Kingsford Recipe Review
Sweepstakes
Official Rules
Revised October 5, 2023
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF
ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Kingsford Recipe Review Sweepstakes (the
“Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States
and the District of Columbia who are at least twenty-one (21) years old at the 9time
of entry and have an account with kingsford.com. Employees of The Clorox Company,
and/or its subsidiary The Kingsford
Products Company, LLC,
Bazaarvoice, Inc. (“Bazaarvoice”),
Merkle Inc., and their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate
family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each
such employee are not eligible. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable
federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.
Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules. Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions are final and binding in all matters
related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a
prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2.
Sponsor: The
Kingsford Products Company, LLC,
1221 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612. Administrator:
Merkle Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.
3.
Timing: The Sweepstakes
begins on May 25, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on November
30, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period") and consists of five
(5) monthly entry periods (each a “Monthly Entry Period”) as set forth in the table
below.
MONTHLY
ENTRY PERIOD
|
Starts at 12:00 a.m. ET (unless otherwise
noted)
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Ends at 11:59 p.m. ET
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MAIL IN
POSTMARK DATE
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mAIL IN
RECEIVED BY DATE
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Approximate
Drawing Date
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Entry Limit
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May/June
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May 25, 2023
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June 30, 2023
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June 30, 2023
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July 8, 2023
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July 14, 2023
|
37
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July
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July 1, 2023
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July 31, 2023
|
July 31, 2023
|
August 5,
2023
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August 11,
2023
|
31
|
August
|
August 1,
2023
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August 31,
2023
|
August 31,
2023
|
September 8,
2023
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September 15,
2023
|
31
|
October
|
October 9,
2023 at 4:00 p.m. ET
|
October 31,
2023
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October 31,
2023
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November 6,
2023
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November 13,
2023
|
22
|
November
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November 1,
2023
|
November 30,
2023
|
November 30,
2023
|
December 6,
2023
|
December 13,
2023
|
30
|
Bazaarvoice’s servers are the official time-keeping
device for the Sweepstakes.
4.
How to Enter: You must have a kingsford.com account in order
to participate. Creating a kingsford.com account is free but is subject to its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can create a
kingsford.com account by going to www.kingsford.com and
clicking “Sign Up”.
A. Complete an Online Recipe Review: During any one (1) of the Monthly
Entry Periods set forth in the table in Section 3 above, visit www.kingsford.com and locate the advertisement of this
Sweepstakes, or click on the hyperlink provided in an email sent to you by
Sponsor. You will be asked to sign into your account and check the checkbox acknowledging
that you agree to these Official Rules. Next, select a recipe from the “Recipes”
tab, prepare the recipe and then select “write a review.” Complete the review
form and click “post review.” To receive a Sweepstakes entry, the content of
the review must be (1) relevant to the associated recipe; (2) contain your
honest feedback; (3) comply with the Content Restrictions listed below; (4)
contain the badge “sweepstakes entry” (which will be automatically added to
your review); and (5) received by Sponsor within the Promotion Period (your
“Review”). There is no requirement that the review be a positive endorsement or
that any of Sponsor’s products be used to make the recipe. Neither a positive
endorsement nor mention of the use of Sponsor’s products in your recipe
preparation will increase your chances of winning.
Content
Restrictions for Your Review:
·
Your
Review must be your original work and based on your own honest opinion and
personal experience in preparing the recipe;
·
Your
Review must not convey any claims of Sponsor’s products or services that would
be deemed unsubstantiated or deceptive if made by Sponsor;
·
Your
Review may not contain the following bracketed symbols: [@], [$], [*], […], nor
may it contain any variation of the word “script” within <> (e.g.
<script>, </script>;
·
Your
Review must not be threatening or disparage Sponsor or any other person or party;
·
Your
Review must not make references to or include: alcohol, illegal drugs,
marijuana, tobacco, or firearms/weapons, any activities that are or appear to
be dangerous, or any political agenda;
·
Your
Review may not be indecent, obscene, sexually explicit, hateful, promote bigotry,
racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promote
discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual
orientation, or age; and
·
Your
Review may not be tortious, defamatory, libelous, or contain material that is
unlawful in any way.
For each qualifying
Review you post, you will receive one (1) entry into the Monthly Entry Period
drawing associated with the date and time you submitted your review, subject to
the entry limit stated below.
