Smucker’s® Announces Nationwide Search for Best Family Recipes
with the Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest
Family traditions and memories are often created in the kitchen and special family recipes can be passed down from generation to generation. Now, the makers of Smucker’s jams, jellies and preserves invite families nationwide to dust off their cherished family recipes and enter them in the Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest, for the chance to win a weekend in New York City and become a part of the online Smucker’s Family Tree.
“Through this contest, we hope to get to the heart of family traditions and learn about the different ways families preserve their favorite recipes,” said Maribeth Badertscher, communications manager, The J.M. Smucker Company. “We want to encourage families to pass down special memories and look forward to adding four lucky families and their recipes to the Smucker’s Family Tree.”
Whether it’s the secret ingredient in grandma’s cookies or the zesty glaze on grandpa’s grilled chicken wings, Smucker’s wide variety of jams, jellies and preserves gives home cooks the perfect opportunity to include any flavor or type in their favorite recipes – from breakfast to dessert. To enter the Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest, families are invited to submit an original family recipe that has been passed down for at least two generations and contains at least a ¼ cup of Smucker’s jams, jellies or preserves (including Low Sugar™ and Sugar Free products), along with a 100-words or less essay telling the story behind or memories associated with the recipe. Recipes and essays will be accepted from November 10, 2005 through February 18, 2006 and may be entered into one of four categories: 1) breakfast foods; 2) appetizers; 3) entrees; and 4) desserts.
Four grand prize winners – one from each category – will receive a trip for four people for 3 days/2 nights to New York City, NY in April 2006. In addition, the four families will become a part of the online Smucker’s Family Tree, which includes having their recipe and essay posted on www.smucker.com under the “With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good” Family Tree section.
The Grand Prize includes round-trip airfare for four, complimentary transportation between their home/airport and airport/hotel and hotel accommodations for four (two double occupancy rooms). Additionally, the Grand Prize winner will receive one Create Your Own Gift Basket of Smucker's products (choice of any six flavors from the Smucker's Pantry listing).
Recipes will be tested and judged on taste, creativity, ease of preparation, appearance and nutritional balance and essays will be judged on relevance to theme, creative expression and clarity by qualified judging panels. For more details about the Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest visit www.smuckers.com.
About the “Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest”
The “Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest” begins at 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time/ET) on November 10, 2005 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on February 18, 2006. To enter: Visit the Smucker’s Web site (www.smuckers.com), complete the online entry form and attach an original family recipe, recipe category entered, and a 100-word or less essay telling the story in English behind or memories associated with the recipe; OR mail your original family recipe, recipe category entered, and a 100-word or less essay in English telling the story behind the recipe with your name, address, daytime and evening phone numbers and email address to: Smucker’s Timeless Traditions Recipe Contest, c/o Cohn & Wolfe, 292 Madison Avenue, Floor 8, New York, NY 10017. See Official Rules for details. A copy of the Official Rules may be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped business-size envelope to: Smucker’s Timeless Traditions Recipe Contest, c/o Cohn & Wolfe, 292 Madison Avenue, Floor 8, New York, NY 10017 (Vermont residents omit return postage) or by visiting www.smuckers.com. All mail-in entries must be postmarked by February 18, 2006 and received by February 25, 2006. Only one entry per person is permitted, regardless of method of entry. Multiple entries will invalidate the entrant.
SMUCKER’S® FAMILY TRADITIONS RECIPE AND ESSAY CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
HOW TO ENTER: Two ways to enter: 1) Visit the Smucker’s Web Site (www.smuckers.com) beginning November 3, 2005 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) and the end of the Contest on December 31, 2005 at 11:59 p.m. ET to access the Contest Entry Form. Complete Contest Entry Form which includes your family’s original recipe made with at least ¼ cup of one of the following Smucker’s products: Smucker’s jams, jellies or preserves (including Low Sugar brand and Sugar Free products) that must have been passed down for at least two generations, identify the recipe category entered, and an original 100-words or less essay in English telling the true story behind or memories associated with the recipe; agree to these Official Rules; and click “Submit Entry.” 2) By mail, on 8 1/2” x 11” paper, hand-print or type your name, date of birth, complete address, daytime and evening phone numbers, e-mail address (if applicable), the name of the first family member who passed down the recipe and the relationship to entrant, the name of the second family member who passed down the recipe and the relationship to the entrant, your original family recipe made with at least ¼ cup of one of the following Smucker’s products: Smucker’s jams, jellies or preserves (including Low Sugar brand and Sugar Free products) that must have been passed down for at least two generations, identify the recipe category entered, and an original 100-words or less essay in English telling the story behind or memories associated with the recipe. Or, download and complete a Contest Entry Form available at www.smuckers.com. Mail all of the above (as applicable) in a standard, business-size envelope to: Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe Contest, Entries must be postmarked by December 15, 2005 and received by December 31, 2005. Limit one entry per person/e-mail address, regardless of method of entry. Multiple entries will invalidate the entrant. Recipe categories are: 1) breakfast foods; 2) appetizers; 3) entrees; and 4) desserts. Recipes must list all ingredients in exact common U.S. household measurements in order of use, step-by-step preparation instructions, and cooking times. Recipes containing alcohol will NOT be considered. All entries, including the recipe and essay submitted, become the property of Sponsor and none will be returned.
ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C., 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, Web Site developers and administrators, retailers, advertising, sales promotion and judging agencies and all other service agencies involved with the Contest, and members of the immediate families (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) or households of any of the above are not eligible. The Contest is open only to amateur home cooks. No Professional Chefs or students applying to or enrolled in a degree program at a cooking school may enter. “Professional Chef” is defined as any person who has received compensation as a source of income for his/her cooking. The Contest recipe entry must be an original work that was created by the extended family of the adult entering the Contest and cannot have previously won a sweepstakes, contest or other promotion. Recipe and essay entries must not have been previously published, must not be awaiting publication, nor may be submitted for publication consideration during the period of the Contest. Only one Contest entry per person will be accepted. Entries from anyone who has been a prize winner in any Sponsor (including Smucker’s®, Jif®, Crisco®, Hungry Jack®, Martha White®, and Pillsbury® baking brands) contest in the 12 months prior to the Contest start date will NOT be considered.
JUDGING: One Grand Prize winning entry will be chosen from each of the four recipe categories: 1) breakfast foods; 2) appetizers; 3) entrees; and 4) desserts. Initial recipe judging will be done by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of written entries for appropriate use of at least ¼ cup of Smucker’s Jams, Jellies OR Preserves, and will consider the following criteria: taste, creativity, ease of preparation and nutritional balance. The top 30 recipes will then be prepared and judged by a qualified panel of judges and assigned points based on the following criteria and point system: taste (1-30 points); creativity (1-25 points); ease of preparation (1-20 points); appearance (1-15 points); and nutritional balance (1-10 points). Essays will be judged on the following criteria: relevance to theme (1-10 points); creative expression (1-10 points); and clarity (1-10 points). Points from recipe judging and essay judging will be combined to determine the Grand Prize winners in each recipe category. In the event of a tie, the entry with the higher score first in the taste category and then in the creativity category in the recipe and then the higher score in the creative expression category for the essay will determine the winning entry. Winners will be selected on or about January 15, 2005 by a qualified panel of judges whose decisions will be final on all matters relating to the Contest.
PRIZES: Four Grand Prize winners (one from each recipe category) will receive a trip for four (winner and three guests) to New York City with round-trip coach airfare for four from a major gateway airport nearest to winner’s home, transportation between winner’s home/airport and airport/hotel, accommodations for four (two rooms, double occupancy) for a three day and two night stay at a hotel selected by Sponsor, including hotel/room tax. Winners may be required to make media appearances during their stay and the stay may be extended for up to two days depending on media schedules. Trip must be taken on or around February 3, 2006 and completed during the time specified by Sponsor or prize will be forfeited. Some restrictions may apply. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of trip $10,000 each. Actual value depends on point of origin, and duration of stay in New York City. Alternate transportation will be provided by the Sponsor for winners who live within 100 miles of New York City. All expenses not specified herein, including but not limited to meals, transfer and gratuities, are the sole responsibility of the winner. Each winner and guests must travel together on the same itinerary. Each Grand Prize winner will also become part of the online Smucker’s Family Tree and will have their family recipe and essay posted on www.smuckers.com under the “With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good®” Family Tree section. Additionally, each Grand Prize winner will receive one Create-Your-Own Gift Basket of Smucker’s products (choice of any six flavors from the Smucker’s Pantry listing). ARV of Gift Basket is $34.00 each, actual value depends on products selected. Total ARV of all prizes: $40,140. Prizes are not transferable. No substitutions, cash reimbursement or transfer of any prizes permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value should any of the advertised prizes become unavailable. All prizes will be awarded provided they are properly claimed in accordance with these Official Rules and a sufficient number of eligible entries are received and provided further that circumstances permit. Limit one prize per person, household or family.
