CHEERIOS CHALLENGE STACKING SWEEPSTAKES

OFFICIAL RULES


NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55440 (“General Mills” or “Sponsor”).

Administrator: Arrowhead Promotion & Fulfillment Co., 1105 SE 8th Street, Grand Rapids, MN  55745 (“Administrator”)

1. How to Enter:  The Cheerios Challenge Stacking Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) starts at 12:00 A.M. Central Standard Time (CST) on May 30, 2017 and ends at 11:59 P.M. CST on June 4, 2017 (the “Sweepstakes Entry Period”).  There are three (3) options for entering the Sweepstakes during the Sweepstakes Entry Period: Facebook, Instagram or Twitter (each, a “Sweepstakes Entry Method”).  Each Sweepstakes Entry Method involves posting a photo of some item stacked on top of each other (e.g. Cheerios cereal, paperclips, donuts, etc.) and including the hashtag #StackingSweepstakes in your post.

  1. To enter via the Facebook Photo Sweepstakes Entry Method, visit the Cheerios Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/cheerios, post a photo showing some item stacked on top of each other to the Cheerios Facebook page timeline and include the hashtag #StackingSweepstakes to receive one (1) entry (an “Entry”).  A Facebook account is required to enter using this Sweepstakes Entry Method and is available for free at http://facebook.com.  All terms and conditions of Facebook.com apply.
  1. To enter via the Instagram Sweepstakes Entry Method, use your web-enabled mobile device with a camera, and launch the Instagram application.  Before entering the Sweepstakes, the “Photos Are Private” option in your Instagram account settings must be set to “OFF”. Then, post a photo on Instagram showing some item stacked on top of each other and include the hashtag #StackingSweepstakes to receive one (1) Entry.  An Instagram account is required to enter using this Sweepstakes Entry Method and is available for free at http://instagram.com.  All terms and conditions of Instagram.com apply. You must have a data service plan with your wireless service provider or wireless internet service for your web-enabled mobile device and a device that supports the Instagram application to enter. By entering this Sweepstakes via the Instagram Sweepstakes Entry Method, you understand that data rates may apply.  See your wireless provider for pricing plan details and mobile device capabilities.
  1. To enter via the Twitter Sweepstakes Entry Method, use your web-enabled mobile device with a camera, and launch the Twitter application.  Then, post a photo on Twitter showing some item stacked on top of each other and include the hashtag #StackingSweepstakes to receive one (1) Entry.  A Twitter account is required to enter using this Sweepstakes Entry Method and is available for free at http://twitter.com.  All terms and conditions of twitter.com apply. You must have a data service plan with your wireless service provider or wireless internet service for your web-enabled mobile device and a device that supports the Twitter application to enter.  By entering this Sweepstakes via the Twitter Sweepstakes Entry Method, you understand that data rates may apply.  See your wireless provider for pricing plan details and mobile device capabilities.

Limit three (3) entries per person per day during the Sweepstakes Entry Period, one (1) per each Sweepstakes Entry Method.  The photo used for each Entry must be unique and not previously submitted as part of an Entry into the Sweepstakes.

All Entries must comply with the following Entry requirements, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, to be considered an eligible Entry:

  1. The photo used for each Entry must be unique and not previously submitted into the Sweepstakes as part of an Entry.  The same image cannot be entered into the Sweepstakes more than one time.
  2. The Entry may not contain any content that is lewd, obscene, sexually explicit, pornographic or contains nudity, disparaging, defamatory, derogatory toward any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, libelous, obscene, or that otherwise contains inappropriate content or objectionable material as determined by Sponsor in its sole and unfettered discretion. 
  3. The Entry must not promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), promote any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous or promote any particular political agenda or message.
  4. The Entry must not defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor, other people or companies.
  5. The Entry must be your original work, created solely by you, and must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other intellectual rights of any person or entity, including, without limitation, copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media).
  6. If individuals are included in your photo, you must provide all signed releases and consents necessary (if requested by Sponsor) to permit the exhibition and use of the Entry by Sponsor as set forth in these Official Rules.  If any person appearing in your Entry is under the age of majority in his/her state, the signature of a parent or legal guardian is required on the release (if requested by Sponsor).
  7. The Entry must not contain any personally identifiable information such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses.
  8. The Entry must not contain the likeness of any person without the consent of the person whose likeness is included in the Entry.
  9. The Entry may not identify any commercial content, including, without limitation, any trademarks, logos, or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others (except for Cheerios elements), which must be used in compliance with these Official Rules.
  10. The Entry must not contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices, or other indicia identifying any celebrities.
  11. The Entry must not communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which Sponsor wishes to associate.
  12. The Entry must not violate any law.
  13. The Entry may not have been previously submitted for any other promotion, published and may not have won previous awards.

