OFFICIAL RULES
SMITHFIELD GET GRILLING AMERICA PHOTO Promotion
5/1/17-8/30/17
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase OR PAYMENT will not improve your CHANCES of winning.
ELIGIBILITY: The Smithfield Get Grilling America Promotion, which consists of a photo
contest ("Photo Contest") and a sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") (collectively,
the "Promotion") is open only to individual, legal residents of the 50
United States and the District of Columbia ("D.C.") and Puerto Rico, who
are 21 years of age or older as of the date of entry. Employees, officers
and representatives of Smithfield Farmland Sales Corp. ("Sponsor"),
Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC d/b/a IN Marketing Services
("Administrator"), each of their respective parent companies, affiliates,
subsidiaries, advertising, fulfillment and marketing agencies, and members
of the immediate families (spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild,
sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and
households (whether related or not) of any of the above are not eligible to
participate in the Promotion. By participating, you agree to be bound by
the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator,
which are final and binding in all respects. Void outside the 50 United
States/D.C. and where prohibited by law. The Promotion is subject to all
applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
TIMING: The Promotion begins at 12:00:00 PM Eastern Time ("ET") on 5/1/17 and ends
on 8/30/17 at 11:59:59 AM ET (the "Promotion Period").
Contest Entry Period
There are four (4) entry periods during which to enter a photo into the
Photo Contest (each a "Contest Entry Period"):
Entry Period 1: Photo themed "Simple Recipes, Delicious Meals" will be accepted beginning
at 12:00:00 PM ET on 5/1/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 5/22/17.
Entry Period 2: Photos themed "Kid Chefs and Messy Rib Face" will be accepted beginning at
12:00:00 PM ET on 6/1/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 6/22/17.
Entry Period 3: Photos themed "The Ultimate Grilling Party", will be accepted beginning at
12:00:00 PM ET on 7/1/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 7/22/17.
Entry Period 4: Photos themed "Grill it like a Steak", will be accepted beginning at
12:00:00 PM ET on 8/1/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 8/22/17.
ASSIGNMENT/PHOTO THEMES: Take a photo that fits the theme for that Contest Entry Period and that
includes Fresh pork meat ("Photo") (no purchase necessary).
Entry Period 1 Photo Theme: Simple Recipes, Delicious Meals: your Photo must include your prepared dish
that includes a fresh pork meat.
Entry Period 2 Photo Theme: Kid Chefs and Messy Rib Face: Your Photo must include your child of any age
helping to prepare fresh pork OR enjoying a fresh pork
dish when he/she is at their messiest.
Entry Period 3 Photo Theme: The Ultimate Grilling Party: Your Photo must include a grilling party including fresh
pork and can feature one or all of the following brands: Kingsford®,
Budweiser®, Weber®, TABASCO®, Grizzly® Coolers.
Entry Period 4 Photo Theme: Grill it like a Steak: your Photo must include your fresh pork dish
prepared like a steak.
SWEEPSTAKES TIMING: The Sweepstakes consists of four (4) entry periods ("Sweepstakes Entry
Period(s)") as outlined in the table below. You must enter by the End Date
of the applicable Sweepstakes Entry Period in order to be eligible for that
drawing. Sweepstakes entries will not be carried over into the next
Sweepstakes Entry Period.
Entry Period | Start Date at 12:00:00 P.M. ET | End Date at 11:59:59 A.M. ET |
Approximate Drawing Date |
1 | 5/1/17 | 5/30/17 | 6/6/17 |
2 | 6/1/17 | 6/30/17 | 7/7/17 |
3 | 7/1/17 | 7/30/17 | 8/7/17 |
4 | 8/1/17 | 8/30/17 | 9/6/17 |
TO ENTER:
To enter the Photo Contest:
During the Promotion Period visit www.SmithfieldGetGrilling.com and follow
the on-screen instructions to upload your Photo and enter the Promotion.
Each Photo submitted as part of the Contest must be unique.
To enter Sweepstakes:
There are two (2) ways to receive an entry into a Sweepstakes Drawing: 1)
Each eligible Entry in the Photo Contest will count as one entry into the
Sweepstakes Drawing corresponding to the Entry Period in which it was
submitted; 2) Registering to vote in the Promotion by visiting
www.SmithfieldGetGrilling.com and voting inEntry Period 1 Voting, Entry Period 2 Voting, Entry Period 3 Voting or
Entry Period 4 Voting (defined below), you will automatically receive one entry (for a maximum of
one (1) Entry per person/email address per day) into the Sweepstakes
Drawing corresponding to the Sweepstakes Entry Period in which it was
submitted. Note that you will not receive a Sweepstakes entry for voting in
the Finalist Voting period. Sweepstakes entries will not be carried over
into the next Sweepstakes Entry Period.
