RIO GRANDE GROCERY OUTLET “WIN A 2-MINUTE SHOPPING SPREE” SWEEPSTAKES
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM A PRIZE. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY WHO ARE 18 YEARS OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
1. SPONSOR: The Rio Grande Grocery Outlet (“Store”) “WIN A 2-Minute Shopping Spree” Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is sponsored and administered by Grocery Outlet, 5650 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 (“Sponsor”).
2. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Sweepstakes begins on 11/25/2024, at 12:00:01 A.M. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on 12/8/2024, at 11:59:59 P.M. ET (“Sweepstakes Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official clock of the Sweepstakes and all activities therein.
3. ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is offered only to legal residents of New Jersey who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry (“Eligible Person”). Employees, contractors, agents, directors, and officers of Sponsor, and each of its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, distributors, sales representatives, retailers, advertising, and companies involved in the implementation and execution of the Sweepstakes, as well as each of their respective immediate family members (i.e., spouse, parent, child, sibling and the “steps” of each) and persons living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Sweepstakes are not eligible to participate or win. By participating in this Sweepstakes, an individual who meets the eligibility requirements and enters the Sweepstakes agrees to be bound by these official rules (“Official Rules”) and agrees that the decisions of Sponsor shall be final and binding in all matters pertaining to the Sweepstakes.
4. TO ENTER: To enter the Sweepstakes you must either (i) visit the Sweepstakes landing page at www.groceryoutlet.com/giveaway-rio-grande and complete the form including your first and last name, email address, zip code, and then submit form where prompted, or (ii) submit an entry via the mail on a 3×5 index card including your first and last name, email address, zip code, addressed to Rio Grande Grocery Outlet, 3174 Rte 9 S, Rio Grande, NJ 08242, must be received by 12/8/2024. By following one of the foregoing instructions, Eligible Person shall receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes (“Entry”). Entry must include a valid, working email address where the Eligible Person can be reached. Upon submission of an Entry, Eligible Person will be entered into the Sweepstakes (each, an “Entrant”). Proof of transmission does not constitute proof of entry. Use of automated entry devices or programs, or entries by third parties by any method of entry, are prohibited. Entries that do not conform to or that violate these Official Rules or are submitted in any manner other than stated in these Official Rules will be disqualified. By participating in the Sweepstakes, Entrant understands that they are providing their information to Sponsor.
Limit: One (1) Entry per person for a maximum of one Entry for the entire Sweepstakes Period. For the purposes of this Sweepstakes, a “day” is defined as each calendar day starting at 12:00:00 AM ET and ending at 11:59:59 PM ET. Entrants attempting to use multiple email accounts will be disqualified, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entries received from any individual in excess of the stated limitation will be void. Message and data rates may apply to Entries submitted via a mobile device. Please check with your mobile carrier for more information.
5. ODDS: Odds of winning depend upon the total number of eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
6. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: On or about 12/10/2024, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) potential winner from among all eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. Potential winner will be notified via email on or about 12/9/2024 with further instructions on how to claim the Prize (defined below). All winners must claim prize within three (3) days of notification, or another winner will be chosen. Potential winner is subject to verification, including verification of age. If a potential winner is found not to be eligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, or if Prize notification is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner will be disqualified. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to award a Prize (defined below) to an alternate Entrant chosen by random draw. Potential winners may be required to sign and return within three (3) business days an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release and Indemnification, and a Publicity Release where allowed by law (“Winner Documents”) as well as an IRS Form 1099. In the event that (i) an email notification or any other winner notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) there is no response to an email notification or any other winner notification is not received within the required time period (three (3) days), (iii) the Winner Documents are not returned to Sponsor within the specified time period of three (3) days, (iv) potential winner cannot be contacted for any reason, or (v) if a potential winner does not comply with these Official Rules, they may, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified, and the Prize (defined below) they may have been entitled to will be forfeited. If a Prize is forfeited for any reason, an alternate potential winner may be selected in a random drawing from all remaining Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period. Sponsor’s decisions are final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.
7. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”): There will be one (1) prize, consisting of a 2-minute, in-store, timed shopping spree at Rio Grande Grocery Outlet within one month of notification (date/time to be mutually agreed upon by winner and Sponsor) (the “Shopping Spree”), where winner shall be awarded the shopped items at the conclusion of the Shopping Spree in accordance to the conditions set forth in this Section 7 (collectively, “Prize”). ARV: $500.
The Shopping Spree will be timed by an employee of the Store for two minutes beginning at the front of the Store. Winner will be provided one shopping cart for the duration of the Shopping Spree. At the end of the two minutes, the winner must stop placing items into their cart. Items will be calculated at the Store register. Total items awarded to winner may not exceed the total ARV of $500. Excludes alcohol and gift cards. No more than two (2) units of any meat or seafood product. Prize is non-transferrable and no cash equivalent, substitution, or return of Prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute Prize with another prize of equal or greater value. The Store or the Store’s employee will be the official time keeper of the Shopping Spree.
8. PUBLICITY: Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes a winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of such winner’s name, likeness, Entry, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law.
