1. CONTEST PERIOD

1.1 The “The Summertime Is Storytime” contest (the “Contest”) held by A. Lassonde Inc. (the “Sponsor”) begins on April 1st at 12 h 00 m 00 a.m. (EDT) and ends on May 8, 2022 at 23 h 59 m 59 s p.m. (EDT) (the “Contest Period”).

2. ELIGIBILITY

2.1 The Contest is open to residents of Canada excluding residents of Quebec. To be eligible to participate in the Contest, a participant must (i) be a natural person, (ii) be a legal resident of Canada excluding residents of Quebec, (iii) have reached the age of majority in his or her province/territory at the time of registration in the Contest, and (iv) be an employee of the food service industry (a “Participant”).

2.2 The members of the jury, the employees of the Sponsor or of its affiliates, of their representatives and agents, of the promotion agencies related to the Contest and any person with whom such person resides are not eligible to participate in the Contest as well as immediate family of any of the above, are not eligible to enter the Contest. In these Contest rules “immediate family” means husband, wife, spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son and daughter of such an employee, agent and/or representative.

3. HOW TO ENTER

3.1 NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter, a Participant must go to the Lassonde Food Service website available at the following address: https://lassondefoodservice.ca/contests/storytime the “Contest Site”) and fill in the participation ballot (the “Participation Ballot”) by:

I. Indicating his/her surname, first name, city, province, telephone number and email address in the fields provided for this purpose;

II. Indicating the name of the establishment in the food service industry for which he/she works (the “Establishment”), the type of Establishment as well as his/her role at this Establishment in the fields provided for this purpose;

III. Confirming that he/she has the written consent of the Establishment to participate in this Summertime is Storytime Contest (“Contest”) and permission to use the Establishment’s name, image and likeness in the podcast should the entrant be chosen as an official winner. The written consent should read as follows:
“I [name of individual] represent [name of Establishment] located at [address], I confirm that [name of Contest entrant] is employed at [name of Establishment] and can participate in this Contest. I confirm that [name of entrant] has permission to use [Establishment’s name] name, image and likeness in A. Lassonde Inc’s (“Sponsor”) podcast. I understand that the podcast can be shared by Sponsor and entrant on Sponsor’s website and social media channels and the entrant’s social media pages. I understand that neither I nor the Establishment nor the entrant will receive any form of compensation for the podcast. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor from any claims to the contrary.”

IV. Writing a story that happened in the Establishment with a maximum of 500 characters in the box provided for this purpose (the “Story”)

V. Accepting the terms and conditions of the Contest;

VI. Pressing the “Submit” button.

3.2 The Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of identity, proof of written consent from the Establishment or of eligibility to the Contest at any time and at its sole discretion. There is no limit on the number of contest entries. Limit of one (1) Prize (as defined below) per Participant throughout the Contest Period. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who contravenes or attempts to contravene these Rules.

3.3 The Sponsor suggests that Participants who do not have Internet access inquire with public libraries or visit any other public space providing free internet in order to enter the Contest in the manner set forth in this section 3 of the Rules.

3.4 All entries (each referred to in these rules as a “Story”) must meet the following submissions guidelines (the “Submissions Guidelines”):

(i) The Entry must not defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or any of its products, or other people, products or companies or communicate messages inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill associated with the Sponsor, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

(ii) Entry must not contain any content that is or contains: unlawful behaviour, profanity, explicit sexuality, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or is hatefully, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or objectionable, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

(iii) Entry must not infringe on the intellectual property rights, or defame or invade the publicity or privacy rights, of any third party, living or deceased.

By submitting an entry, you warrant and represent that: (i) the entry is your original work, created solely by you, and over which you have all necessary rights, title and interest, including copyright; (ii) the entry has not been previously published; (iii) the entry does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights, or defame or invade the publicity or privacy rights, of any third party, living or deceased; (iv) any and all individuals or the Establishment appearing or being named in the entry have granted to you permission to publish or otherwise use their name, image and likeness in the entry in any manner and media whether now known or hereafter devised including, without limitation, on the Contest Site (this will need to be confirmed in writing should you be chosen as a Finalist (as defined below); and, (v) that the entry complies with the Submissions Guidelines. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor from any claims to the contrary.

