Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions
1. The Organiser of the Awards is William Reed Business Media Ltd Broadfield Park, Crawley RH11 9RT.
2. By entering the Awards the Entrant will be deemed to have read and understood these rules and to be bound by them. These rules include any instructions set out with the Awards details.
3. Entrants must either be the supplier of the product entered or the retailer for whom the product has been supplied.
4. There is no restriction on the number of entries or on the number of categories for which a product may be submitted.
5. Entries must be submitted online at www.thegrocer.co.uk/ownlabel, or via an entry form sent by prepaid post or courier in each case to arrive no later than 5.00 p.m. on Friday 14th October 2011. Responsibility is not accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
6. Entries will only be accepted if they are submitted online or the Entry Form completed in full, in each case with the Entry Fee and a high-resolution image.
7. Entry Forms must state the name of the person responsible for submitting the entry and to whom all correspondence concerning the Awards should be addressed.
8. Entrants will be notified separately when to submit their products for judging. Products must be submitted by the due date and must be Own Label products for human consumption available for retail sale in the United Kingdom by 31 December 2011 and that will be in date for consumption throughout the judging process.
9. The Organiser reserves the right at its absolute discretion to reject any entry that it deems inappropriate.
10. Entries will become the property of the Organiser and will not be returned.
11. Responsibility cannot be accepted for lost, late or mislaid entries and any entry which is damaged, defaced, illegible or incomplete, or which otherwise does not comply with these terms and conditions may be deemed invalid in the sole discretion of the Organiser.
12. Products will be prepared for tasting according to the on-pack instructions.
13. The short-list for the Awards will be announced in April 2012. Short-listed Entrants will be notified in writing and will be offered a discounted rate to attend the awards lunch.
14. Winners will be announced during a lunch on 29th May 2012 at a prestigious hotel in London. The winners' names will be published in The Grocer on 2nd June 2012.
15. The Organiser reserves the right to change the categories and the judging panel without prior notice to entrants.
16. The Organiser's decision on all matters affecting this competition is final and legally binding.
17. No correspondence will be entered into.
18. Winners may be required to take part in some post-event publicity and consent to their name and photograph being used for such purposes.
19. Entrants who notify the Organiser that they wish to withdraw their entry prior to Monday 31st October 2011 will receive a full refund of their entry fee. Entrants withdrawing after that date will not receive any refund.
20. Failure to deliver product to the required timetable will result in the deletion of an entry. In this event, no entry costs are refundable.
21. Entrants accept that their details will be passed on to Cambridge Market Research, which may contact them in connection with the administration of this award scheme and for marketing purposes.
22. By entering the Awards, all Entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the rules and consent to the transfer of their personal data to the Data Controller for the purposes of the administration of the Awards and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.
23. Winners may publicise their success in "The Grocer® Own Label Food & Drink Awards 2012" indefinitely provided the year is specified in all publicity and materials. The Organiser licences any winner to use the relevant Awards logo in connection with its award until 31st December 2012.
24. By entering the Awards, all Entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the rules and consent to the transfer of their personal data to the Data Controller for the purposes of the administration of this draw and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.
25. The Organiser and Data Controller is William Reed Business Media Ltd, Broadfield Park, Crawley RH11 9RT.