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS: All potential winners will be notified by telephone and/or certified mail. If a prize is won by a minor, it may be awarded in the minor’s behalf to a parent or legal guardian, who must sign any required documents. Potential Grand Prize winner (or winner’s parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor) must execute and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (where permissible) within 14 days of receipt of notification or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected on the basis of the criteria stated herein, time permitting. Travel companions of winners (or their parents or legal guardians if companions are minors) must complete and return a liability/publicity release prior to departure. The winners will also need to make themselves available for media interviews and public relations activities related to the Contest where appropriate. By participating in the Contest, winner agrees to release, hold harmless and indemnify the Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors and each of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agencies from and against any and all liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, harm, damage (including but not limited to property damage, personal injury and/or death), claims, actions, costs and expenses (including without limitation, all attorney’s fees and court costs) arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with his/her participation in the Contest, acceptance, possession or use/misuse of the prize or participation in any prize-related activity. Winner further acknowledges that the above parties are in no manner responsible or liable for, and specifically disclaim, any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize or portion thereof, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness for a particular purpose. Submission of a Contest entry grants Sponsor and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify the recipe and essay included with the entry in any way, in commerce and in any and all media worldwide, without limitation and without consideration to the entrant. Submission of any entry further constitutes the entrant’s (or his/her parent’s or guardian’s) consent to irrevocably assign and transfer to the Sponsor any and all rights, title and interest in and to the entry, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights. Each entrant must be the sole and rightful owner of the recipe and creator of the essay submitted in the Contest. Essays and recipes may not have won previous awards, may not have been published previously and must not infringe upon any other person’s rights. Acceptance of a Contest prize will further constitute and signify the winner’s agreement and consent (or that of parent or legal guardian if winner is a minor) that the Sponsor and/or Sponsor’s assignee may use the winner’s essay and recipe, name, photograph, images, likeness, voice, signature, biographical information, essay, recipe and/or any other intellectual property materials created or submitted as part of the Contest, in addition to any and all materials created during public relations activities related to the Contest (collectively “Publicity Materials”) for purposes of advertising, publicity and trade related to Sponsor’s products and/or services, in all media worldwide (including Sponsor’s web sites), without further compensation, except where prohibited. Each winners’ statements may be used in whole or in part and may be paraphrased, amplified, shortened, and/or put into conversational form to meet the requirements of copy, layout and/or script, provided their general sense is not changed. All Publicity materials developed or used will be Sponsor’s property and will be works “made for hire” and each winner will retain no ownership rights whatsoever in or to said works. If said Publicity materials are not considered works “made for hire,” each winner hereby assigns all said works to Sponsor. Winners are solely responsible for any federal, state or local taxes on prizes. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. Void outside the 50 United States and D.C. and where prohibited. Sponsor reserves the right to take such action as it deems necessary to enforce these Official Rules and ensure the fair operation of the Contest, including without limitation, barring and disqualifying entrants who do not comply with these Official Rules. If, for any reason, Contest is not capable of running as planned by any cause which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and determine winners from entries received prior to action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. In case of cancellation, a winning recipe and essay will be chosen from all eligible entries received prior to the date of cancellation and if circumstances permit. If due to any technical, production or other error, more prizes are claimed or awarded than are described in the Official Rules at any prize level, the number of prizes identified in the Official Rules will be awarded in a random drawing from all such prize claims received. By entering, entrants agree that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of Ohio, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in Cleveland, Ohio.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, such entry will be deemed to be made by the authorized account holder of the e mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to an e mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider or other online organization that is responsible for assigning e mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e mail address. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, stolen, illegible, misdirected, or non-delivered entries or e-mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Web Site or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, or miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone, satellite, or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web Site users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of Web Site. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds may be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contest or Web Site, may be acting in violation of the terms of the Web Site or may be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person. Any attempt to deliberately damage any Web Site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents.
WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped business-size envelope by January 15, 2006 to: Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest Winners List, C/O Cohn & Wolfe, 292 Madison Avenue, Floor 8, New York, NY 10017. Winners lists will be sent after all winners have been verified and all prizes have been awarded.
SPONSOR: The J.M. Smucker Company, One Strawberry Lane, Orrville, OH 44667.
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