Recipe Inspirations “Give Your
Friends Some Flavor”
Official Rules
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR
PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Recipe Inspirations “Give Your
Friends Some Flavor” (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to
legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia
who are at least sixteen (16) years old at the time of entry. Employees of McCormick & Company, Inc., Studiocom,
Inc., ePrize, LLC, 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. Subject to
all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and
unconditional agreement to these
Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s
decisions, which 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: McCormick & Company,
Incorporated, 18 Loveton Circle,
Sparks, MD 21152. Administrator: ePrize,
LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge,
MI 48069.
3. Timing: The
Sweepstakes begins on May 13, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET")
and ends on July 12, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). The Promotion consists of one (1) Grand and
First Prize entry period (the "Grand and First Prize Entry Period") that
begins on May 13, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. ET and ends on July 12, 2010 at 11:59 p.m.
ET, and nine (9) Weekly Prize entry periods (each a “Weekly Prize Entry Period”)
as defined in the chart below:
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Weekly Prize Entry
Period Starts (at 12:00 a.m. ET)
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Weekly Prize Entry
Period Ends (at 11:59 p.m. ET)
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Approximate Draw Date
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May 13, 2010
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May 19, 2010
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May 26, 2010
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May 20, 2010
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May 26, 2010
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June 2, 2010
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May 27, 2010
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June 2, 2010
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June 9, 2010
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June 3, 2010
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June 9, 2010
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June 16, 2010
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June 10, 2010
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June 16, 2010
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June 23, 2010
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June 17, 2010
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June 23, 2010
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June 30, 2010
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June 24, 2010
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June 30, 2010
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July 7, 2010
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July 1, 2010
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July 7, 2010
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July 14, 2010
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July 8, 2010
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July 12, 2010
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July 21, 2010
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Studiocom, Inc.'s
computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes.
4. How to
Enter: During the
Promotion Period, visit http://apps.facebook.com/recipeinspirations/
and follow the links and instructions to
add the Recipe Inspirations “Give Your Friends Some Flavor” application. After adding the application, select one of
the featured recipe cards that best expresses you and/or your friends'
personalities, and complete the recipe card by selecting yourself and five (5)
of your Facebook friends or by selecting six (6) of your Facebook friends that
best represents each spice in the recipe card. After completing the recipe card, you automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Grand and First Prize Entry Period drawing
and one (1) entry into the applicable Weekly Prize Entry Period drawing. You may complete as many recipe cards as you
like each day during the Promotion Period, but will only gain one (1) entry per
day into the applicable Weekly Prize Entry Period drawing during the Promotion
Period. Limit: Each participant
may gain one (1) entry into the Grand and First Prize Entry Period drawing
during the Promotion Period, and up to one (1) entry per day into the
applicable Weekly Prize Entry Period drawing during the Promotion Period.
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 registration, the authorized account holder
of the email address used to
register will be deemed to be the
registrant or player. 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 the authorized account
holder.
5. Drawings: 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 each potential Grand and
First Prize winner from all eligible entries received during the Promotion
Period on or around July 21, 2010, and will select the potential Weekly Prize winners
from all eligible entries received during each applicable Weekly Prize Entry
Period, on or around the dates listed in the table above in Section 3. Non-winning Weekly Prize Entry Period entries
do not carry-over into subsequent Weekly Prize drawings. Each potential winner will be notified by email,
mail or phone. The potential Grand Prize
winner (parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of
residence) will be required to sign
and return to Sponsor, within ten
(10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of
Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release ("Affidavit") in order
to claim the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or
fails to sign and return the
Affidavit within the required time period (if applicable), potential winner
forfeits prize. Potential winners must
continue to comply with all terms
and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements. In the
event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will
award the applicable prize to an
alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible
entries. Only three (3) alternate
drawings will be held, after which the applicable prize will remain
un-awarded. First and Weekly Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks
after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes.
6. Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: A Trip for
two (2) to New York, NY.
Trip package includes roundtrip, coach-class air transportation for two
(2) from a major airport near winner’s home (determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion) to New York, NY; one (1) night accommodations at a hotel determined
by Sponsor in its sole discretion (single room, double occupancy); $200
spending money; two (2) tickets to a taping of the Rachael Ray show (date,
time, and seating subject to availability and determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion; terms and conditions of tickets apply, including without
limitation, an age requirement of at least sixteen (16) years of age to attend
show taping); a guided tour for winner and guest of Every Day with Rachael
Ray’s test kitchen (date and time of tour determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion; terms and conditions of tour apply); lunch at one of Rachael Ray's
favorite restaurants provided in the form of a $200 gift card to selected
restaurant (specific restaurant determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion;
terms and conditions of gift card apply). Winner must complete the trip within the dates
specified by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited in its entirety. Trip must be booked at least twenty-one (21)
days prior to departure. Trip subject to
availability and blackout dates. Travel
must be roundtrip. Sponsor will determine
airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the
event of the cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel and accommodations are subject to
availability. Travel is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Sweepstakes, and those set forth by the
Sponsor’s airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket
contract. All expenses and incidental
travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including
but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals, passenger
tariffs or duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or
facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other
expenses are the responsibility solely of winner. Unless child of winner, travel companion must
be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure and must
travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. If winner is a minor in his/her state of
residence, travel companion must be winner’s parent/legal guardian. Travel companion must execute
liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and
limitations may apply. If in the
judgment of Sponsor air travel is not required due to winner’s proximity to
prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for roundtrip air
travel at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel
vouchers or certificates. Sponsor is not
responsible if Rachael Ray show, tour, or lunch is delayed, postponed or
cancelled for any reason, in which event that portion of prize is forfeited in
its entirety and no substitution will be provided except as in Sponsor’s sole
discretion. Approximate Retail Value
(“ARV”): $3,300. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and
distance between departure and destination.
Winner will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail
value.
FIVE (5) FIRST PRIZES:
A Rachael Ray gift pack, including a selection of Rachael Ray cookbooks and
cookware. ARV: $100. Specifics items included in gift pack are
determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
NINE (9) WEEKLY PRIZES (1 per Weekly Prize
Entry Period): A Le Creuset Cast Iron 5-Piece Essential
Cookware Set. ARV: $475.
For
all Prizes: 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. Winner is
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) Weekly Prize per person.
Special Offer:
During the Promotion Period, the first six thousand
(6,000) entrants to register for the Sweepstakes will be eligible to receive
one (1) coupon for a free McCormick Recipe Inspirations. Terms and conditions of coupon apply. Entrant must correctly complete Special Offer
portion of the registration page in order to receive coupon. Limit: One (1) coupon per person.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner
agrees to release and hold harmless
Sponsor, Studiocom, Inc., Facebook, Administrator,
and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers (including without limitation, KWP Studios Inc.), 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 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, or any part of it, if any fraud,
technical failures or any other factor
beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning
of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. 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 these Official Rules 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, provided that, if it is not possible to award another entry due to
discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor,
in its sole discretion, may elect to
hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the
prizes offered herein. 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 (Southern Division) 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
ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy http://www.eprize.com/privacy-policy
and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy http://www.mccormick.com/content.cfm?ID=10062.
13. Winner List: Winner List
requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and
no later than November 16, 2010. For the
Winner List, send an email with subject line: "Recipe Inspirations “Give Your
Friends Some Flavor”, Winner List Request," to WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.
The
Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated
with, Facebook.
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