Post by Admin on Jan 29, 2007 16:47:21 GMT -5
Win Gourmet Meals for an Entire Year from Impromptu Gourmet
5. Prize: One (1) grand prize. One (1) grand prize winner will receive one gourmet meal each month for one (1) year. Each meal selected by our IMPROMPTU GOURMET® chefs consists of one (1) entrée, two (2) sides, one (1) bread, one (1) appetizer, and one (1) dessert and standard shipping for each of the twelve (12) shipments. Approximate Retail Value of the grand prize is eight hundred forty three dollars and thirty-five cents ($843.35) for a grand prize total. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value in the event the described prize, or any portion thereof, is unavailable for any reason whatsoever Winners and/or their parents or legal guardians are responsible for the reporting and payment of all federal, state and local taxes incurred by acceptance and use of the prize (or any portion thereof).
IMPROMPTU GOURMETT
"Win Food for a Year" Sweepstakes
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN, A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Sweepstakes is only open to legal residents age 18 or older of the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia. Employees of Schwan's Home Service, Inc., its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising or promotion agencies and their immediate families (parents, spouse, children) and members of the households of each (whether related or not) are not eligible to win this Sweepstakes. Void where prohibited. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
2. Promotion Period: This sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Central Daylight Time ("CDT") on September 11, 2006 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CST on January 31, 2007 (the "Promotion Period").
3. Agreement to Official Rules: By participating each entrant agrees to these Official Rules and Sponsor's decisions, which are final in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter: Sign up to receive IMPROMPTU GOURMET® product email announcements; then receive additional entries automatically with IMPROMPTU GOURMET® product orders or submit additional entries online without purchase. Your method of entry will not affect your chance to win.
a) Sign Up to Receive IMPROMPTU GOURMET® Email: First, enter without purchase, transaction or obligation; you must be signed up to receive IMPROMPTU GOURMET® products email to be entered in the event. Just visit www.impromptugourmet.com and click on the "Food for a Year Sweepstakes" link. Follow the links and instructions for email sign up and submit the required information. You will receive one entry into the Grand Prize Drawing. Limit one (1) email sign up entry per person/email address through Promotion Period.
b) Automatic Entries With Each Order: You can receive one (1) additional entry with every IMPROMPTU GOURMET® product order received during the Promotion Period. Each "order" includes all items ordered during a single transaction to be delivered to one individual address. Orders can be placed online at www.impromptugourmet.com, by calling 1.877.632.5766, or by following the steps to mail in catalog order forms. All orders must include an email address.
c) Additional Entries Without Making an Order: If you wish to enter online and receive additional entries without placing an order link to www.impromptugourmet.com/winfood15 and follow the links and instructions.
d) For All Entries: There is a maximum of sixteen (16) entries for the entire Promotion Period consisting of: a single (1) entry placed through the "Food for a Year" email sign up and a maximum of fifteen (15) additional entries created through placing an order, alternative online free entry, or any combination of the two. When a participant's entry total reaches sixteen (16), no additional entries will be allowed for that person/email address. Use of any automated system to submit entries is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter 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. Potential winners may be required to show acceptable proof of being the authorized account holder.
6. How Do I Win?. The winner will be selected by a random drawing on or about February 16, 2007 from all entries received during the Promotion Period. Odds of winning will be determined by the number of entries. Except where prohibited, the winner of the Grand Prize Drawing must sign and return, within ten days of being notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity release in order to claim his/her prize. If a winner cannot be contacted within ten days or fails to timely sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility or Liability/Publicity, an alternate entrant will be randomly selected. If, after three additional alternate and unsuccessful drawings have taken place the Grand Prize will remain unawarded. The winners of the Grand Prize will receive their first meal within one (1) month after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes.
7. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor's use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and state for promotional purposes anywhere and in media without further payment, consideration or right of review or approval.
8. General Conditions: Sponsor may cancel or modify the Sweepstakes if it determines, in its sole discretion, that fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond its control impairs the integrity of the Sweepstakes. In such event, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, 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 in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Sponsor failures to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
9. Release: By entering this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless, Sponsor, each of their parent(s), divisions, subsidiaries, or other related companies, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claim or cause of action, including injury to person, property or reputation arising out or in connection with their participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes activity, receipt, possession or use of any prize.
10. Limitations of Liability: Schwan's is not responsible for: (i) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (ii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (iv) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; or (v) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, hardware or software, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes.
11. Disputes: Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the State of Minnesota or the appropriate Minnesota State Court located in Lyon County, Minnesota; (ii) 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 (iii) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and/or 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. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Schwan's in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota.
12. Entrants' Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor's Privacy Policy (http://www.impromptugourmet.com/PrivacyPolicy.aspx).
13. Official Rules: A copy of the Official Sweepstakes rules may be obtained by visiting www.impromptugourmet.com and clicking on the "Win Food For A Year" Sweepstakes Official Rules link.
14. Winner List: The identity of the winner may be obtained by visiting www.impromptugourmet.com clicking on the "Food for a Year Sweepstakes Winners" link after March 1, 2007 through April 1, 2007.
15. Sponsor: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Schwan's Home Service, Inc., 115 W. College Drive, Marshall, Minnesota 56258. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Sweepstakes at any time and substitute another promotion in its place.
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