2011 Italian Days Sweepstakes
Official Rules
1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. MANY WILL ENTER, FEW WILL WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
2. SPONSOR AND OPERATOR:
Sweepstakes Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc. (“General Mills”), One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Operator: Leader Enterprises, Inc. (“Leader”), 1775 Woodstock Road, Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30075.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. ET February 14, 2011 and ends on March 14, 2011 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the “Entry Period”). During the Entry Period, enter in any one of the following three ways: (a) access www.clickcallmail.com (the “Website”) and submit your completed online entry form; or (b) submit your completed official entry form available at your neighborhood Publix Super Market and mail to 2011 Italian Days Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 44257, Atlanta, Georgia 30336; or (c) call the General Mills Promotion Hotline @ 1-800-627-6059 and leave a message including your complete name, daytime telephone number and zip code. Limit one (1) entry per household. Each mailed entry must be mailed separately. No copies or mechanical reproductions of entries will be accepted. All mailed entries must be postmarked by 3/14/11 and received by 3/21/11. Receipt of an online entry occurs when General Mills’ servers record the entry information resulting from entrant submitting an entry via the “Submit Entry” button. Any automated computer receipt (such as one confirming delivery of email) does not constitute proof of actual receipt by General Mills for purposes of these Official Rules. Once submitted, entries become the exclusive property of General Mills and will not be returned. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner or entrant, the winner or entrant who is the authorized account holder of the email address used to register. 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. For questions regarding this promotion, please call the General Mills Promotion Hotline at 1-800-627-6059. For a copy of the Official Rules, visit any Publix store, please print them from the Website or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: 2011 Italian Days Sweepstakes, 1775 Woodstock Road, Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30075, by 3/14/11.
4. ELIGIBILITY:
Open only to legal U.S. residents of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees of General Mills, Publix Super Markets, Inc. (“Publix”), Leader and their respective affiliates, agents, advertising and promotional agencies, and their immediate families or persons residing in the same household of such employees are not eligible to enter or win.
5. DRAWING:
General Mills will select 204 winner(s) from all eligible entries submitted in a random drawing on or about April 18, 2011 in Roswell, Georgia. Limit one (1) prize per household. Entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and by the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. Winner(s) will be notified by phone or mail. Winner(s) may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release (an “Affidavit”) within 14 days of notification in order to receive the prizes. If required, winner(s) who are Alabama residents and who are under 19 years of age at the time of entry must have a parent or guardian execute an Affidavit on behalf of minor winners. In the event of non-compliance with these requirements, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. If prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. Unclaimed prizes may not be awarded.
6. PRIZES/ODDS OF WINNING PRIZE:
Prizes consist of: Four (4) Grand Prizes and two hundred (200) First Prizes. One (1) Grand Prize winner and fifty (50) First Prize winners will be selected for each Publix division (Atlanta, GA; Lakeland, FL; Jacksonville, FL; and Miami, FL – division determined by entrant’s zip code). Grand Prize: $10,000 in Publix Gift Cards. (Approx. Retail Value: $10,000). First Prize: $100 in Publix Gift Cards (ARV: $100). For terms and conditions governing redemption of Publix Gift Cards, access www.publix.com/services/gift/QAGiftCards.do. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received in each Publix division. Approximately 450,000 entry forms will be printed. Prizes are non-transferable. Purchase will not increase your chances of winning. All taxes or expenses, including, without limitation, sales tax, luxury tax, and any other costs incurred in claiming or using any of the prizes, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. No prize substitution or cash equivalent of prize, except at sponsor’s sole discretion, and then only for a prize of equal or greater value.
7. GENERAL:
Sweepstakes is subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. By participating, entrants release, and agree to hold harmless General Mills, Publix, Leader, their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or agencies of any of the above organizations from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, tax liabilities or damages of any kind arising from entrant’s participation in this sweepstakes or resulting from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize. Acceptance of prize shall constitute and signify the winner’s agreement and consent that General Mills may use his/her name address (city and state only), likeness, and/or prize information for promotional purposes without further compensation, where legal. (Tennessee residents need not consent to, or sign any, publicity release.) Entrants need not be present to win. Automated entries (including but not limited to entries submitted using any robot, script, macro, or other automated service), and any illegible, unintelligible, incomplete, or garbled entries are not permitted and will be disqualified. Neither General Mills, Publix, Leader, their affiliates, nor any of their respective employees, representatives or agencies, is responsible for: (i) lost, late, damaged, delayed, destroyed, misdirected, incomplete, or illegible entries; (ii) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alternation of, entries; or (iii) any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone or communications network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by General Mills on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at the Website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials related to this Sweepstakes. General Mills reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to: (i) disqualify any individual from this or any promotion General Mills sponsors, now or in the future, it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or any other aspect of this Sweepstakes, or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a disruptive manner; and (ii) cancel or suspend part or all of this Sweepstakes in the event that printing errors, computer virus, bugs, technical failures, tampering, fraud, unauthorized intervention or other causes beyond General Mills’ control, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the sweepstakes. In such event, General Mills may award prizes in a random drawing from all eligible entries received up to the date of cancellation or suspension. In the event of any dispute arising from this Sweepstakes, including the award of any Prize, the laws of the State of Georgia will apply.
8. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, GENERAL MILLS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES), FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT OR OTHER PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
9. WINNERS LIST:
To receive a list of winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope by 10/14/11 to: 2011 Italian Days Sweepstakes Winner’s List, 1775 Woodstock Road, Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30075.