NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Void where prohibited by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws. The McCormick “Enter for a Chance to Win a $100 McCormick Shop Gift Card” Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) entry period begins at 10:00 AM ET on November 11, 2021 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on November 20, 2021. Limit one entry per person.
The McCormick “Enter for a Chance to Win a $100 McCormick Shop Gift Card” Sweepstakes Official Rules
1. Eligibility: The McCormick “Enter for a Chance to Win a $100 McCormick Shop Gift Card” Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are of the age of majority in their state of residence, and who are, as of the start of the Sweepstakes Period, signed up to receive marketing emails from Sponsor, and who receive the Sweepstakes Email described below (“Eligible Entrant,” collectively “Eligible Entrants”). Persons who at any time during the Sweepstakes Period (or, if Winner, as of the date of Prize fulfillment) are employees, officers or directors of McCormick & Company, Inc. ("Sponsor"), or any of their respective parents, affiliates or subsidiaries or of any other company involved in the development or execution of the Sweepstakes, and persons who are a member of the immediate family (spouses, parents, siblings and children, regardless of where they live) of any such employee, officer or director or who live in the same household (whether or not related) as any such employee, officer or director, are not eligible to enter or win. Participation constitutes Entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor's and/or Administrator's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a Prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the eligibility of Winners.
2. Sponsor/Administrator: The Sponsor and Administrator is McCormick & Company, Inc., 24 Schilling Road, Suite 1, Hunt Valley, MD 20131.
3. How to Enter: In order to enter, during the period of 10:00 AM ET on November 11, 2021 through 11:59 p.m. ET on November 20, 2021 (“Sweepstakes Period”), the Eligible Entrant must open the Sweepstakes email (“Sweepstakes Email”) that is sent by the Sponsor to that entrant’s email address during the Sweepstakes Period that invites the Eligible Entrant to participate in entering the Sweepstakes by clicking the call to action “Enter Now” within the email (the “Entry,” collectively, “Entries”). The Eligible Entrant only needs to click on the “Enter Now” call to action to submit an Entry (as defined below). All Entries must be completed and submitted by the end of the Sweepstakes Period, to be eligible. Sponsor has the sole discretion to determine whether a submission qualifies as an Entry. Any Entry not in compliance with the above and which does not meet the requirements of these Official Rules will be disqualified. All potential Winners are subject to verification before any Prize will be awarded. Normal time rates, data rates and other fees or charges, if any, charged by the Entrant’s Internet access, phone or mobile service provider will apply. Sponsor is not obligated to acknowledge any Entry. Limit: LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER PERSON. ADDITIONAL ENTRIES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
Entry must be submitted via the link in the Sweepstakes Email. Automated or bulk entries or entries submitted by third parties will be disqualified. Entries must be submitted by the Eligible Entrant. No copies, facsimiles, or mechanical reproductions of the Entry will be accepted. Any attempt by any Eligible Entrant to obtain more than the stated number of Entries by using multiple and/or different identities, forms, registrations, email addresses, logins, or any other methods will void that Eligible Entrant’s Entries, and that Eligible Entrant may be disqualified at Sponsor’s discretion. Multiple Eligible Entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential Winners may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder to the Sponsor or forfeit the prize. Entries specifying an invalid, non-working, or inactive email address will be disqualified and ineligible to win. Incomplete, illegible, corrupted, or untimely Entries are void and will be disqualified. The Entry cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor and its Administrator or their products or other people, products or companies. The Entry must not contain content that is known to be false, inaccurate or misleading.
4. Random Drawing/Selection of Winner: On November 20, 2021 (the “Drawing Date”), three (3) Entries will be randomly selected from among all eligible Entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Drawing will be randomized and conducted by the Administrator. The odds of winning for the Sweepstakes depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period.
5. Winner Notification: Three (3) potential winners (“Winners,” each a “Winner”) for the Sweepstakes will be notified by the email address to which the Sweepstakes Email was sent within five (5) days after the Drawing Date, subject to verification. The Winner will need to claim their Prize in order to receive it. If a potential Winner cannot be contacted via email within seven (7) days after the second attempt to contact him/her, or in the event that a potential Winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable Prize to an alternate Winner selected by a random drawing from among all remaining eligible Entries. Only one (1) alternate drawings will be held for each Prize, after which any remaining Prize(s) will remain un-awarded. Eligible Entrant is not a Winner unless they have submitted an eligible Entry, are the randomly selected Winner, are verified by Sponsor, and are in compliance with the terms of these Official Rules.
The Administrator will fulfill and send the Prize via email. If there are any issues, the Winner will need to reach out to McCormick’s Consumer Affairs at consumer_affairs@mccormick.com with “Shipping/Address Issues from the McCormick Shop Gift Card Sweepstakes” as the subject line.
6. Prize and Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): Three (3) Prizes will be awarded. Each Prize consists of: one (1) $100 Electronic McCormick Shop Gift Card described below (“Gift Card”). Total Value of All Prizes to be Awarded: $300.00. Winner will receive their Gift Card via email and a ‘Congratulations/ Your Gift Card is on the Way’ email within 5-7 business days of Winner verification. Additional terms and conditions may apply to gift card; see front and back of gift card for additional terms.
PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: Any and all applicable federal, state, and local taxes and all fees and expenses related to acceptance and use of Prize not specifically stated herein are the responsibility solely of Winner. Prize cannot be substituted, assigned, transferred, or redeemed for cash; however, Sponsor reserves the right to make equivalent Prize substitutions at its sole discretion. Sponsor will not replace any lost, misdelivered or stolen Prizes or components of a Prize(s). Only the number of Prizes stated in these Official Rules is available as part of the Sweepstakes.
