"WINNING TASTE RECIPE CONTEST" OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID OUTSIDE THE 48 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. ALL CONTEST ENTRIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES
WHICH GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE AWARD.
1. ELIGIBILITY:
The Winning Taste Recipe Contest ("Contest" or "Promotion") is offered in and open
only to legal residents of the 48 Continental United States and the District of
Columbia ("U.S") that are age 18 and older at the time of entry. Employees, officers,
directors of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation ("PPC"), and each of its respective parent
companies, subsidiaries, corporate affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies
engaged in the design and implementation of the Contest and the immediate family
members and members of the same household of such individuals are not eligible.
"Immediate family" means parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective
spouses, regardless of where they reside. Professionals are not eligible to participate.
Professionals include chefs and food writers, and also include anyone who has received
career/professional/graduate/culinary and/or formal training in food preparation,
or anyone who develops or creates recipes and/or food products for pay.
2. CONTEST PERIOD:
The Entry Period for the Contest ends on November 15, 2011 at 12:01 AM Eastern Time
("Contest Period"). PPC is the official time keeper for the Contest.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
Contestants are required to create an original Recipe which uses Pilgrim's Pride
Chicken ("Entry"). Access www.pilgrims.com or winningtaste.pilgrims.com during the
Contest Period and follow the instructions to enter, or mail your Entry to: 2011
Winning Taste Recipe Contest, 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, CO 80634. Enter as
many times as you want, but each Entry must be separately submitted. There is only
one winner per household.
Entry will not be valid without contestant agreeing to these Official Rules and
confirming that (a) you are at least 18 years of age or of age and (b) the Recipe
you are submitting is your original work.
ALL ENTRIES SUBJECT TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, CONTESTANT EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO THE POSTING OF THE ENTRY
ON THE WEB SITE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, AND EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ENTRIES BECOME
THE PROPERTY OF PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION.
About Entries:
Recipe must be an original recipe and must be of one's own mind and is not a copy
or imitation of an existing recipe. An entry may not contain the trademark, trade
name, or logo (other than a PPC trademark, trade name, or logo), or copyrighted
material, of any person or entity. If any entry is found in PPC's sole discretion
to be infringing on the intellectual property rights of any third party, that entry
will be removed from the website and participant will be disqualified. If the recipe
is derived from a previously published recipe, it must have at least four (4) significant
ingredients that are different and the method of preparation changed in order to
qualify. Recipe must not have been previously submitted to another national contest,
promotional event, or for publication. Recipe must use Pilgrim's Pride fresh or
prepared foods chicken products. If no Pilgrim's Pride Chicken is available in your
area, you may use another brand of fresh or prepared foods chicken products for
the recipe. Recipe must be legibly typed or handwritten on an 8.5" x 11" white paper
or entered online and must list the ingredients in order of use and in exact standard
U.S. measurements. Recipe must also include the name of the recipe, number of servings,
your name, address, email, and daytime phone number. No other form of participation
is valid. Any attempt by a participant to circumvent the Rules will void that participant's
entries and that participant will be disqualified. All entries become the exclusive
property of PPC, and will not be acknowledged or returned. Any entry which PPC,
in its sole opinion, deems to be inappropriate for publication will not be considered.
Use of Entries and Names: By submitting a name, entry and Recipe, entrant (a) grants
a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to PPC and its agents to post his/her
Recipe (or any part thereof) and/or use his/her name and/or entry on the web site,
www.pilgrims.com or any other web site, at any time or times, as is consistent with
the Official Rules, and entrants shall have no right of notice, review or approval
of any such use of the Recipe and/or entrant's name and/or entry, and (b) acknowledges
and agrees that the recipe (or any part thereof) and/or his/her name and/or entry
may be used in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other works, and that
the Recipe and/or entry may be changed, altered, edited or modified, or in any other
manner, as solely determined by PPC.
By entering, each entrant represents and warrants that the submitted recipe:
(i) is the sole, exclusive, and original creation and property of the entrant alone;
no other individual contributed to it; and the Recipe has not been copied in whole
or in part from any other work without the significant modifications required above;
and,
(ii) does not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark/trade name, logo, Trade
Secret or intellectual property right, other proprietary right of any person (including
but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light),
or entity; and,
(iii) is the sole and exclusive property of the entrant; and,
(iv) has not been published, or submitted in any other competition.
PPC will not respond to any questions about an entry or the Contest. Once an entry
is submitted, it cannot be changed, altered or modified. All submissions become
property of the PPC and will not be returned.
4. SELECTION OF THE FINALISTS AND GRAND PRIZE JUDGING:
All entries will be pre-screened by PPC representatives as to basic eligibility
requirements. After pre-screening, entries will be selected and judged by a committee
of judges ("Judges") on the basis of the following criteria: (a) Creativity/Originality,
(b) Taste and (c) Ease of Preparation. Judges decisions are final. Judges will select
a first, second, and third place winner and one grand prize winner, "Judges' Favorite."
5. NOTIFICATION:
Winners will be selected on or about December 1, 2011, and notified by telephone.
An affidavit/declaration of verification to the winners will follow. Winners will
be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability/Travel Release
and other documents as requested by PPC. If Affidavits/Releases/or any additional
documents and releases required are not received by the date or dates stated on
the notification, or if any notification is returned as non-deliverable, or if Finalist
is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, the Finalist
will be disqualified and the entrant with the next highest cumulative score based
on the criteria above will be notified.
