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T. MARZETTI COMPANY “ULTIMATE PARTY” SWEEPSTAKES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED. INTERNET ACCESS & VALID EMAIL ADDRESS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE. ELIGIBILITY: T. Marzetti Company’s “Ultimate Party” Sweepstakes, (the “Promotion”) is open only to legal residents of the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees and directors of T. Marzetti Company, (“Sponsor”), and CMS, Inc. (individually and collectively the “Sweepstakes Entities”), those responsible for the development, promotion, distribution and implementation of this Promotion, their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and printing suppliers for this Promotion, and the immediate family members (parents, siblings, children & spouse) of such employees or directors, regardless of where they live, or persons living in the same household as such employees or directors, whether related or not, are ineligible. By participating you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of CMS, Inc., (“CMS”), the Sweepstakes Administrator, and/or Sponsor which are final and binding in all respects. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD: Promotion begins 11/1/09 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends 2/7/10 at 11:59 p.m. ET. A week shall be defined as beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m. ET and ending the following Saturday at 11:59 p.m. ET except for the last week of the promotion which begins on Sunday 1/31/10 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends the following Sunday 2/7/10 at 11:59 p.m. ET. HOW TO PLAY: Log on to www.MarzettiParty.com (“web site”) and enter your first and last name, street address including city, state and zip code, your email address, and phone number. Once complete, click the “submit” button and you will receive one entry into the weekly drawing and one entry into the Grand Prize Drawing. The Promotion computer is the Official Clock for the Promotion. Limit one entry per person/email/home address per day. Entries must be received and recorded by the Promotion computer by 2/7/10 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Random Drawings: Fourteen (14) Weekly Potential Prize Winners (one per week) will be chosen at random from all eligible entries received for each week of the Promotion. Non-winning entries for any week will be carried forward to subsequent week’s drawings. The drawings will occur on or about each Monday with the first weekly drawing on 11/9/09 and last weekly drawing occurring on Monday, 2/8/10 by CMS. Winners will be notified by email or telephone within approximately two days of the drawing. One (1) Potential Grand Prize Winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries received. The drawing will occur on or about 2/12/10 by CMS. Winner will be notified by email or telephone within approximately three days of the drawing. 3. PRIZES/VALUES/ODDS OF WINNING: One (1) Grand Prize: The Ultimate Party Package. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $2,500. Package consists of a $1000 Visa ® Gift Card to have your next party catered, a $200 Molly Maid ® Gift Certificate to help clean for your next party and a $1,300 Crate & Barrel ® Gift Card for a shopping spree to dress up your home. Fourteen (14) Weekly Prizes (one per week): During each week of the Promotion one of the following prizes will be available to be won: 1) $150 Visa ® Gift Card for Groceries for your next party. The particular prize for any week will be randomly determined by Sponsor. The odds for any week depend on the number of eligible entries for that week. Limit one (1) Weekly Prize per person. For Molly Maid Gift Certificates: Molly Maid Gift certificates are not redeemable for cash and no refunds are issued for any unused portion of the gift certificate. Gift certificates are only good for residential (non-commercial) services within the United States. Restrictions may apply in some states. Gift certificates can be combined with coupons and promotional discounts. Valid on existing residential services purchased through local, participating service providers, but cannot be applied to recurring services which are prepaid. The face value of your gift card will be applied to all costs incurred as part of your order, including estimates, pricing, delivery, services, products, and taxes. Any amount in excess of the face value of the gift certificate must be paid directly to the provider. Any other use constitutes fraud. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Molly Maid gift certificate. If winner does not live in a market served by Molly Maids, a Visa gift card good for $200.00 will be provided in lieu of the Molly Maid gift certificate. For All Prizes: If winner cannot comply with all requirements or accept the prize as stated, the prize will be forfeited. Prizes cannot be substituted, assigned, transferred or redeemed for cash, but Sponsor, in its sole discretion may substitute a prize of equal or greater value if prize becomes unavailable for any reason. If winner cannot accept prize as stated the prize will be forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner will be selected. All Federal, State and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Grand Prize winner will be required to complete execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of notification. Weekly Prize Winners may be required to complete, execute and return a Declaration of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of notification. Failure to return documents timely, or if any prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if any winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, winner may be disqualified, the prize forfeited, and an alternate winner selected. Where permitted by law, winners grant to Sponsor (which grant will be confirmed in writing on request of Sponsor) and those acting pursuant to its authority, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration, and without notice, review and approval. By participating, participants release and agree to hold harmless the Sweepstakes Entities and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents (individually and collectively “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person(s), including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, or participation in any Promotion or travel related activity, or participation in this Promotion. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited. CMS and/or Sponsor reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found, in their sole discretion, to be (a) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or Web site; (b) in violation of the Terms of Service of the Web site; (c) acting in violation of the Official Rules; or (d) acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party, or like entry methods will void all such entries, and any participant using any such method will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Promotion at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Any of the Sweepstakes Entities may prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law. 9. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or postage due mail, email or entries, or for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, jumbled, scrambled or misdirected transmissions, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Web site, or failure to capture, or loss of, any entry or other information. Releasees are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion or downloading materials from or use of the Web site. If, for any reason, this Promotion, or any part thereof, as solely determined by Sponsor and/or CMS, is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of CMS and/or Sponsor, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, CMS and/or Sponsor reserve the right at their sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and/or select the winners from entries received prior to the action taken or in such other manner as deemed fair and appropriate by CMS and/or Sponsor. In such event you may be advised on the Game page to forward your confirmation email to an email address specified by CMS and/or Sponsor or mail your entire original game message print out to an address specified by CMS and/or Sponsor for decoding. Specific instructions will appear on said page. CMS or Sponsor, however, reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to address an Internet raised or related issue in any manner they deem fair and appropriate. IN NO EVENT WILL RELEASEES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEB SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS. 10. DISPUTE RESOLUTION/CHOICE OF LAW: The Game is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to conflict of law doctrine, with venue in Columbus and all claims must be resolved in the courts of Columbus, Ohio. 11. PRIVACY POLICY: The entry information provided is subject to the Privacy Policy on the above stated Web site. To read that Policy, access the Web site and then access the Privacy Policy. 12. WINNERS' LIST: For names of winners send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by 3/31/10 to: T. Marzetti “Ultimate Party” Sweepstakes- Winners List c/o CMS, PO Box 2850, Winston-Salem, NC 27102-2850. For a copy of these Official Rules mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to the above address marked "OFFICIAL RULES" for receipt by 3/5/10. The names of winners may also be posted at www.MarzettiParty.com. SPONSOR: This promotion is sponsored by T. Marzetti Company, 1105 Schrock Road, Suite 300, Columbus, Ohio 43229. Visa is a registered trademark of Visa Inc. Molly Maid is a trademark of Molly Maid Inc. Visa and Molly Maid is neither a sponsor of or affiliated with this promotion. T. Marzetti “Marzetti Veggie Dip” RECIPE CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES Eligibility: Contest is offered to legal residents of the fifty (50) states of the United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. The judges of the contest, employees, officers and directors of T.Marzetti Company (“Sponsor”) and their parent, affiliated and subsidiary companies and their advertising and promotional agencies and the immediate family members (spouse, parent, sibling and children of such judges, employees, officers and directors, regardless of where they live) or members of their same households (whether related or not) of such judges, employees, officers and directors and professional or commercial artists are not eligible. By entering, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. Promotional Period: The Contest begins on 11/1/09 at 12:00 a.m. ET and ends on 2/7/10 at 11:59 p.m. ET. To Enter: To enter, log on to www.MarzettiParty.com and provide your full name, address, city, state, zip, telephone number and email address (if you have one) and follow the instructions to upload your recipe. Alternatively, you may mail recipe along with a 3”x5” card providing your name, address, daytime telephone number and email address (if available) and mail in a first class stamped envelope to T. Marzetti Dress Up Your Game Recipe Contest, c/o CMS, TMDRESS09 PO Box 2850, Winston-Salem, NC 27102-2850 postmarked by 2/8/10 for receipt by 2/13/10. All entries become the property of sponsor and will not be returned. Entry must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. Winners will be required to grant to sponsor all rights, titles and interest in the submitted entry. Sponsor reserves the right to use your entry in all print and electronic media, and to edit it for brevity and clarity. Entries submitted in geographic areas in which the entry is not permissible will be disqualified. Judging: The Judging Panel, consisting of members of the T. Marzetti Co. Marketing & Research and Development Departments, and Chef/Food Stylist Sharon Reiss will narrow the entries to five (5) recipes. Those 5 recipes will then be prepared by Sharon Reiss and evaluated by the judging panel who will select one (1) winning recipe. Winners will be selected by the Judging Panel based on the following criteria: Round 1: 35% Originality; 35% Taste Appeal; 20% Simplicity, and 10% use of veggie dip.
35% Taste; 35% Appearance and 30% Simplicity:
All entries will be judged using the criteria stated above. Judges decisions are final. In case of tie, tied entries will be re-judged on the basis of the highest Originality score for Round 1 as stated above. Potential contest winners will be notified by phone and/or mail/email on or about 4/16/10. If a potential winner cannot be reached or a prize notification is returned as undeliverable within seven (7) days from the first notification attempt, then such person shall be disqualified and the next highest judged entry will be selected. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize (Overall best recipe from ALL entries): Le Creuset Cookware Set. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) $500. General Conditions: Winner, will be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility certifying that submission is his/her own original work, has not been previously published, has not won a previous prize or award and that he/she has followed the official rules of the contest and a Liability Release within seven (7) days of notification. If any Affidavit/Releases are not returned within the stated time, or if an entrant is found to be ineligible, or if he/she does not comply with Official Rules will be disqualified, with the next highest judged entry in that category being selected. Except where prohibited by law, the winner’s entry constitutes agreement to grant permission for the Sponsor, and those acting pursuant to Sponsor’s authority to use said winner’s name, photographs, likeness, statements (if true), biographical information, voice, city and state of residence, and entry artwork, for advertising and trade purposes on a worldwide basis (without review by winner). Grand Prize winner further, in consideration of accepting prize, agrees to assign and transfer all right, title and interest in and to the entry artwork, worldwide, to Sponsor, and further (unless the artwork is deemed a work made for hire under the Copyright Laws of the United States) agree to assign and transfer all right, title and interest in and to the copyright in and to said artwork, worldwide; and further agree to perform all acts and execute all documents deemed necessary by Sponsor to record and perfect same By participating, any right to claim ambiguity in the contest or these Official Rules is waived. WINNER AND ENTRANTS RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS, SPONSOR, CMS, INC., THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM AND AGAINST ANY LIABILITY OR ANY INJURIES, DAMAGES OR LOSSES TO ANY PERSON (INCLUDING DEATH) OR PROPERTY, OF ANY KIND RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM PARTICIPATION IN ANY CONTEST RELATED ACTIVITY OR PARTICPATION IN THIS CONTEST Winners List: For a list of winners, mail a self addressed stamped envelope for receipt by 4/30/10 to: T. Marzetti Veggie Dip Recipe Contest – Winners List, c/o CMS, TMDRESSWL PO Box 2850, Winston-Salem, NC 27102-2850. Sponsor: T. Marzetti Company, 1105 Schrock Rd., Ste. 300, Columbus, OH 43229. Le Creuset is a registered trademark of Le Creuset Inc. Le Creuset is neither a sponsor of or affiliated with this promotion. |