Hormel Foods Planter Brand – To All A Good Nut Sweepstakes

PLANTERS® Brand To All a Good Nut
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL
NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: PLANTERS® Brand To All a Good Nut (the “Promotion”) open only to legal residents
of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years of
age or older (or nineteen (19) years of age or older for residents of Alabama and Nebraska) at the
time of entry. Employees of Hormel Foods Sales, LLC (“Sponsor”), Merkle Inc. (“Administrator”),
and their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings,
and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Promotion is
subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.
Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules (the
“Official Rules”) and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s 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. The Promotion consists of a sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) and an instant win
game (the “Instant Win Game”).
2. Sponsor: Hormel Foods Sales, LLC, 1 Hormel Place, Austin, MN 55912. Administrator: Merkle
Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.
3. Timing: The Promotion begins on November 1, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and
ends on December 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Promotion Period”). Administrator’s computer
is the official time-keeping device for this Promotion.
4. How to Enter:
a. Sweepstakes: There are two (2) ways to enter the Sweepstakes, as outlined below:
(1) Make a Purchase: During the Promotion Period, make an in-store purchase of at least
one (1) item listed in Appendix A (“Qualifying Purchase”). Be sure to keep your receipt.
Online purchases are not eligible. Receipts cannot be given away, bartered, auctioned,
sold, or traded and all such receipts may be void. Participation in the Promotion by
individuals who do so may be terminated at Sponsor’s discretion. Next, take an image of
your entire receipt. The receipt image must be clear and legible and display all the
following: the purchase date and time, and the Qualifying Purchase(s), the price of the
Qualifying Purchase(s) and total amount spent. Receipt image must not be larger than 5MB
and may only be one of the following file types: .gif, .png, .jpg, or .pdf. Then, visit
www.planters.com/holiday and complete and submit the registration form including a valid
email address. Follow the links and instructions to upload your receipt image. Each receipt
can only be uploaded once. You will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes.
(2) Mail-in Alternate Method: To enter without making a purchase, print your name, address,
day and evening phone numbers, email address, and date of birth on a piece of paper and
mail it in an envelope with proper postage to “PLANTERS® Brand To All a Good Nut,” c/o
Merkle Inc., P.O. Box 5025, Department 854646, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-5025. You will
receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: One (1) entry per envelope. All mail-in
entries must be handwritten and must be postmarked by December 31, 2022 and received
by January 6, 2023. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and none will
be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be
proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid,
unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due entries, which will be disqualified.
b. Instant Win Game: During the Promotion Period, visit www.planters.com/holiday and
complete and submit the registration form including a valid email address. You will
advance to the Instant Win Game page and receive one (1) Instant Win Game play for that
day. Once on the Instant Win Game page, follow the links and instructions to play the
Instant Win Game. The Instant Win Game results will be instantly displayed. Potential
winners of the Instant Win Game will be provided directions for validation. All potential
winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. Administrator is
responsible for the functionality of the Instant Win Game.
Limit: Each entrant may receive up to five (5) Sweepstakes entries during the Promotion Period
regardless of method of entry or combination; each entrant may play the Instant Win Game one (1)
time per day during the Promotion Period. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same
email address. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of plays/entries
by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other
methods will void that entrant’s plays/entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any
automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not
responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or misdirected registrations, which will
be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration or play, the authorized account
holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant or player. 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.
5. Sweepstakes/Instant Win Game: Administrator is an independent judging organization whose
decisions as to the administration and operation of the Promotion and the selection of potential
winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Sweepstakes: Administrator
will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner, from all eligible entries on or around January
13, 2023. Instant Win Game: Two thousand sixty-seven (2,067) random, computer-generated
winning times, one for each prize listed below, will be generated during the Promotion Period. If
you are the first player to play the Instant Win Game at or after one of the randomly-generated
times, you will be a potential instant winner of the prize indicated.
6. ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR OR
ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS
RELATED TO THE PROMOTION. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF
THE INSTANT WIN GAME OR SWEEPSTAKES SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL
ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY, AND THE POTENTIAL WINNER HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND
ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR WILL NOT
ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION
PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY
REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE PLAY, IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.
7. Verification of Potential Winners: Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these
Official Rules. The potential Sweepstakes winner will be notified by email or phone. Potential
winners may be required to provide their name, home mailing address (P.O. Boxes may not be
permitted), and date of birth to confirm eligibility and for purposes of prize fulfillment within five (5)
days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. Each potential winner
of a prize valued at or greater than $600.00 will be required to sign and return a Declaration of
Compliance, Liability Waiver and where not prohibited a Publicity Release (“Declaration”) which
must be received by Administrator, within five (5) days of the date notice or attempted notice is
sent, in order to claim the prize. If a potential winner of any prize cannot be contacted, fails to sign
and return the Declaration or provide any other requested information within the required time
period (if applicable), or the prize is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits their
prize. Receiving a prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. In the event that
a potential winner of a prize valued over $25.00 is disqualified for any reason in Sponsor’s sole
discretion, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from
among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held, after which the
appliable prize will remain un-awarded. Unclaimed prizes valued at or less than $25.00 will not
awarded.