Submission of a Photo grants Sponsor and its agents the right to copy,
publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Photo in any way, in any and
all media, without limitation. Entrant (if a minor in his/her jurisdiction
of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian) agrees upon Sponsor's
request and without consideration of any kind to sign any and all documents
that Sponsor may require so as to confirm the foregoing grant of rights in
his/her photo.
Photos must not have been published prior to initial uploading to the
Website and may not have been submitted in any other competition. Photos
must be unpublished, must be your original work, been solely created by
entrant for the purposes of entering this Promotion, and cannot infringe
upon any rights of any third party including but not limited to copyright,
or other intellectual property rights, or rights of privacy or publicity.
Any entrant whose entry includes likenesses of third parties or contains
elements not owned by the entrant (such as, but not limited to, depictions
of persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal
releases for such use including Sponsor's use of such Photo, in a form
satisfactory to Sponsor, upon request, prior to award of prize and/or
naming of entrant as a potential winner Sponsor reserves the right to
disqualify any Photo it deems to be not original, inappropriate, offensive
(obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content; e.g., nudity or
hate speech), or not in keeping with Sponsor's image for its brand, in its
sole discretion. Photo must not include any trademark or logos, other than
Smithfield, Weber, Kingsford, KC Masterpiece, TABASCO, Grizzly Coolers
and/or Anheuser-Busch trademark and logo if the product(s) is included in
the Photo. Photo entries will not be carried over into the next entry
period.
Limit one (1) entry per person, per window regardless of method of entry.
Each person cannot submit the same Photo more than once. Any attempt by any
entrant to obtain more than one (1) entry per day by using
multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins,
social media platforms or any other methods will void all of that entrant's
entries, and that entrant may be disqualified from participation in the
Promotion, in the Sponsor's sole discretion. Entries that are generated by
a script, macro, or other automated means and/or otherwise not in
compliance with these Official Rules will be disqualified. Automated
methods of entry, including entry via third party websites or services, are
prohibited. Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for (a)
electronic transmissions or entries that are lost, late, stolen,
incomplete, inaccessible, damaged, garbled, destroyed, misdirected or not
received by Sponsor or its agents for any reason; (b) any problems or
technical malfunctions, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions,
defects, delays in operations or transmission, communication failures or
human error that may occur in the transmission, receipt or processing of
entries (including but not limited to the issuance of automated responses
by Sponsor or its agent), or for destruction of or unauthorized access to,
or alteration of entries; (c) failed or unavailable hardware, network,
software or telephone transmissions, damage to entrants' or any person's
computer, mobile device and/or its contents, or causes beyond Sponsor's or
Administrator's reasonable control that jeopardize the administration,
security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion; (d)
incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by entrants or by
any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the
Promotion; (e) any typographical or other error in any printing or
advertising related to this Promotion, in the administration or execution
of the Promotion, or in the announcement of the prize winners; or (f)
cheating or fraud by any entrant. Sponsor is not responsible for any
interruptions in phone service, unavailable network, server, Internet
Service Provider (ISP), website or other connections that may limit a
person's ability to participate in the Promotion. In the event of a dispute
regarding entries received from multiple users having used the same e-mail
account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account will be deemed to
be the entrant. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is
assigned the e-mail address by the ISP, on-line service provider or other
organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the applicable
domain. Incomplete or otherwise non-compliant entries will be void.
PHOTOS/ENTRIES REPRESENT SOLELY THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE APPLICABLE
ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER.
SPONSOR IS MERELY REQUESTING PERSONS TO POST PHOTOS AND DISCLAIMS ANY AND
ALL LIABILITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAME; THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO
LIABILITY FOR MONITORING/REVIEWING/MODERATING PHOTOS POSTED AND/OR
RE-POSTED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ON THE WEBSITE. SPONSOR WILL NOT EDIT OR
MODIFY PHOTOS POSTED/RE-POSTED AS PROMOTION ENTRIES.