B. To Enter Without Cooking a Recipe and
Writing a Review: Print
your name, home mailing address, valid email address associated with your
Kingsford.com account and date of birth on a piece of paper and mail it in an
envelope with proper postage to “Kingsford
Recipe Review Sweepstakes”
c/o Merkle Inc., P.O. Box 5021, Department #858126, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-5021. You must write the Monthly Entry
Period you wish to enter (May/June, July, etc.) on the front of the envelope. You will receive one (1) entry into the Monthly
Entry Period indicated on the front of your envelope. Limits: One (1)
entry request per envelope. You may submit mail-in requests up to the entry
limit for the applicable Monthly Entry period as set forth in the chart in
Section 3 above, however if you also submit Review(s) during a Monthly Entry
Period as outlined in Section 4.A., your total entries for the applicable
Monthly Entry Period by combined methods may not exceed the limits set forth in
the chart in Section 3. All mail-in entries must be postmarked by and received
by the dates indicated in the chart in Section 3. All mail-in entries become
the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Requests
that are photocopied, computer-generated or otherwise mechanically or digitally
reproduced, or that otherwise fail to comply with these Official Rules, will
not be honored and the persons submitting such requests will not receive an
entry. Proof of sending or
submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Released
Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete,
invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due mail-in entries,
which will be disqualified.
Limits: You may receive up to the number of
entries indicated in the chart in Section 3 above for the applicable Monthly
Entry Period by any combination of entry methods. Multiple entrants are not
permitted to share the same email address. Any
attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by
using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins,
or any other methods, will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be
disqualified. Use of any automated system to
participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of
a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address
used to register for kingsford.com will be deemed to be the entrant. The
“authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by
an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization
responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the
submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being
an authorized account holder.
5. Grand Prize Drawing: Administrator
is an independent judging organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the
Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winners are final and binding in
all matters related to the
Sweepstakes. Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winners
from all eligible entries received during the applicable Monthly Entry Period
on or around the dates outlined in the table in Section 3 above. Entries will
not carry over into subsequent Monthly Entry Periods. The potential winners
will be notified by email. Potential winners will be required to provide their
name, home mailing address (P.O. Boxes may not be permitted), and date of birth
to confirm eligibility and for purposes of prize fulfillment within three (3) days
of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to
claim the prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted,
fails to provide any requested
information within the required time period, or the prize is returned as
undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize. Receiving a prize is contingent
upon compliance with these Official Rules. In the event that a potential winner
is disqualified for any reason or forfeits the prize, Sponsor will award the applicable
prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible
entries.
6. Prizes: FIVE (5) GRAND PRIZES (one (1) awarded
per each Monthly Entry Period): Five hundred dollars ($500), fulfilled as a
check. Retail Value: $500.
Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made
except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves
the right to substitute a prize for
one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable
for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees
associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a prize depend on the
number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Limit:
One (1) prize per person. Total ARV of all prizes: $2,500.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winners agree
to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Bazaarvoice,
Inc., Administrator, and their
respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors,
advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their
respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the
“Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including,
but not limited to, personal injury,
death, or damage to or loss of
property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
8. Publicity:
Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each winner’s
consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’
use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions and/or hometown and
state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment
or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves
the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, if any fraud,
technical failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity or
proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s
control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national emergencies, wide
spread illnesses, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism)
interferes with any aspect of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to
fulfillment of the prize(s), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
In such event, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random
drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of
discontinuance and may modify the prizes offered herein. Sponsor reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be
tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be
acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in
an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to
deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a
violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made,
Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest
extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s
failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a
waiver of that provision.
10. Limitations
of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing
errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in
the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited
to malfunctions, interruptions, or
disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized
human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4)
technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the
Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable,
damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any
injury or damage to persons or
property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from
entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is
confirmed to have been erroneously
deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is
another entry in the Sweepstakes, if it is possible. No more than the stated
number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical,
seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of
prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to
be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to
award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all
legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees
that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan or the
appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any
and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to
actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering
this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’
fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all
rights to claim, indirect, punitive,
incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for
actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to
have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and
obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes,
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of Michigan without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or
any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Entrant's Personal
Information: Information
collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy
Policy.
13. Winner List: For a winner list, click HERE. The
winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
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