9. TAXES: Sponsor makes no representations about the tax consequences of being selected as the winner and receiving a Prize. No part of the Prize or its equivalent cash value will be subject to withholding by Sponsor for the payment of any taxes. Sponsor will report amounts received by the recipient of Prize by filing Form 1099 MISC with the Internal Revenue Service as required by law. Winner must provide the Sponsor with valid identification and a signed IRS Form W-9 before the Prize will be awarded. By participating in this Sweepstakes, Entrants agree that they will be solely responsible for all (i) all applicable federal, state, and/or local taxes, and for any fees or costs associated with the Prize awarded, and (ii) reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes. You must contact your own tax advisor for any questions concerning taxes.
10. RELEASE OF LIABILITY: Entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, The Brand Amp, each of their parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, website providers, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, designees and agents (“Released Parties”), from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or loss or damage arising from or arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes, submission of an Entry and/or acceptance, receipt, possession, use or misuse of a Prize such as grocery items received, and any claims based on publicity rights and intellectual property rights. WINNER ASSUMES ALL RISK AND DANGER OF PERSONAL INJURY AND ALL OTHER HAZARDS ARISING FROM OR RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE PRIZE AND/OR SHOPPING SPREE. BY ACCEPTING THE PRIZE AND EACH COMPONENT THEREIN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SHOPPING SPREE, WINNER ACCEPTS THE DANGEROUS NATURE AND RISK IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SHOPPING SPREE, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR DEATH, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT IS VOLUNTARY, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE NATURAL FACTORS AND OCCURRENCES WHICH MAY IMPACT ON OR AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN AND THEY ASSUME THE RISK OF SUCH FACTORS AND OCCURRENCES AND AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESULTING INJURY AND/OR DEATH.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, postage due or undeliverable email notifications or postal mail; (2) any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections or availability; (3) garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/website accessibility, availability or traffic congestion; (4) any technical, mechanical, printing or typographical or other error; (5) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Sweepstakes; (6) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of Entries; (7) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize. The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any website users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the website or any Sweepstakes-related website(s). Without limiting the foregoing, everything regarding this Sweepstakes, including any Prize components, 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 noninfringement. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusions of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusions 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.
By entering the Sweepstakes, each Entrant agrees: (i) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (ii) to waive all of their rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against any of the Released Parties in connection with the Sweepstakes, including any injury that arises as a result of the Shopping Spree or receipt, use, or conversion of a Prize into groceries or other goods; and (iii) to forever and irrevocably agree to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless each of the Released Parties from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (a) the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to any Sweepstakes-related activity or element thereof, and the Entrant’s Entries, participation or inability to participate in the Sweepstakes; (b) the violation of any third-party trademark, license, privacy, personal, publicity or proprietary rights; (c) typographical or printing errors in these Official Rules or any Sweepstakes materials; (d) acceptance, receipt, delivery of, possession, defects in, use, nonuse, misuse, inability to use, loss, damage, destruction, negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the use of a Prize (or any component thereof); (e) any change in prizes (or any components thereof) due to unavailability or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including but not limited to any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action[s], regulation[s], order[s] or request[s] prove[s] to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened or actual terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slowdown, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot or any other cause beyond any of the Released Parties’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules; (f) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation or modification of the Sweepstakes; (g) human error; (h) incorrect or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of any Entry; (i) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of a website or any telephone network, computer system, computer online system, mobile device, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider or mail service utilized by any of the Released Parties or by an Entrant; (j) interruption or inability to access the Sweepstakes or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems; and (k) any liability for taxes as a result of receiving a Prize.
12. DISPUTES: Except where prohibited, Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any Prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California or the appropriate California State Court located in Alameda County, California; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant 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. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California. Entrants agree that the statute of limitations for asserting any claims shall be a period of one (1) year from the time the cause of action accrued, or the cause of action shall be forever barred.
13. PRIVACY POLICY: Any personally identifiable information collected during an Entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes will be collected by Sponsor or its designee and used by Sponsor, The Brand Amp, its affiliates, designees, agents and marketers for purposes of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Sweepstakes as described in these Official Rules and in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy as stated at https://groceryoutlet.com/legal/privacy.
14. GENERAL: BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, EACH ENTRANT CONSENTS TO RECEIVE PROMOTIONAL EMAILS FROM GROCERY OUTLET. Subscribers can opt out of promotional emails via the unsubscribe link contained in the footer of any email or by visiting our Email Preferences Center at https://groceryoutlet.com/preference-center-login. Any attempted form of participation in this Sweepstakes other than as described herein is void. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Entry in the Sweepstakes or entitlement to a Prize if, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, it determines or suspects that the Entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other fraudulent or deceptive or unfair playing practices (including any Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means and Entries by any means which subvert the Entry process). In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner, the winning Entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address used to submit an Entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SWEEPSTAKES OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. All Entries and/or materials submitted will not be returned. In the event of any conflict with any Sweepstakes details contained in these Official Rules, the details of the Sweepstakes as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail. In the event the Store location is rendered inoperable for any reason, including health or safety reasons, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Prize or any remainder of the Prize.
15. WINNERS LIST: For the name of the winner (available after 12/10/2024), please visit Sponsor’s website at www.groceryoutlet.com/giveaway-rio-grande.