In addition to cents-off-per-gallon savings, Rutter’s customers gain sweepstakes entry by using their rewards card.

Rutter’s customers have saved money on millions of gallons of gasoline using the Rutter’s Rewards loyalty program.

Now Rutter’s Rewards has introduced the latest way to earn benefits with the “Register, Scan and Win Sweepstakes,” which will award more than 1,000 prizes to customers each month through 2011.

Prizes will vary, from free gas for a month to a free cup of coffee or soup for one year, from Rutter’s gift cards to large-screen TVs. The sweepstakes is open to legal residents of Maryland and Pennsylvania who are at least 18 years old.

Entering is as simple as registering a Rutter’s Rewards card and using it with each purchase made at Rutter’s. Every scan equals another automatic entry—there is no entry form to complete—to become eligible for thousands of prizes.

Rutter’s Rewards cards, which are free at any Rutter’s store, can be registered at www.ruttersrewards.com or via iPhone, Android or BlackBerry smart phone by downloading the app at www.rutters.com.

“Of course, customers who use their Rutter’s Rewards cards will continue to earn cents-off-per-gallon savings when they purchase items bearing a Rutter’s Rewards icon,” said Jeff Leedy, senior vice president of marketing for Rutter’s Farm Stores. “The added bonus with Register, Scan and Win is that every scan equals an entry, so it’s important to use the Rutter’s Rewards card with every purchase. A scan should be part of the plan with every Rutter’s visit in 2011.”

Complete sweepstakes rules are available at www.rutters.com. No purchase is necessary to participate.

Family-owned and third generation-managed, York, Pa.-based Rutter’s Farm Stores operates 55 convenience stores in York, Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and Lancaster, Pa., counties.