6. PRIZES:
GRAND PRIZE (Judge's Favorite): Four night premier accommodations for two at Lake
Austin Spa.
FIRST PRIZE: KitchenAid Mixer ($575 value).
SECOND PRIZE: Wusthof Knife Set ($528 value).
THIRD PRIZE: KitchenAid Blender ($200 value).
7. PRIZE RESTRICTIONS:
No substitution or transfer of prize, but PPC reserves right to substitute prize
in whole or in part with prize of comparable or greater value. An IRS Form 1099
for the fair market value of the prizes will be filed for any prize valued at $600
or more and a copy provided to the Grand Prize Winners. All applicable federal,
state, local and other taxes and fees associated with the prize and expenses not
stated related to acceptance and use of a prize are solely the responsibility of
the Grand Prize Winners.
8. GENERAL CONDITIONS:
By participating, participants, agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules and
the decisions of PPC and judges, which decisions shall be final and binding in all
matters relating to the Contest; (b) that PPC and judges, their respective affiliates,
parent companies, subsidiaries, distributors, advertising and promotion agencies,
and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents
(individually and collectively "Releasees") are released, will have no liability
whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless and indemnified by participants against
any and all liability for any injuries, losses or damages, rights, claims and actions
of any kind to person(s), including personal injury, death, or damage to or loss
of property, or violation of intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity
or privacy resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in connection
with participation in the Contest and the acceptance, possession or use of the prize,
including travel liability; (c) that participants who do not comply with these Official
Rules, or who attempt to interfere with this Contest in any way shall be disqualified
and (d) winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants
permission for PPC (and agrees to confirm such permission in writing) and those
acting pursuant to PPC's authority to use, in perpetuity, his/her name, picture,
voice and/or likeness, biographical information and statements and prize information,
and entry Recipe, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Official
Rules, grants the use of the entry Recipe to PPC, which may be altered, changed,
modified, edited, used alone, together or with other works, and/or used in distorted,
illusory or composite form, as solely determined by PPC for advertising, trade and
promotional purposes without further compensation, at any times or time, in all
media now known or hereafter discovered worldwide, and on the Internet and/or World
Wide Web, without notice or review or approval. Winning Recipe will be deemed a
Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot
be so deemed, then winner irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to PPC all of
his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Recipe, including but not limited
to all copyright and trademark rights, in the United States and worldwide, therein,
for no additional consideration beyond the prize awarded. Upon request of PPC, winner
shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of sale, transfer and assignment,
as may be solely deemed by PPC, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership
of record of the right, title and interest in and to the entry and of the copyrights
transferred hereunder; and to record and perfect same. Should PPC fail to request
the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of PPC's rights
and PPC may at a later time request the transfer and/or assignment.
9. LIABILITY LIMITATIONS:
The Releasees are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (a) printing
or typographical or computer errors in any Contest-related materials and in the
event of any inconsistency between Contest-related materials and these Official
Rules, these Official Rules shall govern and control, (b) technical failures of
any kind including but not limited to electronic, hardware or software program,
network, telephone (including wireless devices and/or handsets), Internet, website,
ISP availability or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind,
including without limitation, computer malfunction or by any human error which may
occur in the administration, collection and processing of entries; (c) failed, incomplete,
garbled or delayed computer transmissions; (d) lost, late, undeliverable, misdirected,
incomplete, illegible or inaccurate entries or regular or express mail; (e) unauthorized
human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (f) any error
or condition that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted, regardless
of the cause; or (g) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participant's participation in
the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If, for any reason, a participant's
entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed
or corrupted, participant's sole remedy is another entry in the Contest, provided
that, it is possible to award another entry prior to discontinuance of the Contest.
PPC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, terminate or
suspend the Contest or any portion thereof should the Contest be incapable of running
as planned for any reason that corrupts or impairs the administration, security,
fairness, integrity or proper play of the Contest. In the event of cancellation,
termination or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at www.pilgrimspride.com
and finalists and winner selected from among all eligible entries legitimately received
immediately prior to the event causing the termination or suspension. PPC reserves
the right to void any entries determined by PPC in its sole discretion to have been
submitted fraudulently or in contravention of the Official Rules. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT
BY A PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL
AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, PPC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK
DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. PPC'S FAILURE
TO ENFORCE ANY TERM OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THAT
PROVISION. Contest, including construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability
of these Official Rules shall be (1) governed by the laws of the State of Colorado
without regard to choice of law or conflict of law principles (whether of the State
of Colorado or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws
of any jurisdiction other than the State of Colorado; (2) any dispute, claims and causes
of action arising out of or connected in any way with the Contest or any prize awarded
shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and
brought exclusively in a federal or state court in the State of Colorado and litigation
and/or trials will be decided solely by a judge. CONTESTANT WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY SUCH ACTION(S) AND CONFIRMS THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT OFFERED
TO PILGRIM'S PRIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST. For any such action(s) related
to their business transactions, the Parties submit themselves to the jurisdiction
of the state or federal courts serving Weld County, Colorado; (3) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees; and
(4) under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and
participant 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.
10. WINNERS LIST:
For the name of the Judges Favorite and other winners, visit www.pilgrims.com
or mail a self-addressed first class stamped envelope to: Pilgrim's Winning
Taste Recipe Contest 2011 Winner, 1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, CO 80634.
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
1770 Promontory Circle
Greeley, CO 80634