1. Costco Giftcard Contest (“Contest”) begins on September 23, 2024 at 10:00AM EST and ends on October 7, 2024 at 10:00AM EST (the “Contest Period”). This Contest is sponsored by Wonder Brands Inc. (the “Contest Sponsor”). NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Making a purchase will not improve your chances of winning. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial/territorial and municipal laws and regulations, and is void where prohibited. By participating in this Contest, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Rules. The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram®, or Costco® Canada retailers. By participating in this Contest, each entrant hereby completely releases Instagram and Costco of all liability relating to this Contest. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest must be directed to the Contest Sponsor and not to Instagram or Costco. You may only use your one (1) personal Instagram account (your “Account”) to participate in this Contest.
ELIGIBILITY
2. To enter and to be eligible to win, entrant must be a legal resident of Ontario and must be nineteen (19) years of age or older (“Eligible Entrant”). Despite the foregoing, employees, representatives or agents (and those with whom such persons are living, whether related or not, as well as their immediate family members) of the Contest Sponsor, its parent organization, subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, advertising/promotion agencies and any other entity involved in the development, production, administration, or fulfilment of the Contest (collectively, the “Contest Parties”) are ineligible to enter or win. “Immediate family members” shall mean biological, step or adoptive mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, married or common law spouses, regardless of where they reside. Eligible Entrants must also comply with the Instagram terms of service, respectively located at http://instagram.com, and as may otherwise be posted to the Instagram websites.
HOW TO ENTER
3. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To participate in this Contest, you must submit your Entry (as defined below) during the Contest Period. You may enter the Contest via Instagram, or using an alternative mail-in method, as per below: To submit an Entry via Instagram an Eligible Entrant must complete all of the following steps: If you have not previously followed the Contest Sponsor’s Instagram Page from your Account, follow the Contest Sponsor’s Instagram Pages located at @countryharvestcanada (the “Instagram Page”); Follow @we_love_costco; Like this post; and c) Tag a friend and add a comment on the September 16th, 2024 post at @we_love_costco (the “Instagram Post”) about your favourite way to enjoy Country Harvest bread To submit an Entry via the Mail-in method an Eligible Entrant must complete step a): a) Clearly hand-print your name, address, email address and phone number on a sheet of paper and mail that sheet of paper in an envelope addressed to: 1425 The Queensway, Etobicoke, Ontario M8Z 1T3 ATTN: Costco Giftcard Contest. Each Instagram, or Mail-in entry that meets the above requirements will constitute one (1) Entry (“Entry”) into the Contest.
4. Entry limits. Eligible Entrants must respect the following limits otherwise they may be disqualified: a) Each comment + tag is one (1) entry into the contest. b) Use of only one (1) Account per person to submit an Entry is permitted.
5. Eligible Entries. In order to be eligible, an Entry must be submitted and received in accordance with these Rules during the Contest Period, and will be subject to Eligible Entrant’s compliance with these Rules (as determined by the Contest Sponsor at its sole and absolute discretion). Any Entry will be disqualified if it: (a) contains any material that is obscene, offensive, inappropriate, indecent, tortious, defamatory, libelous, or any language communicating messages inconsistent with the positive images to which Contest Sponsor wishes to associate itself; (b) contains material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights; (c) contains content owned by a third party; (d) disparages the Contest Sponsor or any other person or party; or (e) contains material that is in violation of, or contrary to, the laws and regulations in any jurisdiction where the Entry is created or the Contest is conducted; all as determined by Contest Sponsor in its sole discretion.
By submitting an Entry, you agree to be legally bound by these Rules. If you opt to use Instagram via a wireless mobile device (which may only be available via participating wireless carriers and is not required to enter the Contest), standard text messaging and/or data rates may apply for each message sent or received from your handset according to the terms and conditions of your services agreement with your wireless services provider. Other charges may apply (such as normal airtime and carrier charges) and may appear on your mobile phone bill or be deducted from your prepaid account balance. Wireless service provider rate plans may vary, and you should contact your wireless service provider for more information on messaging rate plans and charges before participating in the Contest via a wireless mobile device. Participation in this Contest via a wireless mobile device means that you understand that you may receive additional messages by wireless mobile device relating to this Contest, including potential winner notifications (as applicable), which may be subject to charges pursuant to your wireless service provider 's rate plan. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of the Contest will be the Contest Sponsor’s official clock.
