SPEKKO RICE ‘WIN A COOKING EXPERIENCE TO FRANCE’ COMPETITION
This Competition has now been closed
Participants who comply with the terms and conditions below will be regarded as eligible participants and will automatically be entered into the draw to stand a chance to win a prize in the Spekko Rice ‘Win a Cooking Experience to France’ Competition:
HOW DO I ENTER?
Step 1: Purchase 1 (one) unit of the Promotional Product
- Participants must purchase 1 (one) unit of any of the 1kg (one kilogram) specialty rice packs:
o Spekko Saman Parboiled Rice; or
o Spekko Saman White Rice; or
o Spekko Saman Brown Rice; or
o Spekko India Gate Classic Basmati Rice; or
o Spekko Royal Umbrella Jasmine Rice;
hereinafter referred to as the ‘Promotional Product’, from any participating outlet during the Competition Period.
Step 2: SMS the keyword ‘FRANCE’ as well as your details to 41938
- After purchasing the Promotional Product, the participant must enter the Competition by sending an SMS to the short code 41938 containing the following details:
o The keyword ‘FRANCE’ or ‘FRANKRYK’;
o Name and Surname;
o ID number;
o Barcode of the Promotional Product purchased.
- SMS costs R1.50 (one Rand fifty Cents). Errors billed. Free and bundled SMS’s do not apply. Bill payer’s permission required.
- Participants must retain the till slip as proof of purchase of the Promotional Product in order to qualify as an eligible participant.
- By entering the Competition the participant explicitly agrees to be bound by the Competition terms and conditions.
COMPETITION PERIOD:
- The Competition commences on the 1st of April 2014 at 00:00 and closes on the 30th of June 2014 at 23:59, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Competition Period’.
- Entries received after the Competition Period closes will not be considered and will be excluded from the draw.
PRIZES:
- Eligible participants stand a chance to win 1 (one) of 8 (eight) cooking experience trips to France, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Prize’.
- Each Prize has an estimated value of R60 000.00 (sixty thousand Rand).
- Each Prize will consist of the following:
Transport:
- Economy class return airfares via Air France from South Africa to France, departing on the 6th of September 2014 from OR Tambo International Airport and returning on the 13th of September 2014 with arrival at OR Tambo International Airport on the 14th of September 2014;
- Travel insurance;
- Transfers to and from the airport in France;
- Transport to official excursions as per the confirmed itinerary during the stay in France.
Accommodation:
- Accommodation from the 7th – 12th of September 2014 – 5 (five) nights – at La Creuzette, a cooking school and retreat in the Boussac region in the south of France;
- Winners will be accommodated in single rooms.
Meals:
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided daily;
Itinerary:
- The itinerary may include sight-seeing in the Limousin area; dinner at a Michelin starred restaurant; cooking demonstrations by well-known chefs; food and wine-tasting sessions;
- The final itinerary will be confirmed with winners after they have been selected, verified and announced;
- The Promoter reserves the right to amend the itinerary at any time if circumstances so require.
- The following is expressly excluded from the Prize:
- The Promoter will not be responsible or liable for any other travel expenses which the winner may incur as a result of their acceptance and/or use of the Prize, whether foreseen or not. Winners are responsible for their own travel and/or accommodation arrangements and expenses to get to and from OR Tambo International Airport on the departure and arrival dates.
- All expenses relating to extra drinks and refreshments, snacks, souvenirs or other services not included in the travel, accommodation, meals and confirmed excursions.
- The Prize is neither transferable nor redeemable for cash and the Promoter is not liable for any defect in the Prize.
- The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the Prize with any other prize of comparable commercial value.
- The Promoter shall not be responsible for any changes, substitution, withdrawal, cancellation or postponement of any part of the itinerary and/or Prize beyond its reasonable control. The Promoter is not obliged to award any other prizes in lieu if any such event is cancelled, postponed, substituted, withdrawn, changed or unavoidable.
TRAVEL DATES:
- The winners will depart from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa on the 6th of September 2014 and arrive at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France on the 7th of September 2014 and will return from Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France on the 13th of September 2014 and arrive at OR Tambo International Airport on the 14th of September 2014, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Travel Dates’;
- The winners must be available to travel during the Travel Dates. In the event that the winner is not available to travel during the Travel Dates, for whatever reason, the winner will be disqualified and forfeit the Prize immediately and the winner shall have no claim against the Promoter in any form.
RESTRICTIONS:
In order to participate and qualify to be eligible to win a Prize:
- The participant must purchase 1 (one) unit of the 1kg (one kilogram) Spekko specialty rice packets during the Competition Period in order to enter the Competition. Each purchase of a Promotional Product during the Competition Period entitles the Participant to 1 (one) entry into the draw to win a Prize in the Competition. The number of entries per participant is restricted to 6 (six) entries during the Competition Period.
- The participant must retain their till slip as proof of purchase of the Promotional Product during the Competition Period.
- Prizes are restricted to 1 (one) Prize per participant.
- The participant must be a natural person who is a permanent resident or citizen of South African over the age of 18 (eighteen) years and must be in possession of a valid South African identity document, for example a green bar-coded ID book, driver’s license or South African passport.
- The participant must be in possession of a valid South African Passport which is valid for at least 6 (six) months after the last Travel Date.
- The participant must provide complete, true and correct information on the entry submission. Incomplete or incorrect entries will not be included in the draw for the Prize. Entries which are unclear, illegible or contain errors or are received from Disqualified Persons will be declared invalid and excluded from the draw.
