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Official Rules

Sweepstakes Starts: 3/1/10 Sweepstakes Ends: 5/31/10

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Promotion starts on March 1, 2010 and ends May 31, 2010 (“Promotional Period”). No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning.

HOW TO ENTER: You may enter using one of two available methods: A.) To enter by Internet, go to www.cargilldso.com and click on the sweepstakes entry to enter your lucky numbers from your official sweepstakes promotion card. B.) To enter by mail, handprint your name, age, complete address, including ZIP code, and daytime and evening telephone numbers (with area codes) on a 3" x 5" card and mail to: Cargill Dressings, Sauces and Oils Year of the Operator Promotion, PO Box 621, Becker MN 55308. Method of entry does not affect chance of winning. Online entries must be received and recorded by Sponsor’s Sweepstakes computer during the Promotional Period. Proof of sending will not be deemed to be proof of receipt; no other form of electronic or digital entry will be accepted. Limit one (1) entry per envelope and one (1) entry per foodservice operation. No photocopied or mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted. Sponsor is not responsible for entries which are lost, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, incorrect or postage due, or for any printing error in these Official Rules or any other sweepstakes materials. All entries become the property of Sponsor and none will be returned. All entries must be postmarked no later than 6/1/10 and received no later than 6/10/10.

PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. Grand Prize consists of one (1) 12-month supply of Crisco Professional® shortening and/or oil products of the Winner’s choosing valued at $10,000 based on the list price of the products at the time the Grand Prize is awarded. Total ARV: $10,000. Winners agree to accept the prize “as is” and hereby acknowledge that Sponsor has neither made nor is in any manner responsible for liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express of implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prize, including express warranties (if any) provided exclusively by a prize supplier that may be sent along with the prize. Winner may elect to take cash value in lieu of the prize. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of equal value for advertised prize due to unavailability of advertised prize for any reason. All federal, state and local laws apply. All taxes and any other expenses incurred in connection with claim and use of prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

DRAWING: Winners will be selected on or about 6/15/10 in a random drawing from among all entries received. All drawings will be conducted by Realtime Solutions whose decisions with regard to this Sweepstakes shall be final and binding in all respects. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received.

ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes only open to foodservice operators who are legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Island except for New York, Florida and Rhode Island 21 years of age or older at time of entry. Employees of Cargill Dressings, Sauces & Oils (“Sponsor”) and Realtime Solutions and the respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies of each and their immediate family members (parents, siblings, children) and those living in the same household of each are not eligible to win. Sponsor reserves the right to verify to its satisfaction the eligibility of any entrant. All federal, state, and local laws apply. Void where prohibited.

WINNER NOTIFICATION/RELEASES: Winners will be notified by phone or mail on or around 6/15/10. Grand Prize winner will be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, and a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release, within ten days of receipt of notification and documents. If winner does not return documents timely, or if documents are returned as non-deliverable, or if winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, then prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. By acceptance of the prize, winner releases and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Cargill Dressings, Sauces & Oils, their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, the judging organization, and all of the respective directors, officers, representatives, employees and agents of each, from any and all liability, damages, claims or causes of action of any kind whatsoever (however named or described) for injuries, loss or damage to person(s), including death, and property, or rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light which may arise with respect to participation in the Sweepstakes and/or the acceptance, possession, use/misuse of any prize(s), and/or participation in any Sweepstakes related activity. By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by these rules and to the decision of the Sponsor and its agents, whose decisions regarding all aspects of the Sweepstakes shall be final and binding. By accepting a prize, the winners grant permission for Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor’s authority, to use his/her name and likeness for advertising, trade and publicity purposes, world wide, including on the Internet, at any time or times without prior notification, review, or approval or further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, late, misdirected, unintelligible, illegible, postage due or undelivered entries or e-mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, technical errors or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture any such information. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, and assumes no responsibility for any error, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation, or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized use to this website. If for any reason, the online component of Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor, which in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the online component of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the online component of the Sweepstakes and select the Winner from mail-in and online entries received prior to and/or after (as appropriate) the action taken by Sponsor or by such method as may be deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or web site. In the event of a dispute as to ownership of online entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Sweepstakes at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization, which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.

PRIVACY: Information participants provide to Sponsor will be used to communicate with participants in relation to this Sweepstakes as well as to inform participants of other offers which Sponsor believes may be of interest. Winners’ names, ages, cities and states of residence may be posted on one or more of Sponsor’s websites.

DISPUTES: Each participant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or state court within the State of Minnesota; (2) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will a participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and each participant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, any other damages other than actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participants and the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Minnesota or any other jurisdiction) that could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Minnesota.

SPONSOR: Cargill Dressings, Sauces & Oils, P.O. Box 5693 Minneapolis, MN 55440-5693. All rights reserved. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Sweepstakes at any time and substitute another promotion in its place.

COPYRIGHT: © 2010 Cargill Dressings, Sauces & Oils. All rights reserved. Sweepstakes participants are hereby authorized to copy these Official Rules on the condition that it will be for the participant’s personal use and not for any commercial purpose whatsoever.