2025 McCormick Grilling with the Classics Sweepstakes

Official Rules & Regulations

Presented by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. - No Purchase Necessary

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Void where prohibited by law and outside the United States. Subject to all federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances. Sweepstakes begins on May 14, 2025 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on June 17, 2025 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the “Sweepstakes Period”). Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Sweepstakes.

By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which are final and binding on all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Without limitation, these Official Rules provide for a class action waiver and a limitation of your rights and remedies.

 

1. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to participate in the 2025 McCormick Grilling with the Classics Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”), you must be a legal resident of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama or West Virginia, 18 years or older at the time of entry (except residents of Alabama must be 19 years of age or older). Employees of KVAT Food Stores, Inc., “Food City”, McCormick & Company, Incorporated (“McCormick”), their employees, directors, officers’ subsidiaries and affiliates, employees and immediate family members living within the same household of any of the aforementioned parties, are not eligible to enter and, therefore, not eligible to win. Participation constitutes participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes and which Sponsor and Administrator may decide in their sole discretion. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

 

2. SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR: This Sweepstakes is Sponsored by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., P.O. Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212, and McCormick & Company, Incorporated, 24 Schilling Rd. Suite 1 Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Food City and McCormick may be referred to as “Sponsor.” This Sweepstakes is Administered by K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., P.O. Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212, and in this capacity, Food City may be referred to as “Administrator.”

 

3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Sweepstakes Period, entries will be accepted in two ways: A. Electronic In-Store Entry, and B. Mail-In, as explained below:

a. ELECTRONIC IN-STORE ENTRY: To enter in-store, you must first have an active Food City ValuCard. If you do not have a Food City ValuCard you may apply for one by filling out an official application form available at https://www.foodcity.com/home/login/?hash=register or at participating Food City stores. No purchase is necessary to obtain the card. After registration is complete, during the Sweepstakes Period, you must visit a participating Food City store, purchase $15 in a single transaction of any of the qualifying McCormick®, Grill Mates®, French’s®, Frank’s®, Lawry’s®, Peg Leg Porker, or Stubbs® participating items (as listed in Exhibit A, attached to these Official Rules), and have your Food City ValuCard scanned prior to check out. Each transaction where you make a qualifying purchase and have your Food City ValuCard scanned during the Sweepstakes Period will automatically enter you with one (1) entry into the sweepstakes for the district associated with that participating Food City store. There are twelve (12) districts in total (as listed in Exhibit B, attached to these Official Rules). Limit one (1) electronic in-store entry per person, per day. IMPORTANT NOTE RE: OPTING OUT OF SWEEPS: IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A QUALIFYING PURCHASE BUT DO NOT WANT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SWEEPSTAKES, send your name, street address, city, state, ZIP and Food City ValuCard number to 2025 McCormick Grilling with the Classics Sweepstakes Opt-Out, PO Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212. YOU WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING. You must do so before the drawing date in order to be excluded from the drawing. Food City ValuCard membership is free.

b. MAIL-IN ENTRY: To enter by mail, handprint in ink on a 3x5 card your name, address, and phone number and mail in an envelope with postage affixed to 2025 McCormick Grilling with the Classics Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212. Limit one entry per stamped envelope. All entries must be hand printed. No mass or mechanically reproduced entries accepted. All mail-in entries must be postmarked by June 17, 2025 and received by June 24, 2025. Each mail-in entry will be entered into the individual district’s entry pool associated with the district that is closest to entrant’s address, as determined by Sponsor’s and/or Administrator’s sole discretion. Limit one (1) mail-in entry per person, per day.

Improper, incomplete, mutilated, illegible or mechanically reproduced entries will be disqualified. No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, damaged, delayed, postage due or misdirected mail-in entries. Entries become the property of KVAT Food Stores, Inc. and will not be returned.