- The participant must not be an employee, director, member, partner or agent of, or consultant to the Promoter or any person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the Promoter and/or immediate family members of any employee, director, member, partner, agent or consultant of or person indirectly or directly in control or controlled by the Promoter, their advertising agencies, advisers, dealers, suppliers and promotional partners, hereinafter referred to as ‘Disqualified Persons’.
- The participant or their immediate families should not have won any Prizes from the Promoter within the last 6 (six) months. If such an entry is selected as a winner, the entry will be deemed to be invalid for all purposes.
- The cost of the necessary travel visas need to be paid upfront by the winner and will be reimbursed by the Promoter once the Promoter has received confirmation of the successful application.
- Should the winners be unable to travel during the Travel Dates, the winner will be deemed to have forfeited the Prize.
WINNER SELECTION:
- The winners will be selected by an independent random computer draw from the entries received from eligible participants during the Competition Period.
- Only entries that comply with all the terms and conditions will be considered for a Prize.
- Only entries that contain the correct keyword, complete details and the correct Promotional Product barcode will be considered for a Prize.
- The draw will take place within 14 (fourteen) Business Days after the Competition has closed.
- In order for a particular entry to be confirmed as valid, Promoters will call the possible winners and conduct a promotional competition verification process. Participants, who are possible winners, will be contacted by the Promoters or an agent thereof on the cell phone number used to enter the promotional competition. Participants must have a valid South African Identity Document, a valid South African passport and their till slip at the time of the call in order to qualify to be a winner.
- Each prize is applicable to the selected winner only. Partners are not included.
WINNER NOTIFICATION:
- The winners will be contacted telephonically by the Promoter or an authorized agent on the cell phone number used to submit the entry via SMS Competition Line within 14 (fourteen) Business Days after the Competition draw has taken place.
- In order for a particular entry to be confirmed as valid the Promoter will conduct a Competition Winner Verification Process:
- Confirmation that the winner has complied with all the Competition terms and conditions;
- Confirmation that the winner is in possession of a valid South African identity document;
- Confirmation that the winner is in possession of a valid South African Passport;
- Confirmation that the winner is in possession of the till slip to proof the purchase of the Promotional Product;
- Confirmation that the winner or a family member has not won a prize in any Spekko Rice Competition during the previous 6 (six) months;
- Confirmation that the winner will be able to travel during the Travel Dates;
- The winner will be requested to send copies of the above and/or written confirmation, as the case may be, to a dedicated email address in order to the entry to be valid and for the winner to qualify for a Prize, failing which the winner will forfeit the Prize and will have no claim agents the Promoter for whatever reason.
- Winners that submitted entries that have been confirmed as valid after the Competition Winner Verification Process will be notified telephonically and/or in writing that they have been declared a winner and can consequently claim the Prize.
- The Promoter will attempt to contact the winner telephonically within business hours and on Business Days, twice a day for 2 (two) consecutive days. In the event that the Promoter:
- cannot reach the winner within this period; or
- if the winner declines to accept the Prize for whatever reason; or
- if the winner does not successfully complete the Competition Winner Verification Process;
the winner will forfeit the Prize and will have no claim against the Promoter for whatever reason.
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:
- The winners may be announced on the Spekko Rice website and/or the Spekko Rice mobi site and/or the Spekko Rice Facebook Page and/or on the Spekko Rice Twitter Account and/or any other publication related to the Spekko Rice ‘Win a cooking experience to France’ Competition, after the winners have been successfully notified.
ADVERTISING:
- The Promoter reserves the right to request that images of the winners be taken and/or that the winners be filmed, which may be used for publicity purposes in any manner they deem fit, without any further remuneration being made payable to the winners.
- The Promoter may invite the winners to:
- Provide an image of themselves or a quote that may be published on the Spekko Rice website, mobi site, Facebook Page, Twitter Account and/or any other publication related to the Spekko Rice ‘Win a cooking experience to France’ Competition;
- Attend post Competition marketing events;
in connection with this Competition or for marketing activities for a period of 12 (twelve) months after they are announced as winners.
- The Promoter may request the winners to:
- Attend an event where the Prize will be awarded to the winner.
- Winners have the right to decline such invitation or request.
FUTURE MARKETING:
- By entering this Competition, you agree to receive future marketing messages from the Promoter. You can opt-out from receiving these marketing messages at any time by replying with the word ‘Stop’ to any marketing message received from the Promoter.
PROMOTER:
- This Competition is organised and promoted by Spekko Rice, a brand of Pioneer Foods (Pty) Ltd, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Promoter’ of this Competition.
- The Competition terms and conditions can be obtained at no charge by requesting these via email from Competitions@mobimedia.co.za, quoting the name of the Competition: “Spekko Rice Win a Cooking Experience to France Competition”.
- The Promoter reserves the right to change the terms and conditions without prior notification. Should any dispute arise in relation to the interpretation of these Competition terms and conditions, the Promoter’s decision shall be final and no correspondence shall be entered into.
- The Promoter reserves the right to amend, modify, change, postpone, suspend or cancel this Competition and any Prizes (which have not yet been subject to a draw), or any aspect thereof, without notice at any time, for any reason which the Promoter reasonably deems necessary during the Competition and all participants and/or winners agree to waive any rights that they may have in terms of this promotion and acknowledge that they will have no recourse against the Promoter, its agents and staff.
- To the fullest extent allowed by law, the participants and winners explicitly indemnify the Promoter, its directors, affiliates, members, partners, employees, agents, consultants, suppliers, contractors, subsidiaries and sponsors against any liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss or damage including but not limited to physical harm or death, however arising from or as a result of any entrant’s participation in the Competition or the entrant’s redemption of any Prize in terms of this Competition.