By entering, you agree as follows: (i) you acknowledge that your entry may be posted by Sponsor on the Contest Site and/or on Sponsor’s social media channels, in Sponsor’s sole discretion but without obligation; (ii) you have the right and authority to, and do hereby, grant to Sponsor an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free worldwide license in perpetuity to reproduce, store, copy, broadcast, display, distribute, edit, alter, combine with other material, publish, post, commercialize and/or otherwise use without limitation all or any part of the entry in any manner or media, including without limitation on the Contest Site; (iii) you waive any and all moral rights that you may have in and to the entry with respect to the uses contemplated herein; and, (iv) you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor from and against any and all claims based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trade-mark infringement or any other intellectual property related cause of action that relates in any way to Sponsor’s use of the entry.

4. WINNER SELECTION

4.1 Winners

(a) Eight (8) Participants will be selected as finalists for the Prizes (as defined below) (the “Finalists”, each a “Finalist”). A jury made up of the Sponsor’s web marketing team and the agency LG2 Montreal Inc will select the eight (8) Finalists on May 16, 2022 from the offices of the agency LG2 Montreal Inc at 100-4051, rue Molson, Montreal, Quebec, H1Y3L1, Canada based on the following criteria:

(i) The originality, quality, the entertaining and storytelling value of the Story submitted by the Participant.

(b) Odds of winning a Prize (as defined below) depend on the number of total eligible entries received and skill in meeting judging criteria.

(c) Each Finalist will be notified by phone and/or email within five (5) days following the moment he/she is selected as a Finalist. In the event a Finalist does not respond to the Sponsor’s representative within a period of forty eight (48) hours following the first contact, the Finalist will be disqualified and a ninth Finalist will be selected among all remaining eligible entries. In the event the Sponsor is unable to notify the ninth Finalist within a reasonable period or if the ninth Finalist does not respond to the Sponsor’s representative within a period of forty eight (48) hours following the first contact of the Sponsor’s representative, such ninth Finalist will be disqualified and the Sponsor will have the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the award of such Prize (as defined below).

(d) The Sponsor will send each Finalist a declaration and release form (the “Declaration and Release Form”) whereby the Finalist acknowledges and confirms that these Rules have been complied with and that the Sponsor and any organisation participating in the award of the Prizes (as defined below) or the Contest and their respective employees shall have no liability for any harm, accident, loss or prejudice related to the Contest, the Prizes (as defined below) or the award or use of the Prizes (as defined below). By signing the Declaration and Release Form, each Finalist also agrees to (i) assign in favor of the Sponsor all intellectual property rights in his/her Story for the total duration of these rights and for the entire world, (ii) warranty that he/she is the sole author and creator of her/his Story, that they are free of any rights, failing which, he/she will indemnify the Sponsor for all loss or damages the Sponsor may suffer as a result of such default and (iii) irrevocably waive in favor of the Sponsor, its successors and assigns, any moral right he/she may hold in relation to his/her Story; and (iv) confirm that Finalist has the Establishment’s consent to use its name, image and likeness within the Sponsor’s podcast and, upon request, provide such written confirmation to Sponsor (otherwise the Establishment’s name will be kept confidential).

(e) In order to be declared a Winner (as defined below), each Finalist will have to sign and return the Declaration and Release Form within five (5) days following the Sponsor’s representative first contact in accordance with paragraph 4.1 and otherwise comply with these Official Rules. Otherwise, the Prize (as defined below) will be deemed to be forfeited by the Finalist and the Sponsor will have the right, at its sole discretion, to select another Finalist as set out in paragraph 4.1(c) or cancel the award of said Prize (as defined below).

5. PRIZES

5.1 Eight (8) prizes (the “Prizes”, each a “Prize”) will be awarded in this Contest, each consisting of a participation in an episode of a podcast where the Winner will be invited to an interview recorded phone call which will be edited as part of the podcast episode. For each podcast episode, two Winners will be invited, for a total of four (4) episodes.