 

Automated or bulk entries or entries submitted by third parties may be disqualified. Entries must be submitted by the entrant. No copies, facsimiles, or mechanical reproductions of the entry form will be accepted. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple and/or different identities, forms, registrations, email addresses, logins, or any other methods will disqualify that participant’s entries, and that participant and/or entries may be disqualified. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. In the event of a dispute as to a winner, where the winner entered via the electronic in-store entry, the person whose name is associated with the Food City ValuCard will be deemed to be the entrant and winner. In the event of a dispute as to a winner, where the winner entered via mail-in entry, the person whose name appears on the mail-in entry will be deemed to be the entrant and winner. Potential winners may be required to show proof of identity to the Sponsor and Administrator or forfeit the prize. Entries specifying an invalid, non-working, or inactive phone number will be disqualified. Improper, incomplete, mutilated, illegible, corrupted, untimely or mechanically reproduced entries will be disqualified. No responsibility is assumed for lost, late, damaged, delayed, postage-due or misdirected mail-in entries or for electronic, network, computer/scanner failures, or malfunctions, or for cards scanned incorrectly, or other technical, mechanical, electronic, or human errors of any kind in the automatic entry process. Entries become the property of K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. and will not be returned.

 

4. SELECTION OF WINNERS: On or about June 25, 2025, Administrator will conduct twelve (12) random drawings, one for each of the twelve (12) districts, from all eligible entries received during the Sweepstakes Period via both entry methods combined for each district. Twelve (12) prize winners will be selected, with one (1) prize winner selected from each of the twelve (12) districts, as represented in Exhibit B, below. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received for each of the twelve (12) districts. Winners will be contacted by the phone number associated with their FoodCity ValuCard, or by the phone number provided on the mail-in entry. Sponsor and Administrator are not liable for any potential winner’s failure to respond to Sponsor’s or Administrator’s notification, whether Sponsor’s or Administrator’s notification telephone call successfully reaches the potential winner, for any reason, including incorrect number, telecommunications failure, power outage, and electronic disruption of any form. Decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, acting as judges, are final on all sweepstakes matters.

Except where legally prohibited, the potential winner may be requested to sign and return, within twenty- four (24) hours of being notified, an Affidavit/Declaration of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted in person via phone after the first attempt to contact him/her, if notification is returned as undeliverable, or if he/she fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Declaration of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release or any other documentation that Sponsor and Administrator may require, in their sole discretion, within the required time period, or in the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor and Administrator will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner selected by a random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. If Sponsor and Administrator are unable to determine and verify a potential winner after repeated alternate drawings or if Sponsor and Administrator fail to receive a sufficient number of entries to correspond to the prizes available to be awarded, Sponsor reserves the right to not award the prizes.

POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE SWEEPSTAKES. A PARTICIPANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL PARTICIPANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND PARTICIPANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.

 

5. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES: Twelve (12) prize winners (one (1) prize winner from each of the twelve (12) districts) will each receive one (1) Blackstone 28" 2 Burner Griddle. Approximate Retail Value of each prize: $368.54. Total ARV of all prizes: $4,422.48.

 

6. PRIZE RESTRICTIONS: Limit one (1) prize per person and per district. No cash redemption, substitution or transfer of prizes permitted, except Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value if the advertised prize(s) are unavailable. All other expenses not specifically mentioned herein are solely the responsibility of winners. Any and all applicable federal, state, and local taxes and all fees and expenses related to acceptance and use of prize not specifically stated herein are the responsibility solely of winner. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prizes or components of a prize. Only the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules are available to be won in the Sweepstakes. If, by reason of a print or other error, more prizes are claimed than the number set forth in these Official Rules, a prize winner(s) will be selected in accordance with the winner selection method described above from among all eligible claimants making purportedly valid claims to award the advertised number of prizes available. SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR OTHER DAMAGES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF ANY ASPECT OF PRIZE WINNER’S ACCEPTANCE OR USE OF THE PRIZE.

 

7. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and to Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Sponsor, Administrator and Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, misdirected, or illegible entries, lost, interrupted, or unavailable network, server, or other connections, telephone transmission problems, or garbled transmissions or miscommunications; computer or software malfunctions, or damage to a user’s computer equipment (software or hardware); technical failures; or other errors or malfunctions of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise. Proof of sending or submission of entry will not be deemed proof of receipt by Sponsor and Administrator. Sponsor’s or Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY DEVICE OR PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND, SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be attempting to tamper with or undermine the entry process, any website, app or program associated with the Sweepstakes, and/or the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes; to violate the Official Rules; or to act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any factor beyond Sponsor’s and Administrator’s reasonable control, including force majeure events such as but not limited to strike, fire, war, terrorist or governmental action, pandemic, widespread illness, or any other disruptive event beyond Sponsor’s and/or Administrator’s control, impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor and/or Administrator. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes cannot be run as planned, Sponsor and/or Administrator may disqualify any suspect entries and (a) suspend the Sweepstakes and modify the Sweepstakes to address the impairment, then resume the Sweepstakes in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; and/or (b) award the prize at random from among the eligible, non- suspect entries received up to the time of the impairment.

