KELLOGG’S™
MULTICULTURAL BACK TO SCHOOL
TEXT-TO-ENTER
SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
1. PROMOTION DESCRIPTION. The Kellogg’s™ Multicultural Back
to School Text-to-Enter Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is a Text
Entry and Mail-in Entry Sweepstakes that begins on 7/15/19 at 12:00:00 AM
Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on 9/30/19 at 11:59:59 PM (ET) (the “Promotion
Period”). Look on the Point-of-Sale
(“POS”) advertising material at participating retail stores for the Short Code
and keyword for each Participating Retailer (see rule #3a for “Participating Retailers”); and then
follow the instructions provided to enter the Sweepstakes via text – as more
fully described below in rule #3a. To
enter for free via mail-in, see the mail-in method of entry details on
promotional materials at the Participating Retailers’ stores noted above or see
below in rule #3b for further details.
2. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal
residents of the states of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut,
Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota and
Texas who are eighteen
(18) years of age or older at the time of entry and live within a fifty (50)
mile radius of the Participating Retailer associated with their entry. NOTE:
Entrants must be a legal resident of the state that their entry is associated
with for the specific retailer (see rule #3a for retailer states) or their
entry will be considered void. Employees
of Kellogg Company, Participating Retailers, their respective parent companies,
affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, advertising, promotion and other agencies (collectively,
“Promotion Entities”) and their
immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are
not eligible to participate. All
federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
3. HOW TO ENTER. There are two (2) ways to enter the Sweepstakes:
a)
TEXT ENTRY: During the Promotion Period, from
your wireless phone, text the respective keyword to the short code for the
respective Participating Retailer:
Participating Retailers |
|
Key Word |
Short Code |
# of Prizes |
SuperValu – Cub Foods |
IL, MN |
BOOKS9 |
86677 |
1 |
Coborn’s / Cashwise |
MN, SD |
BOOKS12 |
86677 |
1 |
SuperValu – Shop N Save ( |
MO |
BOOKS15 |
86677 |
1 |
Dierbergs |
IL, MO |
BOOKS18 |
86677 |
1 |
Niemanns ( |
IA, IL, MO |
BOOKS21 |
86677 |
1 |
Northgate |
CA |
BOOKS27 |
86677 |
3 |
|
CA |
BOOKS30 |
86677 |
3 |
Vallarta |
CA |
BOOKS33 |
86677 |
2 |
El Super |
CA |
BOOKS36 |
86677 |
3 |
Smart and Final |
CA |
BOOKS39 |
86677 |
1 |
Super King Markets |
CA |
BOOKS42 |
86677 |
1 |
Bashas’ |
AZ |
BOOKS54 |
86677 |
1 |
|
AZ |
BOOKS57 |
86677 |
1 |
Fiesta |
TX |
BOOKS63 |
86677 |
1 |
|
TX |
BOOKS66 |
86677 |
1 |
Foodarama / Cox’s |
TX |
BOOKS69 |
86677 |
1 |
BCS (Brookshire) |
AR, LA, TX |
BOOKS72 |
86677 |
1 |
Vista ( |
TX |
BOOKS75 |
86677 |
1 |
Lowe’s ( |
TX |
BOOKS78 |
86677 |
1 |
ASG |
CT, NC, NJ, NY, PA |
BOOKS96 |
86677 |
1 |
American Food Basket |
CT, GA, MA, NY, RI |
BOOKS99 |
86677 |
1 |
Key Food |
CT, FL, MA, NJ, NY, PA |
BOOKS102 |
86677 |
1 |
Krasdale |
CT, FL, MA, NJ, NY, PA |
BOOKS105 |
86677 |
1 |
After sending your text message entry,
you may receive one (1) text message in response to your text entry confirming
your entry and legal disclaimers from Kellogg Company (“Sponsor”). You may opt-out of
receiving the promotional text messages from Sponsor at any time by sending a
reply text message with the word “STOP”.
The text messaging method of entry is designed to work with
most of the U.S. major wireless carriers in the United States, but Sponsor
makes no guarantee that any particular wireless service provider will
participate, and the mobile phone that is used must be capable of sending and
receiving text messages. Check with your
carrier for details. Entrants should
check their phone’s features to see if they have that capability. Wireless service providers may charge
entrants for each text message, including any error message that is sent and
received in connection with the Sweepstakes, based on the applicable wireless
service pricing plan. Message and data rates apply. Entrants should consult their wireless
service provider’s pricing plan for details.
