Talk Turkey and Stuff Your Cart Contest

Contest Rules and Regulations

The Talk Turkey and Stuff Your Cart Contest

Steps To Enter:

Love turkey? Here’s your chance to win big!

  1. Follow @OntarioTurkey on Instagram or Facebook
  2. Like the contest post
  3. Leave a comment with your favourite turkey recipe and tag a friend

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  1. CONTEST PERIOD

The Ontario Turkey Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Turkey Farmers of Ontario (the “Sponsor”) Contest entries will be accepted from January 24, 2025 at 10:00 am Eastern Time (“ET”) to February 28, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET, (the “Contest Period”). 

  1. CONTEST GROUP

For the purposes of the Contest, the “Contest Group” is composed of the Sponsor, together with its advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers of material and services related to the Contest, and any other corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other legal entity to the benefit of which this Contest is held, as well as their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and other representatives. 

  1. ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open to all individuals who (each, a “Participant”):
(a) reside in Ontario and
(b) have reached the age of majority in Ontario on the date that they entered the Contest.
Employees, agents and other representatives of the Contest Group, as well as any person with whom they reside, are not eligible to enter the Contest. By participating in this Contest, you are signifying your agreement that you have read and agree to be legally bound by these official Contest Rules and Regulations (the “Rules”).

  1. HOW TO ENTER

The Contest begins on Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:00 am ET and ends on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET (the “Contest Period”), after which time the Contest will be closed and no further entries will be accepted. 

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. Eligible entrants may enter the Contest by following the Ontario Turkey Instagram and Facebook page. You may need to have cookies enabled on your browser and will be required to log on to your social media accounts to access some of the contest entry mechanisms. 

There is a maximum of three (3) entries per account. All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and none will be returned for any reason. All entries must be received during the Contest Period. Sponsor shall not be responsible for entries which are lost, late, illegible, misdirected, incomplete, damaged, destroyed, delayed, altered, fraudulent, irregular, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered, garbled, mechanically or electronically reproduced, or tampered with. Entries received online shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder associated with the Entry. Potential winner may be required to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the Meta account associated with the winning Entry. 

In addition to the above, your entry must meet the following criteria and specifications: 

    • your entry must be completed on the official Ontario Turkey Instagram page or on the official Ontario Turkey Facebook page on The Talk Turkey and Stuff Your Cart Contest post. 
    • at the time of entry, during the contest period, and at the time the winner is selected, you must be following the official account of Ontario Turkey on the platform which you have entered (@ontarioturkey on Instagram or Ontario Turkey on Facebook). 
    • ‘Like’ the contest post on Instagram using the heart icon or on Facebook using the thumbs up icon. 
    • Complete the entry criteria outlined on the post caption (i.e. leave a comment with your favourite turkey recipe and tag a friend, etc. in the comment section of the contest post). 

Entries that do not meet the Entry criteria set forth above, contain prohibited content, and/or are otherwise deemed by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate or obscene or not in keeping with the Sponsor’s image will be disqualified and will not appear on or will be deleted from the Sponsor social media pages. 

By participating in this Contest, you represent and warrant that: (i) your entry meets the criteria and specifications set out in these Contest rules, including those in Section 7; your entry does not infringe upon the intellectual property, privacy or other statutory or common law rights of any third party. You hereby indemnify the Sponsor from any claims or damages it incurs as a result of these representations and warranties not being true. 

If you opt to enter this Contest via your wireless mobile device (which may only be available via participating wireless carriers), standard data rates may apply according to the terms and conditions of your services agreement with your wireless carrier. Other charges may apply (such as normal airtime and carrier charges) and may appear on your mobile phone bill or be deducted from your prepaid account balance. Wireless carriers’ rate plans may vary, and you should contact your wireless carrier for more information on messaging rate plans and charges relating to your participation in this Contest Participation in this Contest by mobile device means that you understand that you may receive additional messages by mobile device relating to the Contest, including notifying you if you are the potential Prize-winning qualifier (if applicable), which may be subject to charges pursuant to your carrier’s rate plan. Mobile device service may not be available in all areas. Check your phone’s capabilities for specific instructions before completing the Entry via your wireless mobile device.