1. PHOTO CONTEST FINALIST JUDGING: All eligible Entries
will be judged by a panel of qualified judges whose decisions are final and
binding in all matters relating to the judging. Photos will be judged on
the following criteria: 1) Appearance and quality of Photo sent by entrant
- 40%; 2) How well the Photo is in keeping with the assigned theme for that
Contest Entry Period - 40%; 3) Popularity based on voting - 20%. For each
of the four Contest Entry Periods, the five (5) Entries that receives the
highest score from each Contest Entry Period will be declared a Finalist,
subject to verification, and will receive a Finalist Prize. In the event of
a tie, tie breaker will be based upon the highest score in the first
judging criteria, continuing thereafter to each judging criteria in order,
as needed, to break the tie.
2. PHOTO CONTEST PUBLIC VOTING: Contest Entries will be
posted on the website. Visitors can vote for the Photos that best keep with
the spirit of the applicable Contest Entry Period theme. By voting, you
will automatically receive one entry (for a maximum of one (1) Entry per
person/email address per day) into the Sweepstakes Grand Prize Drawing.
Voting periods are as follows: Entry Period 1 Voting:beginning at 12:00:00 PM on 5/23/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 5/30/17. Entry Period 2 Voting: beginning at 12:00:00 PM on 6/23/17
through 11:59:59 AM ET on 6/30/17. Entry Period 3 Voting:beginning at 12:00:00 PM on 7/23/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 7/30/17. Entry Period 4 Voting: beginning at 12:00:00 PM on
8/23/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 8/30/17. Finalist Voting Period: The five (5) Finalists per Contest
Entry Period will be posted on the website beginning at 12:00:00 PM on
9/1/17 through 11:59:59 AM ET on 9/22/17. Limit of one (1) vote per Photo
per day and one (1) Sweepstakes entry per person/registered user per day by
voting in Entry Period 1 Voting, Entry Period 2 Voting, Entry Period 3
Voting and Entry Period 4 Voting. Note that you will not receive a
Sweepstakes entry for voting in the Finalist Voting period.
If more than one (1) vote is received from the same person and/or email
address during any given day, all votes from said person or email address
will be disregarded. Sponsor will confirm voting totals, in its sole
discretion and Sponsor reserves the right to void all votes made through
any script, macro, robotic, automatic, mechanical, programmed or similar
duplication method. Vote counts are not official until verified by the
Sponsor, in its reasonable discretion. Any attempt by the entrant and/or
its respective family/friends to vote more than the number of times
authorized herein, using multiple names and/or email addresses and/or any
other fraudulent mechanism, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole
discretion, shall give the Sponsor the right to disqualify the entrant in
Sponsor's reasonable discretion. Any attempt by any person to fraudulently
circumvent the voting restrictions in order to cast multiple votes will
result in disqualification of all such votes received and may result in
disqualification of the entrants for whom the improper votes were received
if the Sponsor determines that that Entrant was involved in any way in the
perpetration of such fraud.
CONTEST WINNER SELECTION : The Photo that receives the highest accumulated total scores totaling the
finalist judging and public voting scores will be deemed to be the Grand
Prize Contest Winner subject to verification that the Photo meet the entry
requirements. Grand Prize Contest Winner will be notified on or about
9/29/17.
PRIZES FOR PHOTO CONTEST : One (1) Grand Prize: $5,000 cash. Cash will be awarded
in the form of a check made payable to the winner. Twenty (20) Finalist Prizes: a Weber® Smoker. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $200.00. Smoker make and model is
at Sponsor's discretion and will be shipped to winners' residence.
SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING AND PRIZES: Random drawings will be conducted by Administrator, from all eligible
Sweepstakes entries to award up to 452 Sweepstakes prizes per Sweepstakes
Entry Period.
Four Hundred Fifty Two (452) Prizes per Sweepstakes Entry Period from
the following items : (742) $20 Walmart ecards; (50) Melissa Cookston Recipe Book, Approximate
Retail Value ("ARV"): $22.99; Smithfield Branded Items; (25)
Baseball Hat, ARV $10; (50) Charger Bank, ARV $20; (25) Cutting Board, ARV
$2.50; (25) Basting Brush, ARV $2.50; Tabasco Branded Items; (20)
Grill Master Gift Set, ARV $49.99; (200) BBQ Spatula, ARV $49.99; (200) BBQ
Tongs, ARV $12.25; (200) Apron, ARV $19.95; (100) Salt & Pepper
Shakers, ARV $26.95; Budweiser Branded Items; (30) Grill Apron,
ARV $24.95; (30) Grill Spatula, ARV $34.95; (31) Large Cooler Bag, ARV
$39.95; (50) Small Cooler Bag, ARV $11.95; Kingsford Branded Items; (10) T-Shirts, ARV $22; (10) BBQ Grilling
Glove, ARV $10; (10) bag of Kingsford Charcoal, awarded as a coupon for one
free bag of Kingsford Charcoal, up to $6.99, ARV $6.99 (maximum value).
