or higher, a Catalina Coupon valued at ten cents PER gallon, redeemable at an Irving location, will be generated.
• Customers present their Shaw's Rewards Card and Catalina coupon(s) at Irving to receive the gas discounts.
• For a purchase of $100 or more customers save twenty cents per gallon and the savings grow up to a $300 purchase which results in a savings of 60 cents per gallon.