  1. PRIZES: Three (3) Grand Prizes are available to be won, each consisting of one (1) President’s Choice (PC) $100 grocery e-gift card. The approximate total retail value of all prizes combined is $300.00. Each winner will receive one (1) e-gift card.

6.WINNER SELECTION/NOTIFICATION/ODDS OF WINNING: 

Note – to be a qualified entrant, all mandatory steps must be completed. Up to a maximum of 3 entries total per participant. See section 4, for detail on method of entry. No one is a winner unless and until the sponsor officially confirms them as a winner in accordance with these rules.  

Random Draw Grand Prize Winner:
On March 1, 2025, in at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET, three (3) Entries will be randomly drawn from all eligible Entries received to select the potential Grand Prize winners.

A representative of the Sponsor acting reasonably, will attempt to contact the potential Grand Prize winners selected from the draw by a direct message on Instagram or Facebook within two (2) business days after the draw to notify the potential Grand Prize winners. Three (3) attempts to contact the potential Grand Prize winners will be made (within and outside of business hours ET). 

Proof of identification must be provided upon request. A mathematical skill-testing question needs to be answered correctly,

Proof Of Residency And Age Verification:
To confirm eligibility, all potential winners must provide proof of Ontario residency and age of majority upon request. Acceptable forms of documentation include:

1. A government-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s licence, passport, or Ontario photo card) showing name, date of birth, and current address; or 
2. A recent utility bill (e.g., electricity, water, or gas) issued within the last three months, showing the name and Ontario address of the participant.

Copies of these documents may be submitted via email to info@ontarioturkey.ca or uploaded securely to a dedicated portal provided by the Sponsor. All personal information collected for verification purposes will be handled in compliance with privacy regulations and will not be used for any purpose other than administering this Contest.

In the event that the potential Grand Prize winner (a) cannot be contacted within two (2) business days after the draw, or if there is a return of a notification as undeliverable; (b) fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question; (c) fails to return the properly executed Contest documents within the specified time; (d) cannot accept (or is unwilling to accept) the Grand Prize (as awarded) for any reason; and/or (e) is determined to be in violation of these Rules (all as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion); then they will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be drawn at the Sponsor’s sole discretion.

Odds Of Winning: The odds of winning the Grand Prize will depend on the total number of Entries received during the Contest Period.

  1. AWARDING OF PRIZES

    To be declared a “Winner”, a selected entrant must, in addition to meeting the Contest eligibility criteria and otherwise complying with the Contest Rules, first: be reached by direct message on Instagram or Facebook by the Sponsor or its representatives as set out above; have correctly answered a mathematical skill-testing question; sign and have witnessed the Declaration and Release documentation and return it to the address indicated in the documentation within seven (7) days following its delivery by the Sponsor or its representatives. The Declaration and Release form can be photographed or scanned and returned to info@ontarioturkey.ca. 

    Disqualification: If any one of the conditions mentioned in the Rules is not met, the selected entrant will be disqualified and shall not be entitled to receive any Prize, and the Administrators reserve the right, in their sole and absolute discretion, to select at random another eligible entrant as a potential Prize winner or to cancel the applicable Prize. Delivery of Prize: Following receipt of a selected entrant’s correctly answered a mathematical skill-testing question, signed Declaration and Release documentation, the Administrators will send the applicable Prize to the winner. Please allow four (4) to six (6) weeks for receipt of e-gift card.

  1. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    Verification of Entries: The validity of any Entry is subject to verification by the Sponsor. Any Entries that are illegible, incomplete, fraudulent or otherwise non-compliant with the Rules, will be disqualified. Any entrant or other individual who enters or attempts to enter the Contest in a manner that is contrary to these Contest Rules or that is otherwise disruptive to the proper operation of the Contest or by its nature is unjust to other entrants or potential entrants will be disqualified. All decisions made by the Sponsor or its representatives, including without limitation those concerning the eligibility or disqualification of entrants, are final and binding without right of appeal. All Entries become the property of the Sponsor and none will be returned.

    Acceptance of Prize: Prize must be accepted as described in these Contest Rules and cannot be returned, transferred to another individual, substituted for another prize or exchanged in whole or in part for money. All characteristics and features of each Prize, except as otherwise explicitly stated above, are at the Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. Each Prize winner is solely responsible for all costs not expressly described herein. 

