Official Rules: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 1. PROMOTION DESCRIPTION: The Make the Switch Recipe Contest ("Contest") is an online-only Contest by Borges USA- STAR Fine Foods ( Sponsor ) that begins on 10/06/14 at 10:00:00 AM (PDT) and ends on 11/20/14 at 11:59:59 PM (PST) ( Contest Period ). The Contest includes a Recipe Contest (the Recipe Contest ); and a Voting Sweepstakes (the Voting Sweepstakes ). The Recipe Contest begins on 10/06/14 at 10:00:00 AM (PDT) and the recipe entry period ends on 11/03/14 at 11:59:59 PM (PST). A judging panel will determine the ten finalists; and a Public Voting Phase will begin on 11/6/14 at 10:00:00 AM (PST) and ends on 11/20/14 at 11:59:59 PM (PST) to determine the Grand Prize, First Prize and Second Prize Contest winners ( Public Voting Phase ). During the Public Voting Phase, individuals who fill out the voting registration form and vote for their favorite recipe will be entered to win one of five (5) Voting Sweepstakes Prizes. The Contest provides eligible entrants with the opportunity to create an original STAR Fine Foods Butter Flavored Olive Oil recipe and a digital photo of their prepared recipe (the Entry ) for submission in the Recipe Contest where ten finalists will be chosen by a judging panel and the Grand Prize, First Prize and Second Prize winners will be determined via Public Voting in the Public Voting Phase. Finalists Entries will appear on the Make the Switch Contest Facebook Page application and www.starfinefoods.com/maketheswitch ( the Website ) in a public gallery during the Public Voting Phase. The details of the Recipe Submission Phase, the Finalist Selection Phase, and the Public Voting Phase are described in further detail below. 2. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Recipe Contest, go to the Make the Switch Contest Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/starfinefoods ("Facebook Page") or to www.starfinefoods.com/maketheswitch ( Website ), and then follow the directions to complete the online Contest registration and upload the required digital photo of the prepared recipe creation as prepared by you (the entrant). Follow the online direction to create an original entry for the Recipe Contest. You must complete the Contest registration in order to enter the Contest. Facebook and Contest registration are free. Recipes must include STAR Butter Flavored Olive Oil as one of the ingredients. Recipes must include U.S. measurements and complete directions with all required ingredients, preparation, cooking and/or baking times and temperatures, timing, and other relevant information. All ingredients used must be readily available in the United States. Recipes may include products other than STAR Fine Foods products, but other products used in the recipe outside the STAR Fine Foods family of products must be mentioned generically. Recipes may not reference links to other websites for ingredients and/or preparation instructions. Recipes submitted in this Contest may not already appear, or have appeared, on any STAR Fine Foods website or otherwise previously published in any media, including cookbooks, magazines, on-line publications, or other publications; and cannot have been entered into any other promotion. The file size of the photo of the prepared recipe may be no larger than three (3) MB, and must be taken with a 72 dpi (or better) digital camera. Photos must be uploaded in one (1) of the following formats:.jpeg,.gif or.png. Entrants must have sole ownership rights of the Entry. Photo must not include any persons and should
only display the prepared recipe. By submitting an Entry, entrant warrants and represents that he/she consents to the use of the Entry in the Contest, to use of the entrant s email address in accordance with Sponsor policies (which may include marketing purposes) and to its posting on the Internet in relation to this Contest. Entrants may submit as many Entries as they wish, but each Entry must, in the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsor, be significantly different (i.e. finished recipe must be a completely different end-product from previously submitted recipes) from any previously submitted Entries. Following submission of a recipe, Sponsor reserves the right to ensure the Recipe contains STAR Butter Flavored Olive Oil as a listed ingredient and to ensure the Recipe meets the listed guidelines. Approved recipes will appear in the Recipe gallery. Sponsor will use reasonable efforts to contact by email within three business days of the final selection process those Entrants whose recipes were not approved. In the event of a dispute regarding entries, any Entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry, provided that person meets all eligibility requirements set forth in these Official Rules. This determination will be made in the Sponsor s sole and absolute discretion. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Entrants may not participate with multiple e-mail addresses, nor may entrants use any device or artifice to enter as multiple entrants. Any entrant who attempts to enter with multiple e-mail addresses or under multiple identities will be disqualified from participation in the Contest and all entries submitted by that entrant will be void. Only Entries that comply with these Official Rules are eligible. Determinations of eligibility are made in Sponsor s sole and absolute discretion and are final. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of mailing address, email address, and/or telephone number of entrants. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify entrants, as determined in its sole and absolute discretion, for tampering with the entry process of the Contest and/or undermining the Contest. All Entries must be original works, never been previously published in any form (including print or digital) or won an award, must not infringe on any third party rights, and may not include content which in the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsor is offensive, violent, derogatory, sexually suggestive, obscene, defamatory, contain explicit language or imagery, or is otherwise unlawful or inappropriate for publication. By entering the Contest, the entrant gives the Sponsor and its partners the right to use, edit, or publish the Entry in any form, manner, or media and for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, without further compensation, and winning entrant irrevocably assigns and transfers all rights, title and interest in the submission to the Sponsor, and, if required, will sign any documents necessary to transfer copyright and rights of publicity. Winner may have to certify that their entry was original and produced by the entrant and no other person or entity holds rights to Entry. Eligible Finalist Entries only will be posted online for public viewing by the Sponsor at its sole and absolute discretion. No automated entry devices, bots and/or other programs and/or software are permitted. All Entry materials become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. 3. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of 10/06/14. Employees of Sponsor, its parent company,
affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies (collectively Promotion Entities ) and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate. 4. RECIPE CONTEST, Judging Phase: The Judging Phase to determine the ten finalists will occur between 11/04/14 at 12:00:00 AM (PST) and 11/6/14 at 9:59:59 AM (PST). All Recipe Entries received during the entry period for the Recipe Entry Period will be judged by the Sponsor or its designee, the judges in the Contest, whose decisions are final and binding. Recipe Entries will be judged based on the following judging criteria: Creativity and originality of recipe 34%; Taste appeal of recipe 33% (note: only Finalists recipes may actually be prepared at Sponsor s sole and absolute discretion); and Visual appeal of prepared recipe as depicted in Entry photo 33%. The ten Recipe Entries that receives the highest score among all entries received for the respective Recipe Entry period will be declared the Ten Recipe Finalists and will be announced on the Facebook Page application and Website during the Public Voting Phase of the Contest. Only Finalist Entries will compete against one another in the Voting Phase. 5. RECIPE CONTEST PUBLIC VOTING PHASE: During the Public Voting Phase, the general public will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Finalist Entry that is posted on the Facebook Page and Website; based solely on the subjective opinions of each individual. To submit a vote in the Contest, visit the Facebook Page or Website and then follow the online instructions to complete your vote. By filling out the voting registration form and voting you will be automatically entered to win one of the five (5) Voting Sweepstakes Prizes. Each vote is counted as one entry. Limit one (1) vote per person/email address, per Day. In this Contest, a Day is considered a 24 hour period. All winners for the Voting Sweepstakes will be selected randomly from the total voting entries generated during the Voting Phase of the contest. Use of automatic voting software, vote swapping websites/activities, multiple emails addresses to vote multiple times per day, and/or any activity deemed by the Sponsor to be contrary to the spirit of fair play as it relates to the Contest and public voting is strictly prohibited. In the event that Sponsor believes, in its sole and absolutely discretion, that automatic voting software, vote swapping websites/activities, multiple email addresses for a single voter, and/or activities that are contrary to the spirit of fair play in the Contest and public voting, occurred, or is suspected and/or detected, any suspect votes will be voided, will not count, and the voter will be disqualified from any further participation in the Contest. For purposes of this Contest, vote swapping is defined as any activity where an individual offers an incentive (i.e. entries in a separate promotion, premium item, etc.) in exchange for a vote for a Finalist Entry in the Contest. At the conclusion of the Public Voting Phase, the Finalist Entry with the highest number of votes will be declared the Grand Prize Contest winner subject to verification. The First Prize Winner will have the second highest votes and the Second Prize Winner will have the third highest number of votes subject to verification. In the unlikely event of a tie at the Grand Prize and/or First or Second Prize levels, the winner will be determined by the official judges based on the judging criteria used in the Recipe Contest. Grand, First and Second Prize Contest winners will be notified by email on or about 11/25/14. The winners and their winning Entries will be announced on the Facebook Page and Website.
6. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (ARV): RECIPE CONTEST - One (1) Grand Prize $5,000 (to be awarded in the form of a check to the winner). One (1)First Prize $1,000 (to be awarded in the form of a check to the winner). One (1)Second Prize $750 (to be awarded in the form of a check to the winner). VOTING SWEEPSTAKES Five (5) Voting Prizes KitchenAid 4.5 Qt. Stand Mixer (ARV $299 ea.). Total ARV of all prizes $8,245. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. All applicable federal, state, and local taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. Limit one (1) Grand Prize, one (1) First Prize, (1) Second Prize or one (1) Voting Prize per person. Grand, First and Second Prize Recipe Contest winners will receive a Form 1099 form in an amount equal to the value of their prize. 7. GENERAL: Potential prize winners will be required to sign and return a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release, and where permitted by law, Publicity Release, within seven (7) days after first notification attempt. If prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, prize may, at Sponsor s sole and absolute discretion, be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected. No correspondence will be acknowledged. No cash equivalents, substitutions or transfer of prize permitted except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event that an offered prize is unavailable. This Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws/regulations. Neither Sponsor, its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising, promotion agencies nor their employees will have any liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize or participation in the Contest or any prize-related activities. Acceptance of a prize shall be construed as and signify the winner s agreement and consent that Sponsor may use the winner s name, voice, likeness and/or prize information, without limitation, for commercial or non-commercial purposes without further consideration, review, approval or payment, where allowed by law. By participating in this Contest, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the prize. The email addresses of all entrants may be used by Sponsor in later communications in accordance with Sponsor s privacy policy. 8. LIMITATIONS AND RELEASES: Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Sponsor, not at the time of transmission by the entrant. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, misdirected or illegible entries, nor for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor or presenter on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest and
determine the winners using the judging criteria herein for all eligible entries received up to the point of the action taken by the Sponsor provided that a sufficient number of eligible entries have been received. Caution: Any attempt by an individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsors reserve the right to take action (both legal and equitable) seek damages from any such individual to the fullest extent of the law. 9. PRIVACY: For information about how the Sponsor uses your personal information, please see its privacy policy, located at http://www.starfinefoods.com/privacy-policy/. 10. WINNER'S LIST: For names of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by 12/31/14 to: Make the Switch Recipe Contest, Attn: Winner's List 2680 W. Shaw Lane. Fresno, CA 93711. Winner's list to be available after 12/15/14. Telephone requests for rules, winners' list, and recipes cannot be accommodated. 11. SPONSOR: Borges USA- STAR Fine Foods, 2680 W. Shaw Lane, Fresno, CA 93711,, 2014 Borges USA- STAR Fine Foods