Official Contest Rules
ENTER TO WIN ONE OF FIVE MONTHLY PRIZES OF A $100 GROCER’S GIFT CARD
This Contest is open for participation by legal residents of the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan only and shall be construed and evaluated according to the laws of Manitoba and Canada. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter and have a valid email address. Void where prohibited by law. Limit of five recipe submissions per person per account per day throughout the Contest Period.
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROMOTION. IN ORDER TO BE ENTERED TO WIN, QUALIFYING ENTRANTS MUST MEET THE CONTEST REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW AND SUBMIT AN ORIGINAL RECIPE USING BEEMAID™ HONEY. Entrants are also encouraged to submit original photographs of the finished product which also contain the name BEEMAID HONEY, though photographs are not required for Contest Entry.
BY SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY, YOU ARE AUTHORIZING BEE MAID HONEY LIMITED TO POST YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE, RECIPE, AS WELL AS PHOTO SUBMISSION (IF ANY), ON ITS WEBSITE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC AND ARE GRANTING BEE MAID HONEY LIMITED AN UNLIMITED, WORLDWIDE, PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE, ROYALTY-FREE LICENSE TO USE, REPRODUCE, PUBLISH AND EXPLOIT YOUR NAME, CITY OF RESIDENCE, RECIPE AND PHOTO (TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY) IN ANY AND ALL MEDIA, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IN A COMPILATION OF RECIPES, FOR ANY PURPOSE DEEMED FIT BY BEE MAID HONEY LIMITED, WITHOUT CONSIDERATION TO THE ENTRANT BEYOND ENTRY IN THE CONTEST. YOU FURTHER AUTHORIZE BEE MAID HONEY LIMITED TO EDIT AND AMEND THE RECIPE AND PHOTO IN ANY MANNER THAT BEE MAID HONEY LIMITED DEEMS FIT, AND YOU HEREBY AGREE NOT TO INSTITUTE, SUPPORT, MAINTAIN OR PERMIT ANY ACTION OR LAWSUIT ON THE GROUNDS THAT ANY USE OF THE RECIPE AND THE PHOTO, IN ANY WAY CONSTITUTES AN INFRINGEMENT OF ANY OF YOUR RIGHTS OR IS IN ANY WAY A DEFAMATION OR MUTILATION OF ANY PART THEREOF OR CONTAINS UNAUTHORIZED VARIATIONS, ALTERATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, CHANGES OR TRANSLATIONS.
- The sponsor of this Contest is Bee Maid Honey Limited (“Bee Maid”) (the “Contest Sponsor”).
- CONTEST PERIOD. The Contest commences on April 4, 2011 at 9:00:00 AM Central Time (CT) and ends on September 30, 2011 at 8:59:59 AM CT (the “Contest Period”).
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HOW TO ENTER:
- (i) SUBMIT ORIGINAL RECIPE AND PHOTO: Visit www.beemaid.com and click on the “Bee Maid Honey Hive to Home” promotional panel link to go to the Contest website (the “Website”). After watching the introductory video, click on the “Recipe Contest” link. Click “Add Your Own Recipe” and follow the instructions to submit your original recipe. Entrants are encouraged, though not required, to submit an original photo of your finished product incorporating the name BeeMaid Honey – the submission of an original photo will not affect your chances of winning. You are able to make your submission by entering the following on the Website: the recipe name, a list of ingredients, cooking/preparation instructions, and the appropriate food course (i.e. Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Appetizers, Dinner, Side Dishes, Desserts) and the appropriate food categories (i.e Jams/Spreads, Baked Goods, Beverages, Treats, Soups, Salads, Veggies, Dressings, Dips, Others). You are also permitted to submit your original photo of the finished creation. All submitted photos should feature the name Bee Maid Honey in some capacity. You must also confirm on the Website that the recipe, together with any photo, forming part of your submission are original. You will also be required to enter your name, a valid email address, and agree to the terms and conditions to complete your submission.
- (ii) You acknowledge and agree that by submitting your name, address, recipe, and photo (if any), for entry into the Contest and for publication on the Website, this brings your submission within the public domain and the Contest Sponsor will not be held liable for any third party use, copying, re-posting or other unlawful use of your name, the submitted recipe or photograph that may result. Any submitted recipe and photograph must be solely your original work, must not have been previously published and must not infringe upon the rights of any third party. If requested by the Contest Sponsor, Prize Winners must provide the original copy or file of recipe and photo for such use or for further use as outlined in Rule 8 herein. Submission of an entry grants the Contest Sponsor an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publish and exploit your name, city of residence, recipe and photo (together or separately) in any and all media for purposes deemed fit by the Contest Sponsor without consideration to the entrant beyond entry in the Contest.