Limit of one sweepstakes prize per person for all entry periods.
Determination as to which prize will be awarded will be determined at
Sponsor's sole discretion.
Total ARV of all Sweepstakes prizes: $41,520.15.
Odds of winning a prize will be determined by the number of eligible
Entries received.
PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: No substitution, assignment or transfer of prize permitted by winner.
Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute a prize of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion
if an advertised prize or portion thereof becomes unavailable. All federal,
state and local taxes and any other costs and expenses associated with the
acceptance and use of any prize not specified herein are the sole
responsibility of each winner.
WINNER NOTIFICATION/VERIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified by email. Potential winners must respond
to such email with the requested information within 48 hours or the prize
will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. Potential
Grand Prize winner will be required to complete, sign and return an
Affidavit of eligibility, liability release and (where lawful) a publicity
release and an IRS Form W9 and may be required to complete, sign and return
an IRS Form 1099. Noncompliance by date specified for the return of the
documents, or return of these documents or any prize or prize notification
as undeliverable, will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not
responsible for any change of email address. Prizes will be awarded
assuming a sufficient number of eligible entries are received.
Please see the privacy policy located at
http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/privacy-policy for details of Sponsor's
policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection
with this Promotion. If you are selected as a winner, your information may
also be included in a publicly-available winner's list.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:All federal, state and local income taxes on the prize are the sole
responsibility of the winner . Allow approximately 4-6 weeks for shipment of Prizes following
verification of eligibility. Acceptance of any prize constitutes winner's
agreement and permission for Sponsor and its agencies to use winner's
name/likeness, photograph and limited biographical information for
advertising and trade purposes in any and all media worldwide without
limitation and without further notice or compensation, unless prohibited by
law. Acceptance of a prize further constitutes winner's acknowledgement
that the Released Parties (as defined below) have neither made, nor are in
any way responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or
guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prize,
including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness
for a particular purpose. By participating and/or accepting a prize (if
applicable), Promotion entrants agree to release and forever discharge,
hold harmless and covenant not to sue Sponsor, Administrator and each of
their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors,
agents and promotion and advertising agencies, prize providers and
manufacturers and the employees, directors and officers of each of the
foregoing entities (collectively, the "Released Parties"), from and against
any and all claims, demands, damages, losses and liabilities, of any nature
whatsoever, which they may now or hereafter assert, including but not
limited to, claims for injury, death, damages, or illness arising out of or
relating to or claimed to be arising out of or relating to participation in
the Promotion, prize acceptance (if applicable), or the use or misuse of
any prize (if applicable) or participation in any prize-related activity
(if applicable) or while preparing for or traveling to any prize-related
activity. Sponsor and its agents are not responsible for any printing or
other errors in Promotion-related material. Sponsor reserves the right, in
its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or suspend this Promotion should
causes beyond the control of Sponsor corrupt the administration, security
or proper play of the Promotion. If the Promotion is terminated before the
intended end date, Sponsor will award the Grand Prize which will be
determined from all eligible entries received prior to the Promotion
termination. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE
OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION
OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY, PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER
REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. By entering, entrant agrees that: (a) any and all
disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with,
the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without
resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate
court located in the Commonwealth of Virginia; (b) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion but in no
event attorneys' fees; and (c) to the extent allowed by applicable law,
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, entrant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of
the Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules
(whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other jurisdiction), which
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
Commonwealth of Virginia. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is
determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the
Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in
accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not
contained herein. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency
between disclosures or other statements contained in any Promotion-related
materials and the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, the
Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
WINNERS LIST: For a list of the winners, send an email to be received by 9/29/17 to:
Winners@ASMnet.com and include "Smithfield Get Grilling America Photo
Promotion" in the subject line. Names will be sent after winners have been
verified.
Weber is a trademark of Weber-Stephen Products LLC and is used with
permission. Twitter and Instagram are not sponsors of, or affiliated with,
this promotion in any way.
SPONSOR: This Promotion is sponsored solely by Smithfield Farmland Sales
Corp., 111 Commerce St., Smithfield, VA 23430.
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