Mott's* Clamato* "Best Caesar in Town*" Competition

Full Rules and Regulations

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

Competition Overview
Calling all Mott’s* Clamato* Caesar lovers!! Mott’s* Clamato* is pleased to present the Best Caesar in Town* Competition in search of the tastiest, most intriguing Mott’s* Clamato* Caesar recipes across Canada.  Many people don’t realize that the Caesar is a Canadian invention!  We want to know what makes your Mott’s* Clamato* Caesar recipe unique and one of Canada’s best!  Tell us how you mix up this classic cocktail and you could win great cash prizes.  Read below for complete Competition details…     

Competition Period
Mott’s* Clamato* Best Caesar in Town Competition commences at 9 a.m. ET on Monday, February 11, 2008 and ends at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 3, 2008 (the “Competition Period”). 

Eligibility
This Competition is open to all legal residents of Canada who are of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction of residence and are currently employed by a restaurant or bar in Canada.

Notwithstanding the above, the Competition is not open to employees of Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc. (the “Sponsor”), its respective divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising agencies, promotional agencies, prize suppliers, and judges.  This Competition is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.

How to Enter
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

To Enter Online:

To enter online, visit www.bestcaesarintown.com during the Competition Period and complete in full the entry form and submit with your recipe as instructed. Recipe requirements are outlined below.  All fields on the entry form must be completed unless indicated as optional. 

To Enter by Mail:

Request an entry form by contacting Strategic Objectives at phone number 416-366-7735, fax 416-366-2295 or email mottsclamato@strategicobjectives.com. 
Entrants must send their completed entry forms with their recipes (in English or French) by mail to Mott’s* Clamato* Best Caesar in Town Competition, Strategic Objectives, 184 Front Street East, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5A 4N3.  Entries must be mailed in a separate envelope bearing sufficient postage.  All mailed entries must be postmarked no later than Thursday, April 3, 2008 and received no later than Wednesday, April 9, 2008. 

Recipe Requirements

• Recipes must be created solely by the entrant and must include one of or a combination of Mott’s* Clamato* tomato-clam cocktails - Mott's* Clamato* Original, Mott's* Clamato* Extra Spicy, Mott's* Clamato* The Works or Mott's* Clamato* ready-to-drink in Original or Extra Spicy.  Recipes that do not include Mott’s* Clamato* tomato-clam cocktail will be automatically disqualified. 
  
• Recipes must list each ingredient, exact measurements and the order in which the ingredients are used.  Complete preparation directions must be provided, including presentation (type of glass) and any specific garnishes.
  
• Any alcohol used in the recipes submitted must be generic and listed simply by the product name, not the brand name.  For clarity, no alcohol brand names will be published.  Entrants can list the flavour of the alcohol, i.e. spicy vodka, lime gin, etc., if it is important to the recipe.
  
• Recipes should be easy to prepare, use readily-available ingredients and be consumer friendly.

Recipes that do not comply with these requirements will be automatically disqualified.

By entering this Competition, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the Competition judges.  Potential winners will be required to certify, on information and belief, that their recipes are their own creation do not infringe the rights of any third party and that the recipes have not been previously published or publicized.

Prizes
One winning recipe from each of these four regions (Western Canada; Ontario and Northern Canada; Quebec; and Atlantic Canada) will be selected.  From the regional winners, one recipe will be selected as the overall national winner.  $500 and a Mott's* Clamato* bartending gift pack will be awarded to the winning recipe in each region (Total prize value = $700). The overall national winner will be awarded an additional $1000 and a personal summer supply of Mott's* Clamato* (Total prize value = $1070).

Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and may not be transferred or exchanged.  The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, for any reason.

Awarding of Prize(s)
During the week of April 14 – 18, 2008, all eligible recipes submitted during the Competition Period will be reviewed by a panel of judges.  Three recipes will be selected from each region as semi-finalists as determined by the judges in their sole discretion.  Only those recipes selected as semi-finalists will be prepared by professional bartenders from across Canada and evaluated by the panel of judges on the following criteria, weighted equally:

• Recipe taste
• Uniqueness
• Interesting Ingredients / Regional Flair
• Ease of Preparation (including the use of readily-available ingredients)
• Presentation
• Overall Impression

The highest overall score will be selected from among the three regional semi-final recipes to determine the regional winner for each region.  The regional recipe with the highest overall score will then be named the national winner.  In the event of a tie, judges will be asked to re-evaluate each drink.   