- (iii) Vulgar, unsuitable, or inappropriate recipes or photographs will be disqualified by the Contest Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. Submitted recipes or photographs may not be offensive or defamatory, nor can they invade publicity rights or the privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights or any other third party rights. All entries must be in keeping with the Contest Sponsor’s image and the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry deemed by the Contest Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be inappropriate, offensive or not in keeping with the Contest Sponsor’s image or which the Contest Sponsor has any reason to believe, in its sole and absolute discretion, may not meet any of the requirements, terms or conditions set out in these Official Contest Rules.
- (iv) By entering this Contest, each entrant: (a) confirms he/she is 18 years of age or older; (b) consents to the publication and/or use, in any medium including without limitation on the Contest Website, of the entrant’s name, city of residence, recipe, and photograph for publicity purposes carried out by the Contest Sponsor or its respective advertising and promotional agencies without payment or compensation of any kind; (c) represents and warrants that the recipe and photograph submitted by the entrant as part of the Contest entry is the original work of the entrant exclusively; (d) warrants and agrees that no communications, content or materials included in or used to create any recipe or photograph submitted by such entrant will be defamatory, threatening, pornographic, obscene or otherwise offensive to community standards, will infringe any rights (including without limitation copyright, trade-mark, privacy, personality or other property, intellectual property or civil rights) of any person or will otherwise be unlawful, contain any virus or be intended to interfere in any manner with the operation of this Contest, including without limitation the Contest Website; (e) indemnifies and saves harmless the Contest Sponsor, Bee Maid Honey Limited, their affiliated companies, agencies, Contest prize suppliers and their respective directors, officers, employees, members, representatives, advertising and promotional agencies, (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, costs or expenses brought against or suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Parties, or any of them, arising out of or in connection with the participation by the entrant in this contest, any breach by the entrant of the foregoing warranties or agreements or the use, in whole or in part, by any of the Indemnified Parties of any entry submitted by the entrant in this Contest; and (f) agrees, before being awarded a prize, to sign the Contest Sponsor’s form or forms of Declaration, Acknowledgement, Copyright Assignment, Release and Indemnity confirming the foregoing. Entries remain the property of the entrant, however each entrant grants the Contest Sponsor an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publish and exploit the entrant's name, city of residence, recipe and/or photo (together or separately) in any and all media for purposes deemed fit by the Contest Sponsor without consideration to the entrant beyond entry in the Contest, and agrees not to institute, support, maintain or permit any action or lawsuit on the grounds that any use of the recipe and the photo, in any way constitutes an infringement of any rights or is in any way a defamation or mutilation of any part of the recipe or photograph or contains unauthorized variations, alterations, modifications, changes or translations thereto.
- ENTRY. Once your recipe has been successfully uploaded, you will be entered into the contest. Limit of five entry submissions per person per account per day, throughout the Contest Period.
- PRIZE. There will be five (5) monthly prizes available to be won during the Contest Period which consists of a $100 gift card to Safeway, Sobeys or WalMart for the winner, to be determined in the Contest Sponsor's sole discretion. Contest Sponsor makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the appearance, safety or performance of any Prize. The Prize must be accepted as awarded. The Prize may not be transferred, substituted nor be paid in monetary value. Bee Maid Honey reserves the right, for any reason whatsoever, in its sole and absolute discretion, to award a substitute prize of equivalent or greater value, including without limitation a cash award.
- SELECTION OF WINNERS. Within 72 business hours following each entry being received, the Contest Sponsor will review each entry for content, and if eligible according to criteria outlined herein, will arrange to post the entry online for review by the public. The public may view any or all of the entries, and are then invited to rate each recipe on a scale of one to five at any time during the Contest Period. At the conclusion of each month during the Contest Period, the recipe with the highest rating during that month will be selected as a winner of a monthly prize. Additionally, four other recipe submissions will be chosen at random as winners of a monthly prize. An entrant may not be awarded more than one (1) Prize per month based on either of the criteria noted above.
