2 GRAIN CEREAL SWEEPSTAKES - OFFICIAL RULES

2 GRAIN CEREAL SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER, WIN OR CLAIM A PRIZE. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. PROMOTION PERIOD: The Promotion begins on June 1, 2022 at 12:00 PM (noon) Central Time (“CT”) and ends on November 30, 2022 at 11:59:59 PM ET (“Promotion Period”). The Promotion consists of, an “Instant Win Game” and a “Sweepstakes.” The Sponsor’s computer is the Promotion’s official clock.

2. ELIGIBILITY: This Promotion is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old and a school foodservice employee at a school cafeteria (school districts from K-12) and can enter on behalf of the school. By entering this Sweepstakes, you are entering on behalf of your employer, the Foodservice Operator. Employees of General Mills and their affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, the judging organization, and immediate family members (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons residing in the same household, whether or not related, of each are not eligible to enter or win. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

   Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsors decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Entrants and/or potential winners may be required to provide proof of identification and eligibility as required by Sponsor. For purposes of the Promotion, an entrant’s business address and business e-mail address will be the physical address and e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. Entrants will not be allowed to change their physical address or e-mail address on the entry form after submitting it to the Promotion. If it is discovered or suspected that an entrant has registered or attempted to register for the Promotion using multiple e-mail addresses or multiple identities, all of that entrant’s entries will be declared null and void and any prize an entrant might have been entitled to win will not be awarded any may be revoked. Use of any automated system or any like methods to participate in the Promotion is prohibited and will result in disqualification of any entrant attempting such use.

3. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Catering Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”), from 8:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time (“CDT”) on July 15th, 2022 to 11:59 P.M. CDT on November 30th , 2022 (“Sweepstakes Period”), visit: https://www.generalmillsfoodservice.com/industries/k12/support-tool-categories/news-and-events/2-grain-cereal-sweepstakes-form and follow the directions provided to order one (1) case of eligible 2OEG Cereal products and rebate form to receive one (1) entry. Limit one (1) entry per Foodservice Operator throughout the Sweepstakes Period. All entries must be submitted from a Foodservice Operator issued email address. Personal email addresses will not be accepted. Entries received in excess of the above-stated limitation will be void. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices or programs, script, macro, or any other means which subvert the entry process will be void and will result in disqualification. Entries are the property of General Mills Sales, Inc. (“Sponsor”) and will not be acknowledged or returned. All entries must be received by 11:59 P.M. CDT on November 30th, 2022 to be eligible.

4. RANDOM DRAWING: On or about December 1, 2022, Sponsor will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes Grand Prize winner from among all eligible entries received during the applicable entry period. All selected winners are potential winners, pending verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, as determined by Sponsor and Sponsor, in their sole and absolute discretion.
   Four (4) Prizes: Four (4) entries will win the grand prize of $2,000.00. The prize will be awarded to Foodservice Operators not the Sweepstakes entrants. The Sweepstakes entrant does not receive any prize. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each prize is $2,000.00. Total ARV of all the prizes: $8,000.00.
   Entries will be assigned to one of the four national regions based on the address of the entrant: West, Central, Northeast and Southeast. There will be one (1) winner per region for a total of four (4) national winners.
   REGIONS BY STATE
   

   West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington

   Central: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas Wisconsin, Wyoming

   Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington D.C.

   Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

   Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Prizes cannot be transferred, assigned, substituted, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize (or portion thereof) for one of comparable or greater value. All applicable federal, state, or local taxes, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance not specified herein as being provided are the responsibility of the winner. All prize details are at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend part or all of this Sweepstakes. If eligible winner is 18 years of age but still deemed a minor in his/her state of residence, Sponsor reserves the right to award such prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian, who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winner set forth herein. Limit one (1) prize per Foodservice Operator. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.

5. Random Drawing, Winner Notification, and Awarding of Prizes: Four (4) potential prize winners will be selected by a random drawing from among all eligible entries received throughout the Sweepstakes Period, on or about 12/1, 2022. Drawing will be conducted by an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Potential winner will be notified by e-mail on or about 10/17, 2022. In addition to the releases and other requirements set forth within these Official Rules, at Sponsor’s discretion, each Potential Winner (parent/legal guardian if Potential Winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release (unless prohibited) (collectively an "Affidavit"), which must be received by Sponsor within five (5) days of the date notice. In this situation, if a Potential Winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute, and return the Affidavit within the required time period, or prize is returned as undeliverable, or he/she refuses his/her prize for any reason, that Potential Winner forfeits the prize and Sponsor will select an alternate winner by random drawing from all remaining eligible entries.

   By entering this Sweepstakes, the potential prize winner represents that his or her entering of the Sweepstakes does not violate the policies of the Foodservice Operator that they are employed by.