Entry by sending a text message will not improve your chance of winning.
By
texting an entry, the entrant grants permission to the Sponsor to notify them
via a return text message and must agree to accept all applicable charges
associated therewith. You are
responsible for all applicable fees and taxes associated with placing a text
entry. Sponsor in its sole discretion
may add or delete a cellular carrier at any time, without notice. Proof of text messaging the Short Code is not
considered proof of delivery to or receipt by Sponsor of such Sweepstakes entry.
Text entries must be completed by
9/30/19 at 11:59:59 PM (ET).
b) MAIL-IN ENTRY: You may also enter during
the Promotion Period by hand-writing, on a plain 3”x 5” piece of paper, your
name, address, age, daytime/evening phone numbers and name of your
Participating Retailer. You must include the name of your
Participating Retailer with your entry or your entry will be considered void. Mail your entry in an envelope with
sufficient postage affixed to: Kellogg’s™ Multicultural Back
to School Text-to-Enter Sweepstakes, Attn: Entry,
No automated entry devices, bots and/or other programs
and/or software are permitted for entry.
No mechanically reproduced, altered, forged, or facsimile entries will
be accepted. All entries become the sole
property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid,
unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or garbled entries, which
will be disqualified, or for problems of any kind, whether mechanical, human or
electronic. Promotion Entities shall not
be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by
any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the
Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the
processing of the entries in the Sweepstakes.
Promotion Entities assume no responsibility or liability for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access
to, or alteration of entries. Only fully
completed entries are eligible.
If due to programming, production or
other errors, more prizes are awarded and/or claimed than intended, the
intended number of Sweepstakes prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from
all those submitting purportedly valid claims.
No more than the number of prizes set forth in these Official Rules will
be awarded. Use of any automated system
to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. All potential winning entries are subject to
verification by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and binding. A participant is not a winner of any prize,
even if the website and/or a confirmation text message/email should so
indicate, unless and until said participant’s eligibility has been verified and
said participant has been notified that verification is complete. Sponsor will not accept Screen Shots or other
evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process. Any entry that occurs after the system has
failed for any reason is deemed a defective entry and is void and will not be
honored.
Limit one (1) entry per person per Day, regardless of method
of entry. All entries in excess of
this limit will be deemed void. For
purposes of this Sweepstakes, a “Day” is defined at a 24-hour period beginning
at 12:00:00 AM (ET) and ending at 11:59:59 PM (ET). Sponsor is not responsible for any change of
mailing address and/or telephone number of participants. In the event of a dispute over the identity
of a text entrant in the Sweepstakes, entry will be deemed completed by the
authorized account holder of the mobile telephone number provided at the time
of participation. “Authorized account
holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to a mobile telephone
number by an Internet access provided, online service provider, wireless
carrier, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that
is responsible for assigning the mobile telephone number. The potential winner may be required to
provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the
mobile telephone account associated with the winning entry. If a dispute cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction,
the affected entry will be deemed ineligible.
Please allow up to eight (8) weeks from time of prize claim until
confirmation of prize winner.
4. RANDOM DRAWING: Winners (see rule
#3a for prize distribution) will be selected in a random drawing to be
conducted on or about 10/8/19 among all eligible entries received from all
methods combined for each Participating Retailer by Sponsor or its
designee. The decisions of the Sponsor
are final and binding.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential prize
winners will be notified by email, phone and/or mail, using contact information
provided or collected at the time of entry.
Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is
lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. If, despite reasonable efforts, a potential
winner does not respond within seventy-two (72) hours of the first notification
attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or
undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his
or her prize and an alternate winner may be selected. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will attempt
to contact up to two (2) potential winners of a prize in accordance with the
above procedure, after which the prize in question may go unawarded if it
remains unclaimed. If any potential
prize winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with
these Official Rules or declines the prize for any reason prior to award, such prize
will be forfeited and an alternate prize winner may be selected.
6. PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES
(ARV)/ODDS: Thirty (30) Grand Prizes (see rule #3a for prize distribution)
– For twenty-nine (29) Grand Prizes - each winner will receive a $500
Bank-issued, pre-loaded Gift Card and $1,500 (in the form of Books
published by Penguin Random House) will be donated to a local elementary or
middle school of the winner’s choice (school must be within fifty (50) mile
radius of retail store associated with winner’s entry); and for one (1) Grand
Prize for the BCS (Brookshire) retail chain – the winner will receive a $500
Retailer Gift Card and $1,500 (in the form of Books published by Penguin
Random House) will be donated to a local elementary or middle school of the
winner’s choice (school must be within fifty (50) mile radius of the BCS
(Brookshire) store associated with winner’s entry). School recipient of prize must be a primary
or secondary education school and must be exempt from taxes under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Gift
cards are subject to the terms and conditions associated with their use. Odds of winning depend on total number of
eligible entries received from all methods combined for each Participating
Retailer. Unclaimed prizes will not be
awarded. All applicable federal, state,
and local taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize
winners. Limit one (1) prize per person
for the Promotion Period., regardless of the number of entries submitted for
Participating Retailers. Only the number
of prizes stated in these Official Rules is available to be won in the
Sweepstakes.
7.
GENERAL: Potential prize winners will be required to sign
and return a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release and, where
permitted by law, Publicity Release within fourteen (14) days after first
notification attempt. If prize
notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, prize may be forfeited
and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules. No correspondence will be acknowledged. No cash equivalents, substitutions or transfer
of prize permitted except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize
of equal or greater value. By entering Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and hold harmless, Kellogg
Company, Participating Retailers and their respective related companies,
parents, subsidiaries, limited liability companies, prize suppliers and all
other companies associated with the development and execution of this
Sweepstakes (including fulfillment of the prizes), affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, assigns and their respective agents and agencies (“Released Parties”) from and against any
claim or cause of action arising out of participation or attempt to participate
in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of any prize. Entrants and winners (i.e. entrants that
accept a prize) release and agree to indemnify and hold the Released Parties
harmless against any and all claims and liability out of acceptance,
possession, use or misuses of prize, or participation in this Sweepstakes.
Released Parties will have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of
any kind resulting from acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize
or participation in the Sweepstakes or any prize-related activities. Acceptance of a prize shall be construed as
and signify the winner's agreement and consent that Sponsor and the applicable
Participating Retailer may use the winner's name, voice, likeness and/or prize
information, without limitation, for promotional purposes without further
consideration, review, approval or payment, unless prohibited by law. By participating in this Sweepstakes,
entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the
Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor
is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the
offer or in administration of the Sweepstakes. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these
Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE
SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN
ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THIS SWEEPSTAKES.
AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY
HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
8.
LIMITATIONS AND RELEASES: Any attempted form of entry
into the Sweepstakes, other than the entry methods stated, is prohibited. Promotion Entities, their respective
affiliates, partners and promotion and advertising agencies are not responsible
for lost, late, mutilated or illegible entries nor for electronic transmission
errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or
alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment,
electronic, computer, hardware, software, electronic, network, telephone or
other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, errors in transmission,
lost or unavailable network connections, telephone connections, wireless phone
connections, website, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human
intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture or entry
information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or
delayed transmissions which may limit or restrict an participant’s ability to
enter the Sweepstakes, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any
other person’s phone, or other matter relating to or resulting from participating
in this Sweepstakes or downloading any materials in the Sweepstakes. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not
capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs,
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other
causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes,
the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify
or suspend the Sweepstakes; and award the prizes from among all eligible non-suspect
entries received from all methods combined up to the action taken by the
Sponsor provided a sufficient number of eligible entries have been received. Caution: Any attempt by any person to
deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the
Sweepstakes is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an
attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such
person to the fullest extent of the law.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING
THIS SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING ALL PRIZES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISIDICATIONS
MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OF EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUNETIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY.
CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
9.
PRIVACY: For information about how Kellogg Company uses your
personal information, please see its privacy statements, located at https://www.kelloggcompany.com/en_US/privacy-policy.html.
10. WINNER’S LIST: For names of winners,
send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by 12/31/19 to: Kellogg’s™ Multicultural
Back to School Text-to-Enter Sweepstakes, Attn: Winner’s List,
11. SPONSOR: Kellogg Company,
®, ™, © 2019
Kellogg NA Co.