- NOTIFICATION TO WINNERS AND HOW TO CLAIM A PRIZE. If you are selected as a winner of a monthly prize, an email notification will be sent to you within approximately 24 hours after the selection process completed, or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter, to the email address you provided in the registration process, with instructions on how to claim the prize. Potential winners must accept the terms of a Declaration and complete a Release and Waiver form online WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS FROM THE DATE NOTIFICATION WAS SENT TO THE POTENTIAL WINNER or prize will be forfeited, potential winner disqualified and a replacement winner may be randomly selected at the Contest Sponsors’ sole discretion. The decision of the Official Contest Sponsor in respect of all matters pertaining to the Contest, including without limitation, eligibility, validity, contents, and/or disqualification of an entry, shall be final and binding without right of appeal. The monthly winners will be announced on the Bee Maid Honey Facebook page (www.facebook.com/beemaidhoney) within approximately 24 hrs after the selection process has been completed or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter. Awarding of the Prize is subject to verification and compliance with the Official Contest Rules. Allow two (2) to four (4) weeks for verification and prize fulfillment. No responsibility is assumed by the Contest Sponsor for any postal mail or overnight delivery returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address.
- ELIGIBILITY. Contest is open to residents of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, Canada, 18 years of age or older, except employees, representatives and agents of the Contest Sponsor or its affiliates (including Bee Maid Honey) and if applicable, their respective advertising or promotion agencies, Contest prize suppliers, any other companies engaged in the development, production, or distribution of materials for this Contest, and members of the immediate families of, or persons domiciled with, any of the above (the "Contest Group"). As communication with winners/potential winners will be via email, all entrants must have a functioning email address as a condition of entry.
- ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION. By participating in this Contest, each entrant accepts and agrees to these Official Contest Rules and the Bee Maid Honey Account Terms and Conditions and all decisions of the Contest Judges (who may be employees, agents or independent contractors of the Contest Sponsor), which shall be final and legally binding on the entrant in all matters relating to this Contest including, without limitation, eligibility and/or disqualification of Submissions. All Submissions become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned. By accepting a Prize in this Contest, each Prize Winner agrees to release the Contest Group (as defined above) from all liability with respect to the entrant’s participation in this Contest and the awarding and use of the prize. Each Prize Winner agrees to the use of his/her name, address, voice, comments, photographs, and other likenesses relating to the Contest or Contest Sponsor, for publicity and advertising purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed, and for use on future websites carried out by the Contest Sponsor, and grants to the Contest Sponsor any and all rights to said use without further compensation and without territorial or time limitation, except where prohibited by law. If requested by the Contest Sponsor, Prize Winner must provide the original copy or file of recipe for such use. Entrants who have not complied with the Official Contest Rules will be disqualified.
- Entrants and/or Prize Winners assume liability for injuries caused, or claimed to be caused by participating in the Contest, by the acceptance, possession, or use of the Prize awarded, including but not limited to claims/damages for personal injury, or property damage.
- Any attempt by an entrant or other individual, to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion, including but not limited to any fraudulent claims, is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages from any such individual, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Participant engaging in any of the foregoing activities may be disqualified and, if applicable, will forfeit Prize won.
- Submissions generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. By entering this Contest, each entrant and/or Prize Winner acknowledges and agrees that the Contest Group: i) shall have no liability of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Contest and/or the awarding or use of the Prize, (ii) makes no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning the Prize, (iii) disclaims any implied warranty, and (iv) is not liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from the Prize Winner’s/entrant’s acceptance or use of the Prize or otherwise from such Prize Winner’s/entrant’s participation in this Contest.
- The Contest Sponsor and its affiliates may, at their sole discretion and without liability, terminate the Contest in whole or in part, without notice, or modify or suspend the Contest at any time, if fraud, technical failures including any network server or hardware failure, viruses, bugs, errors in programming, or communications or any other errors or other causes beyond the control of the Contest Sponsor corrupt the administration, integrity or security of the Contest or if any other factor interferes with the conduct of this Contest.
- The Contest Group is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to, errors in advertising, the Official Contest Rules, the announcement of Prize Winners, distribution of the Prize or technical malfunctions of telephone network lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment or software, viruses, bugs, failure of personal computers and/or software and hardware configurations, or failure of any email to be received by the Contest Sponsor or a participant for any reason including but not limited to traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof. The Contest Group is not responsible for damage to a user’s system occasioned by participation in this Contest or downloading any information necessary to participate in this Contest.
- The Contest Group does not warrant that access to or use of the Contest will be uninterrupted or error-free.
- Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall the Contest Group be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the service, or out of any breach of any warranty. This exclusion or limitation of liability will not apply to the extent that any applicable statue prohibits such exclusion or limitation of liability.
- This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws.
- All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Contest Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and the Contest Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the Province of Manitoba without regard to conflicts of law principles. All entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Province of Manitoba.
- PERSONAL INFORMATION. Unless entrants otherwise indicate, the personal information gathered about entrants in the course of this Contest will be used solely by the Contest Sponsor for the administration of the Contest and in connection with any publicity relating to the Contest.