6. Limitation of Liability: By entering this Sweepstakes, all entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules. Winner agrees that (except where prohibited) Sponsor may use winner’s name, picture, likeness, and voice for advertising and promotional purposes without further compensation or notification to or permission from such winner or any other third party. By entering this Sweepstakes, entrants agree that Sponsor and its promotional and advertising agencies, and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support of the Sweepstakes, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, “Released Parties”) shall have no liability and shall be held harmless for any damage, loss or liability to person or property, due in whole or part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, use or misuse of the prize or participation in this Sweepstakes. Sponsor and its advertising and promotion agencies are not responsible for lost, late, garbled, delayed, destroyed, inaccurate, misdirected, or stolen entries, registrations or transmissions, or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, or electronic. 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. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend part or all of this Sweepstakes should virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of the Sweepstakes. In such event, Sponsor may select potential winner[s] in a random drawing from all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the date of cancellation or suspension. Released Parties are not responsible for technical, hardware, software or telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by Sponsor, entrants or 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 entries which may damage a user’s computer or system or limit a entrant’s ability to participate in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning the prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that such entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices or intending to annoy, abuse, or threaten any other entrants or Sponsor representatives. In the event of a dispute regarding Entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses. CAUTION -- ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK ANY AND ALL AVAILABLE REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
7. Disputes: Except where prohibited, you agree 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; (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 you be permitted to obtain awards for, and you hereby waive 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 New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
8. Entrant's Personally Identifiable Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (https://generalmills.com/company/privacy-policies/privacy-policy-us).
9. To Enter Without A Purchase: To enter without a purchase, handprint your name, mailing address, day and evening phone numbers (if different), email address and Food Service employer on a 3”X 5” postcard or piece of paper and mail it to: "Cereal Sweepstakes ATTN: FSD PSM W-5”, PO Box 4006, Grand Rapids, MN 55730-4006. Limit one (1) request per outer stamped envelope. Mail-in entries must be handwritten and postmarked by November 30, 2022, and received no later than December 1, 2022. All mail-in entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due mail-in entries, which will be discarded. Sponsor will notify only those that are deemed a winner.
10. PUBLICITY RIGHTS: By participating in the Promotion and/or accepting a prize, each entrant agrees to allow Sponsor and/or Sponsor's designee the perpetual right to use his or her name, biographical information, photos and/or likeness, and statements for promotion, trade, commercial, advertising and publicity purposes, at any time or times, in all media now known or hereafter discovered including live television, worldwide, including but not limited to on the World Wide Web and Internet, without notice, review or approval and without additional compensation except where prohibited by law.
11. GENERAL: Any attempted form of participation in this Promotion other than as described herein is void. If it is discovered or suspected in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion that an entrant has registered or attempted to register more than once using multiple e-mail addresses, accounts, multiple identities, proxy servers or like methods, all of that entrant’s Sweepstakes entries will be declared null and void, and that entrant will be ineligible to win a prize. Also, if it is discovered that any entrant attempts to receive additional Sweepstakes entries in excess of the stated limitation, that entrant may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified from the Promotion. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner, the winning Sweepstakes entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted on the registration form associated with such Sweepstakes entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor reserve the right to disqualify any individual found, in its sole opinion, to be tampering with the operation of the Promotion, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to disrupt the normal operation of a Promotion. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third-party or like methods to participate in the Promotion will void any attempted participation effected by such methods and the disqualification of the individual utilizing the same. CAUTION AND WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE 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. If any provision of these Official Rules or any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or other portion thereof should be held unenforceable or invalid for any reason, then that provision or portion thereof shall be modified or deleted in such manner as to render the remaining provisions of these Official Rules valid and enforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the prize documents will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Sponsor’s and/or Sponsor’s interpretation of these Official Rules is final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision and such provision shall remain in full force and effect. All Sweepstakes entries and/or materials submitted become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. In the event of any conflict with any Promotion details contained in these Official Rules and Promotion details contained in any promotional materials (including but not limited to point of sale, television and print advertising, promotional packaging and other promotional media), the details of the Promotion as set forth in these Official Rules shall prevail.
12. Winner List: A list of winners will be contacted on or after December 17th.

13. Sweepstakes sponsored by:
    General Mills Sales, Inc.,
    One General Mills Boulevard,
    Minneapolis, MN 55426

This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Instagram or Facebook.

ABBREVIATED RULES FOR EMAIL
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Open only to Foodservice Operators. Employee entering on behalf of their company, the Foodservice Operator, must be a legal resident of the 50 United States and DC, 18 years or older at time of entry. Sweepstakes start at 10:00 A.M. CDT on July 15th, 2022 and ends at 11:59 P.M. CDT on November 30th, 2022. Subject to Official Rules at sweepstakes.generalmillsfoodservice.com. Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55426.

ABBREVIATED RULES FOR ONLINE
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Open only to K12 Foodservice Operators. Employee entering on behalf of their company, the K12 Foodservice Operator, must be legal resident of the 50 United States & DC, 18 years of age and older. Ends 11:59 P.M. CDT on November 30th, 2022. Click sweepstakes.generalmillsfoodservice.com for Official Rules, which govern, including odds and prize descriptions. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Instagram or Facebook.

FOR USE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AD:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends 11:59 P.M. CDT on November 30th, 2022. Click sweepstakes.generalmillsfoodservice.com for Official Rules.

ABBREVIATED RULES FOR ONLINE – BANNER AD
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Many will enter, few will win. Open only to K12Foodservice Operators. Ends 11:59 P.M. CDT on November 30th, 2022. To enter and for Official Rules visit sweepstakes.generalmillsfoodservice.com. This sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Instagram. Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55426.

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