By submitting your Entry, you agree that your Entry conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry for any reason at any time, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.  In addition, and although Sponsor is under no obligation to re-post or feature your Entry, you hereby grant permission for the Entry to be featured on Cheerios social media sites, and within other promotions and/or advertisements without prior approval, consent or compensation to you or any third party and within any time frame. You agree that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties.  Released Parties do not guarantee the posting or featuring of any Entry and reserve the right to remove any posted or featured Entry at any time and/or for any reason.  By submitting your Entry, you accept all Sweepstakes rules and agree to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor, which will be final. You agree that you will not use the Entry for anything other than personal use after Entry submission, including no use of the Entry for commercial or professional purposes, sweepstakes or contest entry, without the express consent of Sponsor in each instance.

By submitting an Entry, each entrant grants, and represents and warrants that the entrant has the rights and authority necessary to grant, Sponsor an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sublicensable license and right to exploit, edit, modify, adapt, copyright, publish, transfer, use and distribute the Entry and all elements of such Entry, including, without limitation, the likenesses of any locations and individuals embodied therein, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party.

Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter account.  Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the above-stated number of Entries by using multiple/different Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter accounts/usernames, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s Entries and that entrant will be disqualified.  Sponsor will not verify receipt of Entries.  Automated, script, or macro Entries are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices or programs, or any method which subverts the entry process, will cause disqualification.  Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, garbled, inaccurate, incomplete, misdirected or stolen Entries, uploads, photos, hashtags or @mentions, or transmissions, or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human or electronic. In the event of a dispute of any Entry, the authorized account holder of the Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter account used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant.  The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned a Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter account by Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.  Potential winners may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder.

2. Eligibility:  Open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age or older at time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of General Mills, Administrator, and their respective parent companies, 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) or  household members (whether or not related) of each are not eligible.  All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.  This Sweepstakes is intended for viewing in the United States only and shall only be construed and evaluated according to United States law. You are not authorized to participate in the Sweepstakes if you are not located within and a legal resident of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, at least 21 years of age or older at the time of entry.

3. Prizes:

Three (3) Prize Packages: Each prize package (“Prize Package”) consists of a trip for four (4) to Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota, hotel accommodations, tickets to 3 Mall of America experiences, a gift card for food at Mall of America and cash that may be used to cover a portion of any of the tax consequences for which the prize winners are responsible.  Trip includes round-trip coach class air transportation from a major commercial airport near winner’s residence to Bloomington, Minnesota for winner and three (3) guests. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each round trip is $800, total ARV per Prize Package is $3,200; two (2) nights hotel accommodations (one (1) room/occupancy for 4) at a Mall of America preferred hotel (selected by Sponsor at its sole discretion) ARV of $200 per night; total ARV per Prize Package $400; four (4) tickets to each of the following Mall of America experiences: Nickelodeon Universe (ARV is $35.99 per ticket; total ARV of tickets per Prize Package is $144), Sea Life (ARV is $14.99 per ticket; total ARV of tickets per Prize Package is $60)and the Crayola Experience (ARV is $15.99 per ticket; total ARV of tickets per Prize Package is $64); a gift card for food for 4 people at Mall of America for two (2) days ($100 per person; total ARV of gift cards per Prize Package is $400); and Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($2,100) in cash (total ARV per prize package is $2,100).  Trip must be taken by winners Saturday, June 17, 2017, through Monday, June 19, 2017 – Father’s Day Weekend. 

Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each Prize Package is Six Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Eight Dollars ($6,368.00).Total ARV of all prizes in total is approximately Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Four Dollars ($19,104.00). 

Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received during the Sweepstakes Entry Period.  Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.  Winners are responsible for any applicable federal, state, and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with the prize receipt and/or use not specified herein as being provided.  All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  Prize will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor.  Limit one prize per person.  No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.

4. Drawing and Awarding of Prize; Verification of Winner:  Sponsor will select ten (3) potential winners (each, a “Potential Winner”) by a random drawing from all eligible Entries received and combined during the Sweepstakes Entry Period on or about June 5, 2017. Potential winners will be notified on or about June 5, 2017, via Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter message consistent with the Potential Winner’s winning Entry and will be required to contact Sponsor at the email address provided in the notification within forty-eight (48) hours.  The Potential Winners are not official winners (“Winner”) until his/her eligibility has been verified and he/she has been notified that verification is complete.  Sponsor will not accept screen shots or other evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process.  If the Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter application fails or becomes corrupted for any reason, any Entry during that time will be deemed a defective Entry and is void.  Drawing will be conducted by an independent judging organization whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. 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 two (2) days of the notice date.  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.

5. Publicity; Release; Limitation of Liability: By entering this Sweepstakes, all entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules and agree to be bound by the decisions of the judging organization and the Sponsor. Winner agrees that (except where prohibited) Sponsor may use such Winner’s name, picture, likeness, voice and Entry and all elements of such Entry, including, without limitation, the photo and any descriptions, for advertising and promotional purposes including in any publicity, promotion, or advertising in any form of media, including websites without further compensation or notification to, or review or permission of entrant and/or any third party.  Sponsor, Administrator, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and each of their respective promotion and advertising agencies, and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support and the judging organization and all 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 by Winners for any damage, loss, rights, claims or liability to person or property, due in whole or part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, use, or misuse of any prize (or portion thereof) awarded or participation in this Sweepstakes, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy.  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 corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes.  In such event, Sponsor may select Potential Winner in a random drawing from all non-suspect, eligible 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, delayed or faulty 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, photos, uploads, hashtags or @mentions which may damage a user’s or any other person’s device or other property or limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the Sweepstakes.  If for any reason your Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, your sole remedy is another Entry in the Sweepstakes.  Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning a prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, or threaten any other entrants or Sponsor representatives.

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 (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. SPONSOR’S FAILURE TO ENFORCE ANY TERM OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THAT PROVISION.

6. 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.

7. Entrant’s Personal Information:  Information collected from entrant is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy at http://www.generalmills.com/en/Privacy_Policy.aspx .

8. Winners’ Name: The Sweepstakes’ winners’ name will be posted on the Cheerios Facebook page on or about June 10, 2017.

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

Sweepstakes sponsored by: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55440

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY

Cheerios Challenge Stacking Sweepstakes Abbreviated Rules

TV and Radio

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.  Open to legal residents of the 50 US & DC, 21 and older. Subject to Official Rules available at http://facebook.com/cheerios. Sweepstakes ends 06/04/17. [IF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR TWITTER IS REFERENCED IN THE MARKETING OR URL, ADD: This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.]

Print

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Subject to Official Rules.  Open only to legal residents of the 50 US and D.C. who are at least 21 at the time of entry.  Sweepstakes starts at 12:00 A.M. CST on 05/30/17 and ends at 11:59 P.M. CST on 06/04/17.  For Official Rules, Winner’s name, prize description and odds disclosure, visit http://facebook.com/cheerios. Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55440. [IF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR TWITTER IS REFERENCED IN THE MARKETING OR URL, ADD: This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.]

  

Online Ads – Banner

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of 50 US & DC, 21+. Ends 06/04/17.  Subject to Official Rules, visit http://facebook.com/luckycharms.

Online Ads – Not a Banner

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.  Subject to Official Rules.  Open only to legal residents of the 50 US and D.C. who are at least 21 at the time of entry.  Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 A.M. CST on 05/30/17 and ends at 11:59 P.M. CST on 06/04/17.  For Official Rules, Winner’s name, prize description and odds disclosure, visit http://facebook.com/cheerios.  Sponsor: General Mills Sales, Inc., One General Mills Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55440.  [IF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR TWITTER IS REFERENCED IN THE MARKETING OR URL, ADD: This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. By entering, you understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.]