 

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND RELEASES: BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT AGREES THAT FOOD CITY, MCCORMICK, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, LEGAL COUNSEL, ADVERTISING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, PROMOTIONAL, FULFILLMENT AND MARKETING, WEBSITE OR APPLICATION PROVIDERS, WEB MASTERS, ANY OTHER ENTITY INVOLVED IN THE MARKETING, PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION, OR FULFILLMENT OF THE SWEEPSTAKES OR PREPARATION, MANUFACTURE, PROVISION, OR DELIVERY OF ANY PRIZE OR PRIZE COMPONENT, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AGENTS (THE “RELEASED PARTIES”) WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR, AND SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY ENTRANT AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES, LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, INJURIES, LOSSES, OR DAMAGES TO PERSONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR PROPERTY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, MISUSE, OR USE OF THE PRIZE, ENTRY, OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR IN ANY SWEEPSTAKES-RELATED ACTIVITY, OR ANY CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY, OR MERCHANDISE DELIVERY. THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS SWEEPSTAKES CANNOT BE ADMINISTERED OR CONDUCTED OR IF ANY PRIZE CANNOT BE AWARDED DUE TO CANCELLATIONS, DELAYS, OR INTERRUPTIONS RESULTING OR ARISING FROM ACTS OF GOD, WAR, OR TERRORISM, CIVIL UNREST, STRIKES, SUPPLY SHORTAGES, NATURAL DISASTERS, WEATHER, EPIDEMICS, COMPLIANCE WITH ANY LAW OR ORDER OF A GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR ACT, EVENT, OR OCCURANCE BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF THE SPONSOR AND/OR ADMINISTRATOR. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT AGREES THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES, DAMAGES, OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PERSONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DEATH, OR TO PROPERTY ARISING OUT OF ACCESS TO AND USE OF ANY WEBSITE, APP, PR PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SUCH WEBSITE, APP, OR PROGRAM.

 

9. PUBLICITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELEASE: EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, PARTICIPATION IN THE SWEEPSTAKES CONSTITUTES ENTRANT’S GRANT, WHERE ENTRANT IS CHOSEN AS A WINNER, TO SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR (WHICH GRANT WILL BE CONFIRMED IN WRITING ON REQUEST OF SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR), AND THE RELEASED PARTIES THE RIGHT AND PERMISSION TO PRINT, PUBLISH, BROADCAST, AND USE, WORLD WIDE IN ANY MEDIA NOW KNOWN OR HEREAFTER DEVELOPED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB, AT ANY TIME OR TIMES, EACH WINNER’S NAME, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, VOICE, LIKENESS, OPINIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOMETOWN AND STATE) FOR ADVERTISING, TRADE, AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES (INCLUDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS OR HER NAME ON TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCAST) WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION, COMPENSATION, PERMISSION, OR NOTIFICATION.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING ANY WEBSITE, APP, OR PROGRAM, AND ALL PRIZES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY. CHECK LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

 

10. DISPUTES: This Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the State of Maryland. Except where prohibited, participant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States Dist rict Court for the District of Maryland or the appropriate State Court located in Baltimore County, MD; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes not to exceed fifty US Dollars (US$50.00), but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses not to exceed fifty US Dollars (US$50.00), and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and Sponsor and Administrator in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.

 

11. SEVERABILITY: If any term of provision of these Official Rules is found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such specific term or provision shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed, and the remainder of these Official Rules shall continue in full force and effect.

 

12. PRIVACY POLICY: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Administrator’s Privacy Policy, which can be found at https://www.foodcity.com/terms-and-privacy-policy/. Sweepstakes Entities may use entrant’s personal information submitted with entry for purposes of prize fulfillment and/or for future marketing by Sponsor, such as to notify them of a product or promotion that may be of interest.

 

13. OFFICIAL RULES AND WINNERS’ LIST: For a copy of the Official Rules or for the names of the winners after July 11, 2025, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to McCormick Grilling with the Classics Sweepstakes – Winner List, 1 Food City Cir, Abingdon, VA 24210. Vermont residents may exclude return postage on requests for Official Rules.

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