If it is discovered by the Contest Sponsor (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Contest Sponsor) that any person has attempted to: (i) obtain more than one (1) Entry; and/or (ii) use multiple names, identities, Instagram accounts, email addresses and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter or otherwise participate in or to disrupt this Contest; then he/she may be disqualified from the Contest in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsor. Your Entry may be rejected if (in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsor) your Entry is not submitted and received in accordance with these Rules during the Contest Period. The Released Parties (defined below) are not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, delayed, incomplete, illegible or incompatible Entries (all of which are void). All Entries are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Contest Sponsor – including, without limitation, government issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual’s eligibility to participate in this Contest; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Entry or other information entered (or purportedly entered) for the purposes of this Contest; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Contest Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of the Contest Sponsor within the timeline specified by the Contest Sponsor may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Contest Sponsor.
PRIZE(S)
6. Prize – There are 3 (three) prizes consisting of one (1) grand prize of a $300 Costco giftcard, one (1) second place prize of a $150 Costco giftcard, and one (1) third place prize of a $50 Costco giftcard. The approximate retail value of the prizes are $300, $150, and $50. There is a limit of one (1) prize per person.
The prize must be accepted as awarded. The prize may not be sold or transferred and is not convertible to cash or credit, or refundable . Contest Sponsor reserves the right to substitute, the prize in whole or in part, to a prize of equivalent or greater value, including in the event that all or any component of the prize is unavailable. All characteristics and features of a prize, except as otherwise explicitly stated above, are at the Contest Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion.
The prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein. The prize winner is responsible for all applicable federal, provincial, territorial, or local taxes associated with winning a prize.
7. Odds of winning. The odds of winning a prize will depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Contest Period.
AWARDING OF PRIZES
8. On October 7th at 10:30AM EST (“Contest Draw Date”), a random draw for each prize will take place in Toronto, Ontario from among all eligible Entries received during the Contest Period. The first entrant drawn will be deemed the potential prize winner. If you have been selected as a potential prize winner in accordance with these Rules, then you must officially be confirmed as a winner by the Contest Sponsor prior to being able to receive your prize. NO ONE IS A WINNER OR WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL THE CONTEST SPONSOR OFFICIALLY CONFIRMS THEM AS A WINNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE RULES.
9. The Contest Sponsor, acting reasonably, will attempt to contact the potential prize winner to notify him/her that he or she may have won the prize by Instagram message, or by the email address contained in the Mail-in Entry (depending on how the potential prize winner submitted his or her Entry) within four hours after the draw. The potential prize winner is solely responsible for monitoring his/her Account or email, as applicable, for such notification message(s) and will be required to provide an active email address at which we may send them details regarding prize pick-up and the declaration and release form the potential prize winner will be required to complete. In the event that the potential winner cannot be contacted within such time, he or she will be disqualified and an alternate potential prize winner may be randomly drawn at the Contest Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. Proof of identification must be provided upon request.
In order to be declared the winner and awarded the prize, the potential winner must first: a) correctly answer, unaided, a time limited mathematical skill testing question administered by the Contest Sponsor (which may, at the Contest Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion, be administered via the full declaration and release form described in the following sentence); and
b) sign and return within the time stipulated by the Contest Sponsor, a full declaration and release form stating that, among other things, he/she has read and understood these Rules, grants all consents required, authorizes the Contest Sponsor to broadcast, publish, disseminate and otherwise use his/her name, city/town/village and province/territory of residence, photograph, voice and any other likeness, in connection with any promotion and/or publicity, and/or for general news, entertainment and/or information purposes at no additional compensation to the potential winner, beyond the awarding of or participation in the prize, accepts the prize as awarded and releases the Contest Parties and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all liability in connection with this Contest, his/her participation therein and/or the awarding and use/misuse of the prize or any portion thereof.
If the potential prize winner: (a) fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question; (b) fails to return the properly executed Contest documents within the specified time; (c) cannot accept (or is unwilling to accept) the prize (as awarded) for any reason; and/or (d) is determined to be in violation of these Rules (all as determined by the Contest Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion); then he/she will be disqualified (and, if disqualified, will forfeit all rights to the prize) and the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and time permitting, to randomly select an alternate potential prize winner from among the remaining eligible Entries submitted and received in accordance with these Rules during the Contest Period (in which case the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to such new potential prize winner).
ADDITIONAL TERMS
11. Disqualification. By entering this Contest each entrant automatically agrees to accept and abide by these Rules. All decisions of the Contest Sponsor with respect to any aspect of this Contest, including without limitation the eligibility of Entries, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this Contest, including, without limitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of Entries and/or entrants. ANYONE DEEMED BY THE CONTEST SPONSOR TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RULES FOR ANY REASON IS SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE CONTEST SPONSOR AT ANY TIME.Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest in any way (as determined by Contest Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion) is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to reject the entrant’s Entry and seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.
