OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

PET VALU’S FLURRIES & FUN WINTER SWEEPSTAKES

This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the United States in the following states only: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana who have reached the age of majority in their State of residence, as of 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) on January 1, 2016. You must have internet access and a valid Facebook account to enter this Contest. Entrants may be asked to provide proof of residency prior to being declared a winner. This Contest is not open to employees of the PET VALU group (being PET VALU, JACK’S PETS, PAULMAC’S or BOSLEY’S BY PET VALU) or their agents and members of the immediate families of such employees or agents and any person with whom such person is domiciled. This Contest is void where prohibited by law.

CONTEST PERIOD

The Contest begins at or about 11:59:59 a.m. EDT on January 1, 2016 and ends at or about 11:59:59 p.m. EDT on January 30, 2016 (the “Contest Period”). The computer of Maximize Digital Media (the “Administrator”), an agent of the Sponsors, is the official time keeping device for this Contest.

PRIZE

One (1) Pet Valu gift card of $200. Gift card does not expire and can only be redeemed at PET VALU store locations in the U.S. The total value of the Prize, in U.S. dollars, is $200.00.
The Prize must be accepted as awarded, without substitution, and is not redeemable for cash.

  • No cash value
    •    No refunds or exchanges

 

HOW TO ENTER

No purchase necessary. Visit www.facebook.com/petvaluUS during the Contest Period. Look for the Flurries & Fun Winter Sweepstakes tab and “Like” the PET VALU – US fan page if you have not already done so. Complete all required fields on the online registration form and click the “submit/enter” button.
The required fields on the registration form online include: your full name, state, email address, phone number, pet type and pet’s name. There is a limit of one (1) entry per person throughout the Contest Period. Any attempt by any participant to enter more often than the allowed one (1) entry per person by using multiple/different email addresses, Facebook accounts, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods, will disqualify that participant’s subsequent entries. Entries must be received before the Contest Period expires. Each fully completed entry will be an “entry” for purposes of the Contest, and only fully completed entries that otherwise comply with these Rules and Regulations will be accepted and eligible for entry into the Contest. Entries generated by a script, macro, bot or any other automated means will be deemed void. Entries that are mechanically reproduced, copied, incomplete, or inaccurate are void.

WINNER DETERMINATION AND ODDS OF WINNING

1. The odds of being selected as the winner depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period, and your score relative to other entrants.

2. One (1) entry will be chosen at random. The winner will be notified by email and/or by telephone during the period February 1-15, 2016 and the winner will be announced on or before February 29, 2016.

3. The Prize will be sent by courier to the winner.

4. In order to be declared a winner, the selected entrant must: (i) sign a declaration of compliance with the Rules and Regulations and a release (including a publicity release); (ii) return any required documents (including any required releases and permissions); and (iii) otherwise comply with the Rules and Regulations. The selected entrant will have three (3) business days within which to sign and return the required document or notification to Sponsors. If the Sponsors do not receive the selected entrant’s required document or notification, Sponsors will send a reminder email or telephone call requesting the return of the required document or notification within one (1) business day. Sponsors will make no more than one (1) attempt to remind the selected entrant by email and/or by telephone. If the selected entrant is not able to be contacted or does not return the required document or notification, then the Sponsor will attempt to contact the entrant with the next highest score. This process will be repeated until a selected entrant has been contacted and the Prize has been awarded in accordance with these Rules and Regulations or the Sponsors run out of eligible entries, whichever occurs first. If any required document or notification is not received by the Sponsors within the specified time, or the entrant does not otherwise comply with these Rules and Regulations, the entrant is disqualified and forfeits the prize and another entrant will be selected to win the prize in accordance with the Rules and Regulations.

All decisions of the Sponsors are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. The winner will receive no compensation, credit or prize other than as disclosed in these Rules and Regulations.

5. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE AND INDEMNITY: By entering this Contest, you agree to (a) fully and unconditionally comply with and be bound by these Contest Rules and Regulations and the decisions of the Sponsors which are binding and final in all matters relating to this contest and (b) release, indemnify and hold harmless each of the Sponsors, their affiliates, franchisees and related third parties, advertising and promotional agencies and each of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any liability, claim or damage (including but not limited to personal injury, bodily injury, disability, death, copyright infringement, identity theft, privacy and defamation actions, misappropriation of likeness actions, property damage and loss or damage of any other kind) arising directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from or in connection with this Contest or your participation in the Contest or in any contest-related activities, or any breach by you of your obligations, or any use, collection, storage and disclosure of your personal information, or, if declared a winner, the Prize (including the use and misuse of the Prize). You will indemnify and hold each of the Released Parties harmless in the event it is discovered that you have departed from or not fully complied with any of these Rules and Regulations. This release and indemnity shall continue in force following the termination of the Contest and/or the awarding of the Prize.

GENERAL

  1. Neither the Sponsors nor their affiliates assume any responsibility or bear any liability whatsoever in any way for (i) any participation in this Contest; (ii) the awarding, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the Prize; (iii) any entries that are delayed, stolen, misdirected, lost, destroyed or damaged; (iv) any failure or slowdown of programs or software supporting, connected to or related to this Contest; (v) any problems or technical malfunctions of any kind, including without limitation computer systems, servers, equipment or software, however caused; (vi) any inability of any winner to accept the Prize for any reason; or (vii) any claim or loss attributable to the Prize awarded in this Contest.
  2. Should there be a dispute over the identity of a selected Entrant, an online entry will be declared as entered by the authorized account holder of the Facebook account which is used at the time of entry, and the selected Entrant may be required to provide identification to show that he/she is the authorized account holder of such Facebook account. In addition, anyone found to use multiple accounts to enter this Contest will be ineligible.
  3. The Sponsors reserve the right to modify, amend, withdraw, or terminate this Contest and to modify these Rules and Regulations at any time without prior notice, subject to applicable laws and, where pertinent, approval of local jurisdictions. Changes to these Rules and Regulations will be posted online at: www.facebook.com/petvaluUS. All Contest entries become the property of the Sponsors and their affiliates and none will be returned. This Contest is subject to applicable federal, provincial or municipal laws and regulations. The Prize is not transferable or convertible to cash and must be accepted as awarded.
  4. The Sponsors are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these Rules and Regulations, the selection and announcement of winner, or the distribution of the Prize.
  5. Any claim or legal action arising or occurring with respect to the Contest, or the awarding, acceptance, use, or misuse of the Prize, shall be governed exclusively by Philadelphia law, and shall be resolved exclusively in either the federal or provincial courts located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  6. PRIVACY / USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. By participating in this Contest, you grant to the Sponsors and their affiliates the right to use the personal information you have provided in your entry and by entering this Contest, you agree to the following terms regarding such personal information. Personal information will be used for the administration of the Contest, including contacting selected entrants and the awarding of the Prize, in addition to the other uses contemplated in these Rules and Regulations. Your personal information will be governed by Pet Valu Inc.’s privacy policy, which is located at http://us.petvalu.com/privacy-policy. Also, please note that the Sponsors use an administrator located in the United States of America (“USA”) to help administer this Contest. By participating in this Contest, you agree to allow your name, likeness and comments to be displayed on the PET VALU US website (http://www.us.petvalu.com), and/or PET VALU – US’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/petvaluUS) or related social media and/or published in the PET VALU COMPANION magazine and such other marketing materials prepared by the Sponsors, all without additional compensation.
  7. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to the Sponsors and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for purposes of administering this Contest and in accordance with the Sponsors’ privacy policies noted above.
  8. For questions regarding this Contest, these Rules and Regulations or the Prize, please contact us at usmarketing@petvalu.com.
  1. Sponsors: The Sponsor of the Contest is Pet Valu, Inc., 489 Devon Park Drive, Suite 320, Wayne, PA 19087.