8. Prizes:
Sweepstakes Prize: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: Winner’s choice of either (a) the opportunity for the
MR. PEANUT® Brand character and the Nutmobile to join his/her/their “nutty party” at an agreed
upon date in 2023 (terms and conditions apply) and one (1) $10,000 check; OR (b) a $12,500
check. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $12,500. Odds of winning the Sweepstakes Prize
depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period.
Instant Win Game Prizes:
Prize Quantity ARV per Prize
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Holiday Lights Sweater
50 $33.63
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Holiday Dancing Sweater
75 $28.91
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Nuttiest Time of Year
Sweater
100 $28.91
PLANTERS® Brand Dapper
Set
51 $27.38
MR. PEANUT® Brand Snow
Globe
500 $23.38
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Snowman Kit
100 $20.99
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Ornament
15 $12.73
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Nuttiest Time of Year Scarf
72 $11.85
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Mittens
13 $6.99
MR. PEANUT® Brand
Stadium Puzzle
75 $6.47
PLANTERS® Brand
Nutmobile Ornament
6 $4.47
PLANTERS® Brand Coupon 1,000 $4.00
PLANTERS® Brand Holiday
Wrapping Paper
10 $3.13
Odds of winning depend on the date/time of entry, the number of prizes remaining available at the
time of entry and number of eligible Instant Win Game plays received. The number of prizes
available to be won will diminish as they are awarded.
For All Prizes: No cash equivalent and all prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be
made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become
unavailable for any reason. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize
receipt and/or use. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 10-12 weeks after the conclusion of the
Promotion. TOTAL ARV OF ALL PRIZES: $40,104.52. Limit: One (1) Sweepstakes prize and one
(1) Instant Win Game prize per person.
9. General Conditions: As a condition of entering the Promotion, entrant agrees (and agrees to
confirm in writing, if requested): (a) to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator and their
respective affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers,
and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors,
employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) and that such Released Parties shall
have no liability whatsoever from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited
to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the
Promotion or receipt or use or misuse of any prize; (b) that, except where legally prohibited, entrant
grants (and agrees to confirm that grant in writing) permission to Sponsor and those acting under
its authority the right to the use of his/her name, image, likeness, voice, biographical information
and statements, at any time or times, for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes, in
any and all markets and media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without
additional compensation, notification, permission or approval.
Please see the privacy policy located at https://www.hormelfoods.com/privacy-policy for details of
Sponsor’s policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with the
Promotion. Additionally, any communication between entrant and Sponsor or its agencies
regarding the Promotion (e.g. phone calls, text messages, chats, email, etc.) may be recorded for
quality assurance and training purposes. Winners’ names may be included in a publicly available
winners’ list.
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, if any fraud, technical
failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Promotion,
or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national
emergencies, wide spread illnesses, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism) including,
but not limited to, fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic of health or other means, earthquake,
explosion, labor dispute, lockout, or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure,
riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal,
state/provincial or local government law, order, regulation, or guideline, public health crisis (e.g.,
Coronavirus), order of any court or jurisdiction, event cancellation, scheduling conflict, inclement
weather, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event or
occurrence) that interferes with any aspect of the Promotion, including but not limited to fulfillment
of the prize(s), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the
date of discontinuance and may modify the prizes offered herein. Sponsor reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other
promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any use of robotic, automatic, marco,
programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods and disqualify any
entrant using such methods. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate
operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt
be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute
a waiver of that provision.
10. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected,
incomplete, deceptive, garbled or non-delivered entries; or for interrupted or unavailable satellite,
network, server, Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), Website, telephone or other connections,
availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable
transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or
misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, or technical
errors or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network
or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of an entry or other information or the failure to capture, or
loss of, any such information. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to entrant’s
or to any other person’s computer, mobile phone or other device related to or resulting from
participating in the Promotion or downloading materials from or use of the Website. Released
Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Website
users, human error, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or
utilized in the Promotion, and assume no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect,
delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or
unauthorized use of this Website. If for any reason an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been
erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another
entry in the Promotion, if it is possible. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
In the event that 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,
Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among
all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
IN NO EVENT, WILL RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE PROMOTION OR YOUR
ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTED
MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING,
EVERYTHING IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME
JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO EVERY
ENTRANT.
11. Dispute Resolution: You agree that any claim or dispute at law or equity that has arisen or
may arise relating in any way to or arising out of the Promotion or the Official Rules, will be resolved
in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Dispute Resolution section. Please read this
section carefully. It affects your rights and will have a substantial impact on how claims you and we
have against each other are resolved.