12. Ownership of Entries/Content. Subject to the use of entrants’ personal information in accordance with privacy laws, all Entries and Contest documents become the property of the Contest Sponsor. By entering this Contest, you agree all content provided by you relating to the Contest, including but not limited to your Entries, answers to Contest questions, comments or postings on social media accounts or posts relating to the Contest, and your Account profile picture (the “Content”) may be used by the Contest Sponsor in the administration and fulfillment of the Contest and for any publicity, marketing, or promotions relating to the Contest or the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates and their businesses, products, and services, without further notice or compensation, and you waive all moral rights in such Content, including all rights of paternity, integrity, attribution, disclosure, withdrawal, and any other rights that may be known as “moral rights”. By entering this Contest, you grant to the Contest Parties and to their respective successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide right and license, but not the obligation, to reproduce, publicly perform, display, transmit, distribute, and otherwise use the Content, including to translate, alter, modify, and create derivative works of the Content in any and all forms for the administration and fulfillment of the Contest and for any publicity, marketing or promotions relating to the Contest or the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates and their businesses, products, and services.
13. Liability. By participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees that the Released Parties will not be liable or bear any responsibility for: (i) incorrect or inaccurate Entries or other information that may affect a person’s ability to participate in the Contest or be awarded a prize, including but not limited to human error, technical malfunctions, lost or delayed Entries for any reason, mail failures, omission, or any combination thereof, incomplete or illegible Entries, and Entries that fail to fully comply with these Rules; (ii) any failure of any social media or online systems during the Contest; (iii) any technical malfunction or other problems of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, those relating to the telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; (iv) the failure of any Entry or other information to be received, captured or recorded for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, technical problems or traffic congestion on a social media platform, online or at any website; (v) any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in the Contest; (vi) the security or privacy of information transmitted via computer networks or for breaches of privacy due to interference by third-party computer hackers or otherwise; or (vii) late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify a potential prize winner for any reason; (viii) any Contest disqualifications or prize forfeitures for any reason; and/or (ix) any combination of the above.
14. Entrant Identification. In the event of a dispute, Entries received on-line shall be deemed to be submitted by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the Account that was used to submit the Entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the person who is assigned to the Account by www.instagram.com, depending on method of Entry. An entrant may be required to provide proof that he/she is the Authorized Account Holder of the Account used to submit the Entry in question.
15. Contest Modification. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend or suspend this Contest (or to amend these Rules) in any way at any time for any reason, including in the event of any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor that interferes with the proper conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Rules, including, without limitation, any error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failure. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend or suspend this Contest, or to amend these Rules, in any way without prior notice or obligation, in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind, or for any other reason whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate based on the circumstances and/or to comply with applicable law. The Sponsor reserves the right to adjust any of the dates, timeframes and/or other Contest mechanics stipulated in these Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any entrant or Entry with these Rules, or as a result of any technical or other problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Contest Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules, or for any other reason. If this Contest is terminated, modified, or suspended, in whole or in part, the Contest Sponsor reserves the right to select the potential prize winner in a random drawing from all eligible Entries received up to the time of such cancellation, modification, or suspension, as applicable, or to proceed in such a manner as may be deemed fair by Contest Sponsor in its sole discretion.
16. Personal Information. By entering this Contest, each entrant expressly consents to the Contest Sponsor, its agents, affiliates, service providers and/or representatives, collecting, storing, sharing, disclosing, and using their personal information, including but not limited to his/her name, Account username, and any other personal information submitted with his/her Entry or Contest correspondence/documents only for the purpose of (i) administering the Contest, (ii) any publicity, marketing or promotions relating to the Contest or the Contest Sponsor and its affiliates and their businesses, products, and services, and (iii) complying with applicable laws, regulations and rules; in each case in accordance with Contest Sponsor’s privacy policy (available at: https://wonderbrands.com/legal-and-privacy-policies/privacy-policy/). This section does not limit any other consent(s) that an individual may provide the Contest Sponsor or others in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of his/her personal information.
17. Intellectual Property. All intellectual property in the Contest materials, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations in these Rules, the Instagram Page, and the Instagram Post are owned or licensed by the Contest Sponsor and/or its affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.
18. Governing Laws. This Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein without regard to principles of conflicts of law, including all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules, rights and obligations between entrants and the Contest Sponsor, and procedural provisions. Any disputes relating thereto shall be adjudicated by the Courts of the Province of Ontario. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest related materials, including but not limited to the Contest Sponsor’s Instagram Page, point of sale, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
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