5.2 Each Prize has a total approximate retail value of $0.00CAD.

5.3 Each Prize winner is referred to as a “Winner” and collectively as the “Winners”.

6. PERSONAL INFORMATION

6.1 By entering the Contest, each Participant consents to the collection, use and disclosure by the Sponsor or its authorized agents of the Participant’s personal information provided in this Contest for the purpose of carrying out the Contest and delivering the Prizes.

6.2 The personal information may be transferred to third parties that are retained by the Sponsor to perform storage, management and other similar functions, subject to the laws applicable to the protection of personal information and the Sponsor’s internal policies regarding personal information. Files containing personal information will be kept at the Sponsor’s or its service provider’s offices or on their servers, and employees who require access to personal information in order to fulfil their job requirements will have access to these files. To the extent provided by applicable law, the individuals concerned may request access to the file containing their personal information and the correction of such information by contacting the Sponsor. For more information about Sponsor’s privacy practices, please visit https://www.lassonde.com/en/privacy-policy/

6.3 By accepting a Prize, the Winners grant the Sponsor the right to, in any way in relation with the Contest, its promotion or its organization, produce, reproduce, publish, broadcast, communicate by telecommunication, exhibit, disseminate, adapt, use and reuse his or her name, address (city, province), voice, declarations, image, photos or other representations or recordings for publicity purposes using any media and in any format, including, without limitation, on the Internet, without any notice or compensation, and the Winner may be required to sign a document to this effect.

6.4 Each Winner will also have the right to share the podcast on his/her social media channels. Sponsor may provide written instructions to this effect.

7. ERRORS

7.1 Without limiting the generality of the exoneration set forth in Section 9.1, it is understood that the Sponsor and any organization participating in the management of the contest or in the delivery of the Prizes, and their respective representatives and employees, will not be responsible: (i) for entry that are ineligible, incomplete, modified, lost or submitted past the Contest Period (which shall be deemed null); (ii) for comments posted on the Contest Site (iii) for any information which is insufficient or incorrect related to the users of the Contest Site or of the equipment or program used in the context of the Contest, or of a technical or human error which could occur when the entries are being processed; (iv) for entries that are stolen, destroyed, accessed without authorization or altered; (v) for problems or technical malfunction related to networks, telephone lines, online computer systems, servers or access providers, computer equipment and software, viruses or bugs; (vi) for the Sponsor not being able to receive or send an electronic message or email, for any reason whatsoever, including traffic congestion on the internet or on any website or both; (vii) for damage caused to a Participant’s or another person’s computer system or equipment as a result of participating in, uploading or downloading material in relation to the Contest. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use, whether direct or indirect, of automated devices will cause immediate disqualification of a participant and its accomplices, and the Sponsor reserves all of its rights and recourses against the user of such automated devices and its accomplices.

8. RIGHT TO CANCEL, SUSPEND OR MODIFY

8.1 By entering the Contest, each Participant agrees to be bound by these Rules, available at the Contest Site. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify or cancel these Rules without notice.

8.2 Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor may change as well as partially or completely terminate the Contest at any time if, at its sole discretion, the Sponsor believes that the Contest is not taking place as expected for any reason whatsoever, including because of fraudulent manipulation, destruction, loss or theft of participations or entries or any other problem which could jeopardize the fairness or integrity of the Contest.

9. GENERAL CONDITIONS

9.1 By entering or attempting to enter the Contest each Participant or potential participant agrees to:
(a) forever exonerate, release and hold harmless the Sponsor and its administrators, directors, employees, shareholders, agents and other representatives, its parent-company and its affiliates from any and all claims, actions, damages, demands, courses of action, causes of actions, or responsibility of any kind whatsoever resulting from or related to the entry or attempted entry in the Contest, the compliance or non-compliance with these Rules, the acceptance, possession, use or abuse of a Prize or any activity related to a Prize; and
(b) completely indemnify the Sponsor and its administrators, directors, employees, parent companies, affiliates, partners, suppliers, sponsors and agents for any third party claims related to this Contest or to any violation of these Rules by the Participant or any activity related to a Prize, without limitation.

