Competitions & Prize Draws 

Swipe to win £500 - June to August 2026


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 June 2026 until 23.59 31 August 2026. 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 here.


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.

Children's Community Shopper Bag Design Competition


This competition is organised by the East of England Co-op, Wherstead Park, The Street, Wherstead, Ipswich IP9 2BJ. The East of England Co-op reserves the right to void, suspend, cancel, or amend the competition at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted on the East of England Co-op website: www.eastofengland.coop/competitions.


In the event of any dispute regarding the competition, the final decision of the East of England Co-op shall be binding, and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into. Terms and conditions shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.


Qualifying entrants


Entrants must satisfy the following conditions to enter the competition:


  • Be aged 4-11 years.
  • Submit an entry using one of the templates supplied by the East of England Co-op
  • Families of employees of the East of England Co-op are eligible to enter this competition.


Competition Entries


  • Entries need to be handed in at the East of England Co-op store they were collected from. Please ensure that contact details are submitted with the entry.
  • The closing date for the competition is 5pm on Sunday 26 October 2026.
  • Entries received after the closing date are automatically disqualified.
  • Each store will appoint a judging panel of independent people who will select a winner for each store.
  • The winners from each store will then be submitted to the East of England Co-op Central Support team who will appoint a judging panel of independent people who will select four overall winners.
  • These will be judged blind, with the judges not knowing who has submitted each entry.
  • There will be one winner in each participating East of England Co-op store and four overall winners.
  • All winners will be contacted and invited to the East of England Co-op store where their entry was submitted to receive their prizes.
  • The four overall winners will be contacted and informed of the next steps in turning their artwork into a design on our shopper bags.
  • Artwork cannot be returned and, where space allows, will be displayed in participating stores.
  • Some entries will also be displayed on the East of England Co-op’s social media channels.
  • The East of England Co-op holds no responsibility for entries not received for whatever reason or for missing contact details submitted with each entry.
  • By entering this competition, the parent/guardian on behalf of an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.


Prizes


  • The winners from each store will receive a confectionary item(s), up to the value of £5 each. These prizes are non-transferable and no cash alternatives to the prizes will be offered.
  • The overall winners will be presented with a framed bag with their design on it and their design will be featured on our shopper bags available in our stores across the East of England (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire) next year.
  • Data Protection and Publicity. The East of England Co-op handles information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR and is the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018. The personal information provided by you when entering the competition will be used to administer the competition and will not be shared with anyone unless the law allows us to do so. The East of England Co-op will hold your name, age, and telephone number to contact the winners of the competition and for promotional purposes. We promise never to sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. We also promise that your data will remain secure and confidential.


How to contact us


You can contact us in relation to the competition by writing to East of England Co-op, Wherstead Park, The Street, Wherstead, Ipswich IP9 2BJ