PUBLIX NEWS FIND THE FLU BUG CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The Publix News Find the Flu Bug Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Publix Super Markets, Inc. (“Publix”). Contest is only offered in the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia (the “Contest Area”). Void outside the Contest Area and where prohibited.
Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws. Publix shall be entitled to interpret these Official Rules as needed — including but not limited to rules regarding entries, deadlines, winner selection, prize restrictions, and eligibility — and all its decisions are final.
Contest begins on Sept. 5, 2018. Entry deadline is Oct. 5, 2018 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (“ET”). Potential winner will be determined on Oct. 8, 2018. Publix’s computer is the official time-keeping device for this Contest. For Contest information and announcements, visit https://publix-news.azurewebsites.net (the “Contest Page”).
To be eligible, each entrant must be a Publix associate at the time that the winner is selected, above the age of majority (or have consent of parent/guardian), and a legal resident of the Contest Area (above).
Prize (1): $20 Publix Gift card. Approximate Retail Value: $20. The odds of winning depend on the number of correct entries received. Gift card prize is subject to all terms and conditions thereon as well as any additional limitations or restrictions imposed by Publix. Visit http://www.publix.com for more information.
Prize is not redeemable for cash and may not be sold, bartered or auctioned. The right to receive prize is not transferrable. Prize or any portion thereof not used or accepted by winner is forfeited and no cash or substitute will be offered or permitted, unless required by law. Prize may not be substituted except that Publix in its discretion may substitute a prize, or portion thereof, with a prize or portion of equal or greater value if it deems necessary. Any such changes will be announced. Prize offered is provided “as is” with no warranty or guarantee either express or implied by Publix. Publix has neither made nor is responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the Contest. All prize details shall be at Publix’s sole discretion. Winner assumes sole responsibility for all expenses and incidental costs associated with the prize not explicitly outlined above, including without limitation, all federal, state and local taxes (if any), surcharges, and fees. Any person who wins prizes through any Publix-sponsored promotions with cumulative value equal to or greater than $600 in a calendar year will receive an IRS 1099 Form.
Entries will be accepted beginning Sept. 5, 2018, at 12:01 AM ET and ending Oct. 5, 2018, at 11:59 PM ET. To enter, count the number of flu bugs hidden in the print edition of Publix News and submit your count, along with your name, job title, store number or work location, and personnel number either:
Via U.S. mail to Publix News Find the Flu Bug Contest, Attn: Jeff Horn, Corporate Communications, P.O. Box 407, Lakeland, Florida 33802.
Only submissions with the correct count will receive contest entry. All entries must be received by Publix no later than Oct. 5, 2018, at 11:59 PM ET. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt by Publix, and Publix will not accept screen shots as proof of entry. Regardless of method, limit one (1) entry per person. Additional entries received from any such person thereafter will be subject to disqualification.
Entrants who fail to provide any required information may be disqualified without further notification by Publix. Publix is not responsible for entries that are lost, misdirected, postage-due, garbled, distorted, truncated, incomplete, illegible, incorrect or late for any reason, and all such entries are void. Publix reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time that in its opinion does not comply with these Official Rules. Entries become the property of Publix and may not be returned or acknowledged.
On Oct. 8, 2018, or within a reasonable time thereafter, Publix or its designee will select winner in random drawing from all correct and properly submitted entries. Winner will receive instructions on claiming or receiving prize. If prize is mailed or shipped, winner shall assume all risk of loss, damage, theft, late or missed delivery. If potential winner is determined to be ineligible or declines to accept the prize, Publix in its discretion may disqualify that individual and the prize will not be awarded. Publix reserves the right to select fewer than stated number of winners if it does not receive enough correct and timely entries.
Publix may, in its sole discretion, post the verified winner’s name on the Contest Page and/or any of Publix’s websites, including https://publix-news.azurewebsites.net and http://www.publix.org, and on or in any of Publix’s social media pages or channels.
By accepting a prize, winner agrees (or if a minor, his or her parent or legal guardian agrees on his or her behalf) to award Publix the right to publicize his or her name, photographs (including the use and appearance of his or her photograph on Publix’s websites), likeness, biographical information, email address, voice and details of winning for purposes of this and future promotions without further compensation, except where prohibited.
By entering the Contest, you (or your parent/guardian if you are a minor) agree that Publix, any other company involved in the development or administration of this Contest, and a range of subsidiaries, agencies, affiliates, franchisees, promoters, prize suppliers, directors, officers, employees, agents and related persons (collectively, the “Released Parties”): (a) are not responsible for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to lost, disconnected, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail, or for any failed telephone or computer hardware or software, or for any failed, delayed, misdirected, corrupted, or garbled transmissions or errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic, or for entries that for any reason are not properly submitted or received by Publix by any deadline stated above; (b) are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants or other participants, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or in the printing of this offer, administration of this Contest, or in the selection or announcement of the winner or prize; (c) are not responsible for any injury or damage to any computer, modem or other electrical device as a result of participation in this Contest or downloading of any software or materials; (d) are not responsible for unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Contest; (e) are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any entry materials; (f) are not responsible for the inability to select winner because of postal failure, equipment failure, or data storage failure; and (g) are not responsible for any printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error that may occur in the administration of the Contest, the acceptance of entries, the selection of winner, the prize or otherwise in any Contest-related materials.
Publix reserves the right to cancel, suspend or terminate this Contest, or any part thereof, if Publix determines, in its sole discretion, that the security, administration, fairness and/or operation of the Contest has been corrupted or impaired by any non-authorized intervention, network failure, information storage failure, telecommunications failure, malfunction, or any other cause beyond Publix’s control. In such an event, Publix will post notice of same at the Contest Page and select the winner at random from all non-suspect entries received prior to the suspension, cancellation or termination of the Contest or in such other manner as Publix, in its sole discretion, deems fair and appropriate under the circumstances.
Publix reserves the right to correct typographical, printing or clerical errors in any Contest-related materials. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. If production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Publix reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing from among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
For a copy of the Official Rules or the final Winner’s Name, visit the Contest Page or https://publix-news.azurewebsites.net or mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Publix News Find the Flu Bug Contest c/o Publix Corporate Communications, P.O. Box 407, Lakeland, Florida 33802, specifying either “Winner’s Name” or “Official Rules.” Winner’s Name will be available after Nov. 8, 2018.
