2024 Food City Gas’ N Go Express Coke Summer Sweepstakes

Official Rules and Regulations

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF AL, GA, KY, NC, TN, VA, AND WV WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE (19 IN AL) OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY.

 

1) ELIGIBILITY: Gas’ N Go Express Coke Summer Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia who are 18 years of age (19 in AL) or older at the time of entry. Employees, representatives, agents, directors, and officers of CCBCC Operations, LLC (“Sponsor”) and The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Bottlers, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (“Food City”), Gage Marketing Group, LLC (collectively, “Promotional Participants”) and each of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers involved in this Sweepstakes) and each of their immediate family members (mother, father, sister, brother, husband, wife, daughter, son, step-father, step- mother, step-daughter, step-son, step-brother, step-sister, half-brother, half-sister) and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win a prize. Void outside Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and where prohibited by law. This Sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

 

2) AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.

 

3) TWO WAYS TO ENTER: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY AND NO ENTRY FEE, PAYMENT OR PROOF OF PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE.

a) To Enter By Purchase: Beginning at the opening of business on 05/01/2024 through close of business on 07/02/2024 (“Sweepstakes Period”), each time you visit a participating Food City store and use your Food City ValuCard with the purchase of two (2) Coca-Cola 12oz 6pk products (excluding Dr Pepper) (“Qualifying Purchase”), you will automatically receive an entry in the random drawing. Limit one (1) entry per Food City ValuCard account per transaction.

IMPORTANT NOTE RE: OPTING OUT OF SWEEPSTAKES: 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 code and Food City ValuCard number to Gas’ N Go Express Coke Summer Sweepstakes Opt-Out, PO Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212 and YOU WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING. You must do so before the drawing date to be excluded from the drawing. Food City ValuCard membership is free. To sign up for a Food City ValuCard membership, visit www.foodcity.com.

b) TO ENTER WITHOUT MAKING A PURCHASE: On a plain piece of 3” x 5” paper, hand print your complete name, street address (no P.O. Boxes), city, state, zip code, plus daytime phone number and age. Mail entry in a hand addressed, business size #10 envelope with first-class postage affixed to Gas’ N Go Express Coke Summer Sweepstakes, PO Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212, must be postmarked by 07/02/2024 and received by 07/08/2024. Limit one (1) entry per stamped envelope. No mechanically reproduced entries permitted. Illegible or incomplete or postage due entries are void.

 

4) RANDOM DRAWING/WINNER NOTIFICATION: Grand Prize Winner will be selected in a random drawing held on or about 07/09/2024 from among all eligible Food City ValuCard entries and mailed entries received. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Sponsor or Administrator will attempt to notify the Potential Grand Prize Winner via phone call to the phone number listed on the Food City Valucard application or the phone number printed on the mail-in entry. Potential Grand Prize Winner must complete sign and return an IRS Form W-9 (including a valid social security number or taxpayer ID) and Declaration of Eligibility/Release of Liability Form within five (5) days of notification. Noncompliance within this time period may result in disqualification and forfeiture of the prize, at Sponsor or Administrator’s sole discretion. In the event a phone number is out-of-service or the potential Grand Prize Winner fails to respond to Sponsor or Administrator (as applicable and as directed at the time of notice) within forty-eight (48) hours of notification or after two (2) attempts (whichever occurs first), such potential Grand Prize Winner will be disqualified and forfeit all interest in the prize. If the potential Grand Prize Winner is disqualified, Sponsor reserves the right to select an alternate winner at random from all remaining eligible entries or not award the unclaimed prize.

 

5) PRIZES/APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARVs”): One (1) winner (the “Grand Prize Winner”) will receive – one (1) Coca- Cola Nostalgia Cooler. ARV: $168.00. Prize consists of only the item specifically listed as the prize. The prize is subject to availability. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize for a prize of equal or greater value. No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize by Grand Prize Winner permitted. The Grand Prize Winner may be issued an IRS Form 1099 for the ARV of the prize and is advised to seek independent counsel regarding the tax implications of the prize. All federal, state, and local taxes are the responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner.

THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER AGREES TO ACCEPT THE PRIZES “AS IS”, AND ENTRANTS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RELEASED PARTIES, AS DEFINED HEREINBELOW, HAVE NEITHER MADE NOR ARE IN ANY MANNER RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATIVE TO THE PRIZES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (A) ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY A PRIZE SUPPLIER THAT ARE SENT ALONG WITH THE PRIZE OR (B) THEIR QUALITY OR MECHANICAL CONDITIONS. SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

 

6) PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes and acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s consent for, and winner hereby grants an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license and right to, Sponsor and its licensees to use, distribute and publicly display the winner’s name, likeness, prize information, city, and state of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further consideration or approval.