Each selected entrant will be contacted by telephone and/or email.  If a selected entrant cannot be reached by April 30, 2008 after 3 attempts another entrant will be selected.   

The judging will be conducted by a panel of judges whose decisions on all aspects of this Competition shall be deemed as final and binding in all respects.  In the event of any dispute regarding the interpretation of these rules, the decision of the Competition judges shall prevail.

Odds of winning depend on the number and calibre of eligible entries received during the Competition Period.

Before being declared a winner, the selected entrants will be required to complete and sign a declaration and release form (or any other document, as applicable) in order to confirm compliance with the rules and regulations, accept the prize as awarded, release the Sponsor and its affiliated companies from any liability, and consent to the use of his or her recipe, his or her name, address (city and province/territory) photograph, and likeness, as described more fully below.

If a selected entrant cannot be reached by the date specified above, is not in compliance with these  rules,  declines the prize(s), email correspondence between the  Sponsor and the selected entrant is returned as undeliverable without a forwarding address, or if they fail to complete and return the  declaration and release form (and any other documents, as applicable) the prize may be forfeited and the Sponsor reserves the right to select another entrant  based on the next best recipe score from among the remaining eligible entries.  Prize(s) will be awarded upon the receipt of the declaration and release form and verification of prize winner(s).

General
All entries and recipes become the property of the Sponsor and none will be returned.   Any entry that is illegible, incomplete, altered, or contains false information, is invalid.  Sponsor is not responsible for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected claims or entries during the Competition Period.  The Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions with respect to the printing or advertising of this Competition and reserves the right to withdraw or cancel this Competition in the event of a printing or administrative error.

By entering this Competition, the winner(s) agree that their recipe becomes the sole property of the Sponsor and the Sponsor reserves the right to edit, adapt, copyright, publish, transfer and use any or all of them without compensation.  The Sponsor may use the winner’s recipe, name, place of residence, picture, portrait, likeness and/or voice in connection with this Competition or future similar Competitions and publicity, advertising or informational purposes in any media or format (including the Internet) without further compensation or notice.

The Sponsor accepts no responsibility for loss, damage or claims caused by the awarded prizes or the Competition itself.  By entering, entrants release and hold harmless the Sponsor, its affiliated and related companies and advertising agencies, promotional agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Competition Entities”) from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Competition or any prize won.

Without limiting the release of liability provisions herein, and for greater certainty, the Competition Entities will not be liable for:  a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Competition website users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Competition or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of entries in the Competition; b) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation of the Competition website or any transmission in connection with the Competition; c) any communications line failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; d) any problems with, or technical malfunction of, any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, or failure of email which may occur for any reason whatsoever, including technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof; or e) any injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Competition.  If the Competition is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause of any nature whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Competition Entities which corrupt or affect the administration, security or proper conduct of this Competition, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to, without advance notice, terminate or suspend the Competition, in whole or in part, or modify it in any way.  In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry.  “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Selected entrants may be required to provide the Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the selected entry.

The  Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual from the Competition, and to ban that individual from any future promotion of the  Sponsor, if the  Sponsor finds or believes such individual to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Competition or where applicable, the Competition website; to be acting in violation of the Competition rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass the  Sponsor, the  Sponsor’s agencies, other entrants or any other person.  ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATLEY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. 

The Sponsor is collecting personal data about the entrant for the purpose of administering this Competition.  No further informational or marketing communications will be received by entrants, unless they otherwise agree.  The Sponsor respects your right to privacy of your personal information. Please review our Privacy Policy at www.bestcaesarintown.com for details on the manner in which we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise manage your personal information.
     
No communication will be entered into except with selected entrants.  For a winners’ list and complete Competition rules please visit www.bestcaesarintown.com.

This contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.

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