Competition Terms and Conditions

1. PROMOTER: This promotion is operated by East of England Co-operative Society with registered office at Wherstead Park, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 2BJ. References to “we”, “us” or “our” in these terms and conditions are references to the promoter. 

2. OPENING AND CLOSING DATE: This promotion will be live from 06.00 1 April 2025 until 23.59 30 June 2025. Any entries made before and after this time will not be valid and will not be entered into this promotion. 

3. ELIGIBILITY: This promotion is only open to members of the East of England Co-operative society who make a purchase of a qualifying product and swipe their membership card in an East of England Co-operative Food store during the Promotion Period. Purchases with qualifying spend and therefore those which dividend points can be collected against apply only. Purchases with cigarettes, National Lottery, infant formula, PayPoint, Subway, funeral disbursements and prescription drugs only that don't qualify for dividend points are excluded.

Members and therefore entrants must be over 16 years of age. If you win and are under the age of 18, you must obtain written parental or guardian consent  to claim your prize. We may ask the winner to provide proof of age. 

Employees of the East of England Co-op are invalid.

 
4. HOW TO ENTER: To enter East of England Co-op members must make a purchase of a qualifying product and swipe their membership card in an East of England Co-operative Food store during the Promotion Period (dates of which are set out in clause 2). Purchase free entries are as follows: 

No purchase necessary – purchase free entry can be achieved by: 
A.) Join to Win - New members can enter by joining to become a member. New members who are opening a new member account within the promotions period will be accepted only. Those who have held a member account previously will not be entered. 
B.) Entry form - Existing members can enter by completing the promotional form online at: https://mailchi.mp/eastofengland.coop/fnbfj05vfk

5. PRIZE: 
A) £500, which will be paid into your member share account.  

6. PRIZE TERMS: 

Prizes are provided at our discretion and the Promoter may substitute or change the prize for a prize of an equivalent or greater value if circumstances beyond the

Promoter’s control make it necessary to do so.  The Promoter nor any of its subsidiary or affiliated companies, make any guarantees, representations or warranties of any nature with respect to the prize.    

Prizes are non-exchangeable and non-transferable. There is no cash or other alternative or refund to the prize in whole or part.  

7. WINNER SELECTION: Winner selection will be drawn within 20 working days of the Promotion Period closing. Winner will be selected at random from a list of transactions within the qualifying period and the entries received by non-purchase linked methods. 

8. NOTIFICATION: Winners will be notified by the Promoter from the details held on their member records within 28 working days of the competition closing date. Please ensure your member account is up to date with a valid email address or contact number as we will email or phone you with details on how to receive your prize. The Promoter does not hold responsibility if there is not a valid contact method on the winner member account.

If the winner does not respond to the Promoter within 14 days of being notified providing the requested information or if the Promoter does not hold valid contact details for the member, then the winner's prize will be forfeited, and another winner will be picked at random from the remaining eligible entries in accordance with the process described above in clause 6. The winner may be required to participate in publicity. 

9. DECISIONS OF THE PROMOTER: If there is any dispute about the receipt of validity of any entry or any other aspect of the promotion, this will be decided by the Promoter. The Promoter’s decision regarding any aspect of the promotion is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it. 

10. WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: As per 8.28.5 of ASA guidelines, we have an obligation to publish and make available the surname and county of the prize winner to show a valid award took place. 

If you do not wish for us to publish this information about you or have any concern, please contact us at membersupport@eastofengland.coop within 7 days of the competition period ending. 

11. AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Entry to this promotion shall constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions your agreement to be bound by them. These terms and conditions take effect immediately upon entry to the promotion. If you do not accept these terms and conditions in full, you should contact the Membership Support team on 0800 389 5354 to be excluded from the promotion.

 
12. DISQUALIFICATION: The Promoter reserves the right to reject any entry, withhold any prize and disqualify you from the promotion if we suspect you of failing to comply with these terms and conditions or of fraud, cheating or dishonesty. 

13. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENTRIES NOT RECEIVED: The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully received by us, or which are delayed, due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind. 

14. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ADMINISTER PROMOTION: The East of England Co-op will collect personal information from you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable data privacy laws. The East of England Co-op will only use your information for the purposes of administering this promotion. 

15. CANCELLATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF PROMOTION: The Promoter reserves the right at our absolute discretion to withdraw or cancel this promotion without prior notice and without liability to any party if it becomes necessary to do so. 

16. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The Promoter reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time. Revised terms and conditions will be available at www.eastofengland.coop/competitions. It is your responsibility to keep up to date with any such changes. 

17. RELEVANT LAW: This promotion and these terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts if any dispute arises.

1. PROMOTER:   

This promotion is operated by the East of England Co-operative Society with a registered office at Wherstead Park, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 2BJ. References to “we”, “us” or “our” in these terms and conditions are references to the promoter.  

2. OPENING AND CLOSING DATE:  

This promotion will be live from Monday 9th June 2025 until 12pm on Wednesday 11th June 2025. Any entries made before and after this time will not be valid and will not be entered into this promotion.   

3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY:  

A valid entry is as follows:  

• Like and comment on the competition post on Facebook or Instagram posted on Monday 9^th June 

OR

• Received and clicked on the ‘Enter now’ button in the competition email sent on Monday 9^th June

One winner will be chosen for each entry mechanism. 