7. General Conditions: Sponsor has the right, in its discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes , or any part of it, to modify these Official Rules and to change any of the dates and/or times indicated in these Official Rules, at any time in its discretion, or in connection with any fraud, technical failure or problem or occurrence that in Sponsor's judgment impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes or prevents the Sweepstakes from being conducted as planned, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of cancellation or early termination of the Sweepstakes, the random drawing (if applicable) will be conducted from all eligible Entries received prior to cancelation and will be determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Official Rules. Proof of submitting the questions to the survey will not be deemed proof of receipt by Sponsor or Administrator. Sponsor's or Administrator's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ELIGIBLE ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL DELIBERATELY TO DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR OTHER PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be attempting to tamper with or undermine the Entry process, and/or the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes; to violate the Official Rules; or to act in a disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, will determine the validity of each Entry. If Sponsor determines or believes that any Entry is fraudulent, illegitimate or invalid, or that any Eligible Entrant has failed to comply with or has violated any provision of these Official Rules, Sponsor will have the right in its discretion to disqualify any affected Eligible Entrant and/or to void any suspect or affected Entries. These Official Rules may not be reprinted or republished in any way without the prior written consent of Sponsor. In the event of any conflict between these Official Rules and any Sweepstakes information provided elsewhere (including, without limitation, in advertising or marketing materials), these Official Rules shall prevail.
8. Grant of Rights: By submitting an Entry, each Eligible Entrant irrevocably grants to Sponsor and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates and advertising and promotion agencies, and the successors and assigns and licensees of each of the foregoing the right to use the Eligible Entrant’s name/email address, and/or statements attributed to the Eligible Entrant and the Eligible Entrant’s Entry in whole or in part, in perpetuity, throughout the world, in all media and formats whether now or later known or developed, including without limitation via Sponsor’s and third-party websites and social media and digital channels, for advertising, trade, promotional and commercial purposes and any other purposes, without further notice or compensation, unless prohibited by law.
9. Release and Limitations of Liability: By participating in and/or entering the Sweepstakes , to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Eligible Entrant releases and agrees to hold harmless Sponsor and its parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates, each of their respective contractors and advertising and promotion agencies, and the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, all other persons and entities involved in the development or operation of the Sweepstakes , all other persons and entities involved in the provision of Prize or Prize component or the marketing or promotion of the Sweepstakes (including, without limitation, Administrator) and the directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors, agents and contractors of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims and causes of action of any kind that the Eligible Entrant or other person ever had, now has or might in the future have arising out of or relating to the Sweepstakes , participation in the Sweepstakes , the provision, acceptance or use of any Prize or Prize component, or any use of the Eligible Entrant’s personality rights (as described above) as permitted pursuant to these Official Rules, including without limitation any and all claims and causes of action (a) relating to any personal injury, death or property damage or loss sustained by any Eligible Entrant or any other person, (b) based upon any allegation of violation of the right of privacy or publicity, misappropriation, defamation, or violation of any other personal or proprietary right, or (c) based upon any allegation of a violation of any law, rule or regulation relating to personal information or data security. Each Eligible Entrant agrees not to assert any such claim or cause of action against any of the Released Parties. Each Eligible Entrant assumes the risk of, and all liability for, any injury, loss or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Sweepstakes or the provision, acceptance or use of Prize or Prize component. The Released Parties are not responsible for, and will not have any liability in connection with, any typographical, printing, production, distribution or other error and may modify, rescind, cancel or revoke this Sweepstakes based upon any such error without liability and at Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Released Parties are not responsible for, and will not have any liability in connection with, late, lost, delayed, illegible, damaged, stolen, misdirected, corrupted or incomplete Entries, incorrect or inaccurate capture of, damage to, or loss of Entries or Entry information or any other human, mechanical or technical error of any kind relating to the Sweepstakes , any website associated with the Sweepstakes , communications or attempted communications with any Entrant, computer or software malfunctions or damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware), failures of or delay in any mobile, wireless, Internet or cellular transmission or connection or the submission, collection, storage and/or processing of Entries or the administration of the Sweepstakes.
WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST, ELIGIBLE ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ELIGIBLE ENTRANTS AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR PROPERTY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE, OR USE OF THE PRIZE, ENTRY, OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR IN ANY PROMOTION RELATED ACTIVITY, OR ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, OR MERCHANDISE DELIVERY. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANY PRIZE CANNOT BE AWARDED DUE TO CANCELLATIONS, DELAYS, OR INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO ACTS OF GOD, ACTS OF WAR, NATURAL DISASTERS, WEATHER, OR TERRORISM.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING ANY EMAILS, WEBSITES AND 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 JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL 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.
10. Disputes: Except where prohibited, Eligible Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or Prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by a federal or state located in Maryland; (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 Eligible Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Eligible 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 Eligible Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes , shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.
11. Privacy: Any personally identifiable information collected during an Entrant’s participation in this Sweepstakes will be collected by Sponsor or its agent and used by Sponsor, its affiliates, agents, and marketers for the purpose of the proper administration and fulfillment of the Sweepstakes as described in these Official Rules, and in accordance with Sponsor’s Website Privacy Policy at http://www.mccormick.com/privacy-policy.
12. Official Rules and Prize Winners: For a copy of these Official Rules, visit www.mccormick.com/winback-terms-and-conditions. For the names of the Winners, available for sixty (60) days after November 21, 2021, send an email to consumer_affairs@mccormick.com with “Winners of the McCormick Shop Gift Card Sweepstakes” as the subject line.