Pet Supermarket
Celebrate the Love Contest
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. THIS PROMOTION IS NOT SPONSORED BY, ENDORSED BY, ADMINISTERED BY OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED OR AFFILIATED WITH FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM OR TWITTER.
1. Timing: The Pet Supermarket Celebrate the Love Contest (“Contest”) begins on May 20, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on June 9, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Contest Period”). The Contest Period is comprised of three (3) phases (each, a “Phase”) as set forth in the chart below:
| Phase | Starts at* | Ends at 11:59 pm ET* | Judging Date |
| 1 | 5/20/22 9:00 a.m. ET | 5/26/22 | 5/27/22 |
| 2 | 5/27/22 12:00 a.m. ET | 6/2/22 | 6/3/22 |
| 3 | 6/3/22 12:00 a.m. ET | 6/9/22 | 6/10/22 |
*Sponsor's computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
2. Eligibility: The Contest is open only to legal residents of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of Pet Supermarket, Inc., and any of its affiliate companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, in-laws, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. Void where prohibited by law. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and by the Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
3. How to Enter: No purchase necessary. During the Contest Period, visit https://petsupermarket.com/celebrate-the-love-contest. Complete all required fields on the Contest entry form, and upload a photo of your pet with a brief story about your pet. Story options include adoption story, “gotcha day” memory, or how your pet has changed your life. Once you upload your photo and story, click “Submit”. Your entry form, together with your photo and story, will be deemed your “Submission”.
All Submissions must comply with the Submission Requirements below set forth. Any Submission that does not comply with these guidelines will not be eligible to win a prize in the Contest and the submitting entrant may be disqualified from the Contest at the discretion of Sponsor. No notice or opportunity to correct a Submission will be given. All decisions about the eligibility of any particular Submission will be made at Sponsor’s sole discretion and are final and binding in all respects.
Submission Requirements:
The Submission must be in English.
The Submission must not:
Once you complete these steps, you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Contest. Limit: One (1) entry per participating pet during the Contest Period. All non-winning entries from Phase 1 and Phase 2 WILL carry over to the subsequent Phase. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification of entrant and voiding of all of entrant’s entries. In the event of a dispute as to any email address, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register for such email address will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
4. Winner Selection and Notification: Chance plays no part in determining the final First Prize Winners. On or about the dates set forth in Section 1 above, a panel of qualified judges, selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will select one (1) potential First Prize winner from each Phase for a total of three (3) potential First Prize winners by selecting the entries with the highest-scoring Submissions from the relevant Phase based on the following criteria ("Judging Criteria"): Impact: Story demonstrates a memorable or unique connection between pet and owner (60%), Photo: Emotional appeal and quality of uploaded entry photo (30%) and Relevance: Story is related to selected story type theme (10%). In the event of a tie, the Submission with the highest score in the Impact category will be deemed the potential prize winner for the First Prize for the relevant Phase, as applicable. Decisions of the Sponsor and judges are final and binding. Sponsor will not disclose judging scores. Potential winners will be notified by email on or about the date of the judging. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within seventy-two (72) hours of the first attempt to contact him/her or prize is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize, and an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place from the next highest score received during the relevant Phase of the Contest Period. Prizes will be shipped approximately one (1) month after winner confirmation.
5. Prizes: THREE (3) FIRST PRIZES: Three (3) First Prize winners (one (1) for each Phase) will each receive one (1) $125 Pet Supermarket gift card. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of each First Prize is $125.00. Total ARV of All Prizes: $375.00. For all Prizes: No cash or other substitution, assignment or transfer of any prizes permitted, except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with cash or another prize of comparable or greater value. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Prizes will be awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied offered by Sponsor. Limit: One (1) prize per person. Winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules in order to claim a prize. Prizes consist only of those items specifically listed as part of the prize – any item, feature, cost or expense not specifically listed as part of the prize is the sole responsibility of the winner.
6. Publicity: By entering the Contest and/or accepting prizes, each entrant grants to Sponsor (and each of their licensees and partners) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future, and otherwise use entrant’s name, likeness, biographical information, submission and any other information or materials provided by entrant, in any and all media now known or hereinafter devised, without territorial restriction (except where prohibited by law), for possible editorial, publicity, promotional or advertising purposes, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). All submissions, including submission file and content, if applicable, will become the property of Sponsor, and may be used by Sponsor for commercial purposes without payment of any kind to the participating entrants. Each entrant agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally transfer and assign to Sponsor all rights to all information submitted during the Contest, and agrees to execute and deliver such documents, certificates, assignments and other writings, and take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable to vest in Sponsor the ownership rights granted to Sponsor hereunder.
7. General Conditions: Sponsor is not responsible for problems with the submissions, including, but not limited to, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend, or cancel the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor will select the winner(s) from the eligible entries received prior to the modification, suspension, or cancellation using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor agrees to take such action in a fair and appropriate manner. In addition, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the submission process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any other entrant’s submission or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
8. Release and Limitation of Liability: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, FACEBOOK, INC., INSTAGRAM, INC., TWITTER, INC. and any promotional partners, of each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliate and related companies, and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively the “Released Parties”) from and against any losses, damages, rights, claim or cause of action of any kind arising, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, out of participation in the Contest or resulting directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize awarded in connection with the Contest, including without limitation personal injury, death, and/or property damage, as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation, and/or invasion of privacy. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (3) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of Contest submissions, including, but not limited to, malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software, including the uploading, processing or judging of any Submission; (4), late, lost, undeliverable, or damaged mail; or (5) any 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 Contest or receipt or use of any prize or while traveling to or from any prize-related activity. Each winner also further acknowledges that the Released Parties have neither made, nor are in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law relative to any prize or this Contest including but not limited to quality, condition or fitness for a particular purpose. If for any reason a entrant’s submission is confirmed to have been erroneously lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another submission and thereby another entry into the Contest. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
9. Disputes: Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate courts located in the State of Florida, U.S.A.; (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 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 Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida, U.S.A. or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida, U.S.A.
10. Sponsor: Pet Supermarket, Inc., 1100 International Parkway #200, Sunrise, FL 33323.
11. Entrant’s Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor's Privacy Policy, available at https://www.petsupermarket.com/privacy-policy.
12. Winners’ List: For each winner's name, send an email with the subject line “Celebrate the Love Contest Winners’ List Request” to socialmedia@petsupermarket.com. Requests must be received by June 30, 2022.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Information is being provided to Sponsor, not Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.