9.2 No communication or correspondence will be exchanged with Participants, other than Participants who have been selected as Finalists or Winner.

9.3 The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to exclude from the Contest and any other contest or future promotion offered by the Sponsor any Participant who does not comply with these Rules.

9.4 Each Prize must be accepted as is and without substitution in cash or otherwise, except if otherwise agreed to by the Sponsor. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equivalent value if any Prize cannot be awarded as provided for by these Rules. Any portion of a Prize that is not accepted by the respective Winner will be deemed forfeited. The Sponsor does not warrant, either implicitly or expressly, the safety, appearance or performance of the Prizes or any activity related to the Prizes. By accepting a Prize, a Winner acknowledges that the only warranties applicable to any aspect of the Prize whatsoever, if they exist, are the warranties provided by the Prizes’ supplier to the Sponsor which are transferable and/or manufacturer warranties. The Winners do not have any recourse against the Sponsor for any warranty related to the Prizes in any circumstance whatsoever. In the event a Winner does not use all or part of a Prize’s components, as applicable, for any reason whatsoever, such person will not be financially compensated and this component will become null. The Sponsor will in no way be liable for any event which leads to a Prize being annulled or for events beyond its control which lead to a Prize or part of a Prize not being awarded.

9.5 In the event of a dispute related to the identity of a Participant who submitted an Entry on the Contest Site, such Entry will be deemed to have been validated by the authorized holder of the electronic address submitted at the time the Entry was submitted. For the purpose of these Rules, “authorized holder” shall mean the physical individual who has been assigned an electronic address by an Internet access provider, Internet service provider, or any other organization responsible for assigning electronic addresses for the domain related to the electronic address submitted with the Entry at issue. The selected Participant may be required by the Sponsor to provide proof (in a form deemed acceptable by the Sponsor, including but not limited to, photo identification issued by governmental authorities) that he or she is the authorized holder of the electronic address at issue.

9.6 The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to exclude from the Contest and any other Contest or future promotion organized by the Sponsor, any person guilty or suspected of being guilty of having tampered with the Contest process or the Contest Site, of having violated these Rules or having acted in a disloyal manner or in a manner which adversely affects or is intended to disturb, abuse, threaten or harass another person. A PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO ATTEMPTS TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE CONTEST SITE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITE OR HINDER THE LEGITIMACY OF THE CONTEST PROCESS COMMITS CRIMINAL AND CIVIL OFFENCES, AND THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN SUCH CASE, TO CLAIM DAMAGES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

9.7 In the case of a discrepancy between the French version and the English version of these Rules, the English version will take precedence.

10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

10.1 All intellectual property covering the promotional material and the Contest Site are the exclusively property of the Sponsor or its affiliates or licensors. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copyright or use of any copyright material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner or holder is strictly prohibited. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

10.2 By entering this Contest, each Participant grants the Sponsor the right to use his/her Entry and Story, in any way whatsoever, in relation with the Contest, its promotion or its organization and guarantees to the Sponsor that he/she is the sole author and creator of his/her Entry/Story, that they are free of any rights, failing which, he/she will indemnify the Sponsor for all loss or damages the Sponsor may endure as a result of such default.

11. FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM

11.1 The Contest is neither managed, administered nor sponsored by Facebook or Instagram. The Participant provides its personal information to the Sponsor and not to Facebook or Instagram. Facebook and Instagram will not be liable in any way for any issue related to the Contest.

12. APPLICABLE LAW

12.1 These are the official rules for the Contest. This Contest is governed by federal, provincial and municipal law and regulations.

13. LIST OF WINNERS

13.1 The Sponsor will publish one the Contest Site the name of each of the Winners on June 1st, 2022 at approximately 10:00 a.m.

INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST ACKNOWLEDGE HAVING READ AND ACCEPTED THESE RULES AND AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THEM.