You agree that whenever you have a disagreement with Administrator or Sponsor arising out of,
connected to, or in any way related to the Promotion or the Official Rules, you will send a written
notice to the Administrator (“Demand”). You agree that the requirements of this Dispute Resolution
section will apply even to disagreements that may have arisen before you accepted these Official
Rules. You must send the Demand to the following address (the “Notice Address”): Legal
Department, Merkle Inc., 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075. You agree that you
will not take any legal action, including filing a lawsuit or demanding arbitration, until thirty (30) days
after your Demand is received. If the disagreement stated in the Demand is not resolved to your
satisfaction within thirty (30) days after it is received, and you intend on taking legal action, you
agree that you will file a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (the
“Arbitrator”). This arbitration provision limits the ability of you, Administrator and Sponsor to litigate
claims in court and you, Administrator, and Sponsor each agree to waive your respective rights to
a jury trial or a state or federal judge. You agree that you will not file any lawsuit against
Administrator or Sponsor in any state or federal court. You agree that if you do sue in state or
federal court, and Administrator or Sponsor brings a successful motion to compel arbitration, you
must pay all fees and costs incurred by Administrator and Sponsor in court, including reasonable
attorney’s fees. For any such filing of a demand for arbitration, you must effect proper service under
the rules of the Arbitrator and notice to the Notice Address may not be sufficient. If, for any reason,
the American Arbitration Association is unable to conduct the arbitration, you may file your case
with any national arbitration company. The Arbitrator shall apply the AAA Consumer Arbitration
Rules effective September 1, 2014 (as may be amended) and as modified by the agreement to
arbitrate in this Dispute Resolution section. You agree that the Arbitrator will have sole and
exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute you have with Administrator or Sponsor. The Federal
Arbitration Act allows for the enforcement of arbitration agreements and governs the interpretation
and enforcement of the agreement to arbitrate.
You agree that you will not file a class action or collective action against Administrator or Sponsor,
and that you will not participate in a class action or collective action against them. You agree that
you will not join your claims to those of any other person. Notwithstanding any other provision in
the Official Rules, if this class action waiver is invalidated, then the agreement to arbitrate is null
and void, as though it were never entered into, and any arbitration dispute at that time will be
dismissed without prejudice and may be refiled in a court. Under no circumstances do you,
Administrator or Sponsor agree to class or collective procedures in arbitration or the joinder of
claims in arbitration. Administrator and Sponsor agree that we will submit all disputes with you to
arbitration before the Arbitrator.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of
these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant, Administrator and Sponsor in
connection with the Promotion, or any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you,
Administrator and Sponsor shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. The place of
arbitration shall be Oakland County, Michigan. This arbitration provision shall survive conclusion,
modification or termination of the Promotion and suspension, revocation, closure, modification, or
amendments to the Official Rules, and any aspect of the relationship of the parties relating to or
arising from participation in the Promotion.
12. Governing Law: Except where prohibited by law, by participating, entrant agrees that all issues
and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these
Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in
connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, and any
matters or proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and/or
for entering any judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the State of Michigan. By
participating, entrant consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of
Michigan, and consent to venue exclusively in Oakland County, Michigan.
13. Entrant’s Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s
Privacy Policy https://www.hormelfoods.com/privacy-policy.
14. Winner List: For a winner list, please click here. The winner list will be posted after winner
confirmation is complete.
© 2022 Merkle Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Appendix A
Product Name Product Number
PLANTERS® Almond Cashew Pecan Mix 29000020795
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Nuts 29000016200
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Nuts 29000020771
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Nuts 29000023888
PLANTERS® Deluxe Lightly Salted Mixed
Nuts
29000016217
PLANTERS® Deluxe Lightly Salted Mixed
Nuts
29000020764
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Unsalted Nuts 29000022058
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Unsalted Nuts 29000020115
PLANTERS® Pistachio Lovers Mix 29000017191
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Nuts 29000017986
PLANTERS® Regular Mixed Nuts 29000016651
PLANTERS® Regular Mixed Nuts 29000016705
PLANTERS® Regular Mixed Nuts 29000018570
PLANTERS® Regular Mixed Nuts 29000073692
PLANTERS® Lightly Salted Mixed Nuts 29000016699
PLANTERS® Lightly Salted Mixed Nuts 29000016712
PLANTERS® Unsalted Mixed Nuts 29000016682
PLANTERS® Mixed Nuts 29000073678
PLANTERS® Mixed Nuts 29000020108
PLANTERS® Honey Roasted Mixed Nuts 29000016668
PLANTERS® Deluxe Mixed Unsalted Nuts 29000023918
PLANTERS® Pumpkin Spice Almonds 29000019843
PLANTERS® Harvest Medley 29000019836
PLANTERS® Holiday Gift Pack 29000072145
PLANTERS® Brittle Nut Medley 29000018235
PLANTERS® Winter Spiced Nuts 29000018242
PLANTERS® Holiday Nut Crunch 29000019850
PLANTERS® Butter Cinnamon Pecan 29000024656
PLANTERS® Cocoa Almonds 29000288157