Safeway Canada Cheese Champion Contest Office Rules

1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. Eligibility: This Contest is open to legal residents of Canada (except residents of the Province of Quebec) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC d/b/a Integrated Marketing Services(“Publisher”), or of Canada Safeway, Limited (“Sponsor”), and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, sales representatives, and advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members of, and any persons domiciled with, any such employees, are not eligible to enter or to win. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, in-laws, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren.
3. Recipe Requirements: All submitted recipes must identify and use at least one cheese product available in the Safeway deli department. Recipes not meeting this requirement will be disqualified. More than one cheese may be used in the recipe. Recipes must be original, not previously published, and the entrant’s own creation and sole property.

• 4. How To Enter: Entry information will be included in the April 2011 edition of the Art of Cheese newsletter distributed in the deli department of Safeway stores. During the contest period visit the link to the Contest www.safewaycheesechampions.com. Follow directions online to submit your entry by copy/paste or typing your original recipe into the supplied text area. Completed entries must include your recipe including a complete list of ingredients with exact measurements and complete step by step preparation and cooking instructions including prep time, cook/bake time and cooking temperature (if applicable), a brief description, in 25 words or less, of yourself and the recipe, and a digital image of you. The contest will be open from April 1, 2011 until July 11, 2011 – all entries must be received by 12 Midnight Eastern Time on July 11, 2011. With your entry, also include: (1) your first and last name, indicating Ms., Mrs., or Mr.; and (2) your mailing address and phone number. Entries not providing all of the above required information will be disqualified. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered entries will be accepted. Publisher and Sponsor are not responsible for illegible, lost, late, damaged, incomplete, inaccurate, delayed or misdirected entries or for computer system, phone/cable line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections of any nature whatsoever. All entries become property of Publisher and none will be returned. Publisher reserves the right to disqualify any entries by persons determined to be tampering with or abusing any aspect of this Contest. Publisher reserves the right to disqualify any entry that does not comply with these rules, that is alleged to infringe on any third party’s intellectual property rights, or that Publisher/Sponsor deems obscene, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate for viewing by a general audience. By submitting a recipe in this Contest, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, including the grant of rights set forth in Paragraph 9; if you do not agree with these terms and conditions, do not submit an entry.

5. Winners: Twenty (20) winners will be chosen. Each recipe will be kitchen-tested by a team of experienced home economists retained by Publisher. Winners will be selected by Publisher on the basis of taste appeal, ease of preparation, originality, and compliance with the recipe requirements specified above. The decisions of Publisher are final, binding, and conclusive on all matters, including but not limited to selection of the prize winners. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received.
6. Publication: The 20 winning recipes with finished dish photos will be published in a booklet titled Safeway Cheese Champions’ Winning Recipes to be distributed by Safeway during September-December 2011. The winners will be featured in the magazine containing their recipe with their name, province, Safeway store location, and a brief description of the winner, the recipe entered, and/or the featured cheese.
7. Prizes: Each winner will receive a $50 Safeway gift card. Gift cards are not exchangeable, refundable or redeemable for cash and are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions of use as listed on the gift card. Approximate retail value of each gift card is $50. In addition, from the 20 winning recipes, the Publisher will select one (1) Grand Prize winner on the basis of overall quality and excellence of their recipe. The Grand Prize winner will receive a 3-Day/2-Night stay at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort on Vancouver Island. The grand prize consists of the following elements: [A] Accommodations for   two nights at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort[B] Round trip, coach airfare for two (2) from the major airport nearest to the winner’s residence to the Vancouver Airport and back; [C] Visa® gift cards totaling $2000 for food, gas, and other incidentals; and [D] Rental car for (3) days. All expenses not specifically mentioned herein are not included and are solely the winner's responsibility, including but not limited to: round-trip transportation between the winner's residence and airport, parking fees, laundry service, alcoholic beverages, merchandise, souvenirs, telephone calls, tips, gratuities and service charges. Approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $5,000. All prize amounts are stated in Canadian dollars. No substitution, transfer, or assignment of prizes is permitted, except that Publisher reserves the right to substitute a prize of like or equal value in the event the offered prize is unavailable. All travel must be completed within one (1) year from the date the Grand Prize is awarded. All taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. Publisher, Safeway and their respective employees are not responsible for any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, inability to use, possession, loss or misdirection of any prize, or from participation in this Contest or in any activity related thereto. The prizes are awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose).
8. Contest Winners’ Notification: Contest winners will be notified by telephone and mail on or around August 15, 2011. All winners must sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Assignment of Rights so it is received within 7 days of date of notification, or an alternate winner will be selected. Promptly after confirmation of winners, the $50 Safeway gift cards will be mailed to the prize winners, and the Grand Prize winner will be contacted by a representative of the Publisher to determine travel dates. The Publisher will make the travel arrangements and arrange for delivery of the Visa® gift cards. The Grand Prize winner will be solely responsible for any fees or charges resulting from changes to the reservations after they are made by Publisher. For the names of winners, available after August 31, 2011, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Canada Safeway Cheese Champions Winning Recipes, 333 Semoran Commerce Place, Apopka, FL 32703, USA.
9. Conditions: By participating in this Contest, each entrant agrees that: [A] he/she will abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and the Publisher’s decisions; [B] the submitted recipe and related material becomes solely the Publisher’s property and will not be acknowledged or returned; and [C] submission of the recipe entry shall constitute entrant’s grant to Publisher of the exclusive ownership of and right to reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, display, perform and publish (in any media including online media) the submitted recipe and related material, and to edit, use, transfer or sell the same in any other fashion, including, but not necessarily limited to, culinary programs, in-store demonstrations, recipe cards, etc., for all commercial, advertising/trade and editorial purposes – this grant of ownership rights shall be worldwide and in perpetuity, without further notification, permission, or additional compensation to the entrant, except where prohibited. Publisher’s decision as to the precise manner in which it may use a recipe, description, entrant’s name and/or related material, shall be final and binding.
ENTRANTS, BY THEIR PARTICIPATION, AND WINNERS, IN ACCEPTING THEIR PRIZES, AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE PUBLISHER AND SPONSORS AND THE SPONSOR AFFILIATES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OF LIABILITY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AGAINST THE PUBLISHER, SPONSORS AND/OR THE SPONSOR AFFILIATES, INCLUDING ANY ACCIDENT, LOSS, INJURY OR DEATH OCCURRING FROM THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE PRIZES OR USE/MISUSE THEREOF OR WHILE TRAVELING TO AND/OR FROM A LOCATION TO OBTAIN OR USE A PRIZE.
10. Sponsor: Canada Safeway Limited, 1020-64th Avenue NE, Calgary, AB T2E 7V8
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