 

7) LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor, the Promotional Participants and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, promotional partners, prize partners, agents and agencies and the officers, directors and employees of them (the “Released Parties”) assume no liability and are not responsible for, and by entering the Sweepstakes entrants hereby waive and release the Released Parties from, any actions, claims, damages, losses or injuries of any kind (collectively “Claims”) arising in connection with the Sweepstakes and/or the receipt, use or misuse of any prize. Except where prohibited by applicable law, by participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release and hold harmless, Released Parties from and against any Claims arising out of or in connection with the Sweepstakes, entrant’s participation or attempt to participate in the Sweepstakes or winner’s receipt, use, or misuse of any prize including but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Sweepstakes; (b) printing errors, technical errors, electronic, telephone, hardware, software or network, computer or data transmission errors, late or garbled entries, or for telephone congestion, malfunctions, and difficulties of any kind; (c) errors or malfunctions in the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, or the announcement of the prizes or any Sweepstakes-related materials, including without limitation these Official Rules, winner notifications and other announcements or communications relating to the Sweepstakes; (d) outdated or incorrect Food City ValuCard data, illegible or incomplete entries, lost, late, damaged, delayed, mutilated or postage due entries, or entries not received by entry deadline (all of which will be void); I electronic, network or computer/scanner failures or malfunctions, cards scanned incorrectly or other technical errors of any kind; (f) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt, use or misuse of any prize including any travel or activity related thereto.

 

8) LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICIPANT, TO DELIBERATELY UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from participating in the Sweepstakes or winning the prize if, in its sole discretion, it determines that said entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automated quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or any Released Parties.

 

9) SPONSOR’S RESERVATION OF RIGHTS: If, for any reason, an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously lost, or otherwise destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy is another Sweepstakes entry, if it is possible. Sponsor reserves the right to suspend, cancel or modify the Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes is not practically capable of running as planned for any reason outside the control of Sponsor, including without limitation, due to a force majeure event, governmental order, fraud, misconduct, a computer virus, bug, or other technical failures, or any other causes which corrupts or affects the administration, security, integrity, fairness or proper administration of the program as determined by Sponsor and Administrator, in their sole discretion. If Sweepstakes is so cancelled, Sponsor reserves the right to select a winner or the prize in a random drawing from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received prior to the time of cancellation. For purposes of determining eligibility and awarding prizes, entries made via the Food City ValuCard will be declared made by the account holder, regardless of who actually made the purchase. A potential winner may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the participant is the account holder of the Food City ValuCard associated with the selected entry. In the event of any ambiguity or error(s) in these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right to clarify or modify these Official Rules however it deems appropriate to correct any such ambiguity or error(s). If due to an error or for any other reason, more legitimate prize claims are received than the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right to award only a single prize from a random drawing of all eligible entries. No more than the stated number of prizes (i.e., one prize) will be awarded. All materials submitted become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. If any provision of these Official Rules is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck, and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.

 

10) DISPUTES: ENTRANT AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY PRIZES AWARDED SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA; AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ENTRANT’S REMEDIES FOR ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED BY ENTRANT, IF ANY, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, BUT IN NO EVENT ATTORN’YS’ FEES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ENTRANT WAIVES THE RIGHT TO, AND HEREBY AGREES THAT RELEASE PARTIES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of North Carolina, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of North Carolina or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of North Carolina.

 

11) PRIVACY: Any personally identifiable information collected during any entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes will be collected and used by Sponsor, Administrator, and their designees (i) for the proper administration and fulfillment of the Sweepstakes and as otherwise described in these Official Rules, (ii) by Sponsor in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy available at http://www.cokeconsolidated.com/assets/global%20privacy%20policy%20(03-01-16).pdf, and (iii) by Administrator in accordance with Administrator’s privacy policy available at www.foodcity.com.

Information collected through Qualifying Purchases from Food City stores and through Food City ValuCard may be used by Administrator subject to its privacy policy found at www.foodcity.com .

 

12) WINNER LIST: For the name of the winner, available after 07/12/23, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped (#10) envelope to: Gas’ N Go Express Coke Summer Sweepstakes Win List, PO Box 1158, Abingdon, VA 24212 to be received no later than sixty (60) days after the end of the Sweepstakes Period.

 

13) SPONSOR: CCBCC Operations, LLC, 4100 Coca-Cola Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28211.

 

14) ADMINISTRATOR: K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. 1 Food City Circle, Abingdon, VA 24210