No purchase is necessary to enter the prize draw.  

By entering the prize draw all entrants give permission for the East of England Co-op to share their first name when announcing the winners. Winners will be given the opportunity to opt out of this when claiming their prize.  

Entrants must be aged 18 years old and over. Individuals must reside in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Hertfordshire or Cambridgeshire. We may ask the winner to provide proof of age.   

Entry is not open to colleagues of the East of England Co-op.  

Any entry of a party directly associated with administration of the prize draw is invalid.  

The Promoter reserves the right at its discretion to disqualify any individual it has reason to believe is tampering with the operation of the promotion or a violation of the terms and conditions.  

4. PRIZE:   

Four winners will each receive:

1x Bitburger Premium Pilsner Mini Keg (5 Litre)

5. PRIZE TERMS:   

Prizes are non-exchangeable and non-transferable. There is no cash or other alternative or refund to the prize in whole or part.    

Prizes are provided at our discretion, and the Promoter may substitute or change the prize for a prize of an equivalent or greater value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control make it necessary to do so.   

6. WINNER SELECTION:   

Winner selection will be drawn by 12pm on Thursday 12^th June 2025. Two winners from each entry mechanism will be chosen from all valid entries by a random draw performed by a computer process.  

7. NOTIFICATION:   

Winners will be notified via the email address by which they made the entry, or via the Facebook/Instagram profile the entry is made, and be required to collect the prize from their local East of England Co-op. 

Once notified, the winners must confirm their closest East of England Co-op food store within 5 working (Mon-Fri) days. Failure to do this will result in the winner’s prize being forfeited.  

8. DECISIONS OF THE PROMOTER:  

If there is any dispute about the receipt of validity of any entry or any other aspect of the promotion, this will be decided by the Promoter. The Promoter’s decision regarding any aspect of the promotion is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.   

9. WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:   

We have an obligation to publish and make available information that demonstrates that an award took place. To comply, we intend to publish only the first name and county of the winners, if you do not wish for us to publish this information about you or have any concern, please contact us at membersupport@eastofengland.coop within 7 days of the competition period ending.   

10. AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:   

Entry to this promotion shall constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions your agreement to be bound by them. These terms and conditions take effect immediately upon entry to the promotion. If you do not accept these terms and conditions in full, you should contact the Membership Support team on 0800 389 5354 to be excluded from the promotion.   

11. DISQUALIFICATION:   

The Promoter reserves the right to reject any entry, withhold any prize and disqualify you from the promotion if we suspect you of failing to comply with these terms and conditions or of fraud, cheating or dishonesty.   

12. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENTRIES NOT RECEIVED:  

The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully received by us, or which are delayed, due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.   

13. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ADMINISTER PROMOTION:   

The East of England Co-op will collect personal information from you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable data privacy laws. The East of England Co-op will only use your information for the purposes of administering this promotion.   

14. CANCELLATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF PROMOTION:   

The Promoter reserves the right at our absolute discretion to withdraw or cancel this promotion without prior notice and without liability to any party if it becomes necessary to do so.   

15. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 

The Promoter reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time. Revised terms and conditions will be available at www.eastofengland.coop/competitions. It is your responsibility to keep up to date with any such changes.   

16. RELEVANT LAW:   

This promotion and these terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts if any dispute arises.   

PROMOTER: East of England Co-operative Society, Wherstead Park, The Street, Wherstead, Ipswich IP9 2BJ

UPDATED 11/07/24: Owing to postal issues we have extended the period of entry to 11:59pm on the 11 August 2024. The draw will be made at 6:00pm on the 14 August 2024. 

COMPETITION DATE: 21/06/2024 to 11/08/2024

1. This prize draw is open to East of England Co-op members aged 18 or over, including East of England Co-op colleagues, and their immediate family members. 
    
2. Prize: A £2,000 voucher to be redeemed towards a new holiday booked through an East of England Co-op Travel branch. 
    
3. To qualify for entry into the prize draw you must have completed our 2024 membership survey on our website and submitted your details by 11:59pm on 11/08/2024.
    
4. The Prize winner will be chosen at random from those who have entered and will be contacted via email by 6:00pm on 14/08/2024. Should the Promoter be unable to contact a winner by 5.00pm on 22/08/2024, the Promoter reserves the right to award the prixe to an alternative winner, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions. The Promoter may ask the winner to provide proof of age. 
    
5. The winner's name can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to Marketing, East of England Co-operative Society, Wherstead Park, The Street, Wherstead, Ipswich IP9 2BJ between 24/08/2024 and 1/9/2024.
    
6. The decision of East of England Co-operative is final, and no correspondence will be entered. 
    
7. All elements of the prixe are subject to availability, non-transferable and there are no cash alternatives. If the holiday booked is worth less than £2,000 then the difference will not be given to the prize winner. Travel must be completed by 24/07/2025. This voucher can only be redeemed on new holiday booked through an East of England Co-op Travel branch, and cannot be applied to existing balance or bookings. 
    
8. The winner may be required to participate in publicity. 
    
9. Data Protection: The personal data you provide to us will be used for the purposes of administration, statistical and business analysis and marketing. We do not share your data with any third parties. Our full privacy policy can be viewed in the below location: https://www.eastofengland.coop/privacy