    Number of Prizes/Winners: By entering the Contest, each entrant acknowledges that the Sponsor shall not be required under any circumstances to award more Prizes than the number of available Prizes, as set out in these Contest Rules. In the event that, for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, as a result of an error, malfunction or defect in the design, advertising, management, implementation or administration of the Contest, whether mechanical, electronic, human or otherwise) the number of declared winners or the number of Prizes claimed by entrants is greater than the number of Prizes available, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to end the Contest in whole or in part, without notice.

    Other Changes to Contest Rules: the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, in the event of any cause or circumstance, including, without limitation, any virus, computer bug or unauthorized human intervention or any other cause that is beyond the control of the Sponsor, that could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality or normal course of the Contest.

Without limiting the foregoing, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to adjust any of the dates, timeframes and/or other Contest mechanics stipulated in these Rules, to the extent deemed necessary by the Sponsor, for purposes of verifying compliance of any entrants, Contest-Related Information and/or other information with these Rules, or as a result of any technical or other problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules, or for any other reason.

Release and Exclusion of Liability:
By the Entrants: By entering or attempting to enter the Contest, each entrant and/or purported entrant agrees: (i) to release, discharge, and forever hold harmless the Contest Group and their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, actions, damages, demands, manner of actions, causes of action, suits, debts, duties, accounts, bonds, covenants, warranties, indemnities, claims over, contracts and liabilities of whatever nature or kind arising out of, or in connection with the entrant’s participation or attempted participation in the Contest, compliance or non-compliance with these Contest Rules and acceptance and use or misuse of any Prize. Any entrant selected for a Prize acknowledges that upon awarding of the Prize, (i) the obligations typically borne by the provider of services or goods become that provider’s responsibility; and (ii) if selected as a potential winner, to sign the declaration and release documentation in this regard before receiving his/her Prize. The Released Parties will not be responsible for lost, incomplete, late or misdirected entries or for any failure of the Contest website, if applicable, during the Contest Period, or for any technical malfunction or other problems with, any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software or for any technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination of the foregoing, and will not be liable for any resulting death, injury or damage to any person or property arising from, or relating to, that person’s or any other person’s participation or attempted participation in the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.

Personal Information: By entering this Contest, each entrant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing and using the personal information submitted only for the purpose of administering the Contest and in accordance with Turkey Farmers of Ontario’s privacy policies (available at https://ontarioturkey.ca/privacy-policy/ ). No communication unrelated to the Contest, commercial or otherwise, will be sent to the entrant by the Sponsor. Posting of the Winners’ names and city location will be posted by Sponsor on Ontario Turkey digital and social media platforms. This section does not limit any other consent(s) that an individual may provide the Sponsor or others in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of their personal information.

Identity of the Entrant: For the purposes of these Contest Rules, the entrant is the person who is the holder of the email account used to enter the Contest. It is to this individual that the Prize will be awarded if selected and declared as a winner.

If it is discovered by the Sponsor (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Sponsor) that any person has attempted to: (i) exceed any of the limits stated in these Rules; (ii) use multiple names, identities, e-mail addresses and/or use any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter or otherwise participate in or to disrupt the Contest; and/or (iii) disrupt or participate in the Contest in any other fraudulent or misleading way, then he/she may be disqualified from the Contest in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor. The Released Parties are not responsible for, and accept no liability whatsoever in relation to, any late, lost, misdirected, delayed, incomplete or incompatible Entries, Entry Forms, Tasks and/or any other Contest-related information (collectively, “Contest-Related Information”), all of which are void. All Contest-Related Information and entrants are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Sponsor – including, without limitation, government issued photo identification) for any reason the Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with the letter and spirit of these Rules.

In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including, but not limited to, point of sale, on-site, television, print or online advertising and/or any instructions or interpretations of these Rules given by any representative of the Sponsor, the terms and conditions of these Rules shall prevail, govern and control to the fullest extent permitted by law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules or the rights and obligations of participants, the Sponsor or any of the other the Released Parties in connection with the Contest will be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.