Official Rules for the Grand Central Squatch Watch 2025 sweepstakes

How to enter: 

  • Find Sasquatch hiding in our bakery starting Friday, January 3rd, and ending at closing (4 p.m.) on Friday, January 10th.

  • Take a picture with him, and post it to your own Instagram account, tagging @GrandCentralBakery and using the hashtag #SquatchWatch25

  • Follow @GrandCentral Bakery

  • If your account is private, switch it to public during the week of the giveaway.

  • You can enter every day of the contest! Sasquatch will be in a new place every day for seven days. Limit one entry per person per day.

  • We’ll choose 2 winners to receive a GCB gift basket, including a $100 GCB gift card, swag, and Sasquatch goodies.

Official Rules for the Grand Central #SquatchWatch Sweepstakes

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

These Official Rules exempt Grand Central Bakery ("Sponsor") and others from liability or limit their liability, specify the jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes, and contain other important provisions. Participation constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to these Official Rules and to the Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion.

1. Eligibility.

The #SquatchWatch promotion (“Promotion”) is open only to legal U.S. residents who are aged 18 or older at the time of entry. Employees of Grand Central Bakery, as well as their immediate family and household members are not eligible.  

Winning a prize is conditioned on your adherence to these Official Rules.

 

2. Entry Period.

The Promotion starts on or about 6:00am PST on December 7th, 2023, and ends at 11:59pm PST on December 13th, 2023 (the “Entry Period”). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will be disqualified.

 

3. How to Enter.

During the Entry Period, 

  • Find Sasquatch in our store and take a picture with him

  • Post your picture to Instagram, tagging @GrandCentralBakery and using the Hashtags #SquatchWatch and #Giveaway

This counts as one entry into the promotion. Limited to one entry per person per day during contest period. 

All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

[By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that the Entry, and Sponsor’s use of the Entry, does not and will not:

  • infringe on the copyright, trade secret, trademark, patent, privacy, or publicity rights of others;

  • contain any third-party logo, trademark or other third-party content;

  • contain any material that could be considered unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or hateful, or content that refers negatively to people or groups on the basis of their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or similar characteristics;

  • be posted in a false name or the name of another person, or include impersonations of any person;

  • include illegal material or encourage, solicit, or glorify illegal activity;

  • contain false statements or misrepresentations; or

  • include commercial advertisements or solicitations]

 

4. Prizes. 

[2 winners will be chosen at random. Each winner will receive a $100 gift card to use toward purchases at Grand Central Bakery. Max retail value $100]

Any prize details not specified above will be determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Prizes are not transferable and must be accepted as awarded. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the prize is not available for any reason. The winner is responsible for any and all other costs and expenses not listed above. Offer cannot be combined with any other ongoing offer/promotion/discount. Prizes may be reported as income to the winner, and the winner is responsible for taxes, if any, associated with the receipt of a prize. 

 

5. Winner Selection.                                                                                                                                                        

Within 7 days after the Entry Period closes, the Sponsor will select 2 potential winners in a random drawing of all entries received. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The potential winner will be notified by Instagram Direct Messaging (in Sponsor’s discretion) within one day of the drawing. If a potential winner declines to accept the prize, has violated any of these Official Rules, or fails to respond within the required time period, then an alternate entrant may be selected, at Sponsor’s discretion and if time permits, in a random drawing of remaining eligible entries.   

All potential winners are subject to verification by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. You are not a winner of any prize unless and until eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules have been verified and you have been notified that verification is complete. [Sponsor will not accept screen shots or other evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process.]

 

6. Winner Requirements. 

Except where prohibited, a potential winner will be required to complete and return an executed Declaration and Release and tax form W-9, if applicable, within 5 days of being notified.

 

7. Publicity Release.

Your participation the Promotion (whether or not you are declared the winner) constitutes permission for the Sponsor to use your name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and city and state address (“Likeness”) for promotional or advertising purposes in connection with this Promotion and Sponsor’s products and services, on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, now or hereafter known, in perpetuity, including without limitation, on Sponsor’s website, without review, permission or further compensation (except where prohibited by law). You consent to Sponsor’s use of your Likeness and agree that: (a) no further consideration will be paid to you for such use; (b) consent and release is given without coercion or duress; and (c) this permission is binding upon your heirs and future legal representatives. 

 

8. General Terms. 

The Promotion is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law. If the Promotion is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sponsor may either: (a) cancel or terminate the Promotion; (b) suspend the Promotion while it investigates the impairment, then resume the promotion if the impairment is resolved; or (c) award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Sponsor may disqualify you if Sponsor believes you have violated these Official Rules or acted in an unsportsmanlike, deceptive, or disruptive manner. Failure by the Sponsor to enforce any term of these Official Rules does not constitute a waiver of that provision. If the prize becomes unavailable or infeasible to award, or if the Promotion is impaired or becomes impractical due to any event beyond the control of Sponsor, Sponsor may modify, shorten, suspend, or cancel the Promotion without liability. Sponsor reserves the right to exclude previous sweepstakes winners from entering this Promotion. 

 

9. Disclaimer; Release.

Participation in the Promotion is voluntary. By participating in the Promotion, you hereby release and hold harmless the Sponsor, any prize provider, their respective parent and related companies, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Promotion; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) lost, late, misdirected, or undeliverable mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property, unless the claim or cause of action results from the Sponsor’s gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Sponsor disclaims all liability for any claims related to prizes and other aspects of the Promotion to the extent provided or handled by third parties, including claims arising out of third parties’ gross negligence or intentional misconduct. You further agree that, if you have a claim against Sponsor that is not waived by this section, the Released Parties’ liability will be limited to value of the highest-value prize offered in this Promotion. You waive the right to claim punitive, consequential, or indirect damages. You acknowledge that the Released Parties have made no warranty, representation or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relating to any prize. ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED AS-IS.

 

10. Disputes. 

Except where prohibited, you agree that all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or relating to the Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in Multnomah County, Oregon. 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 Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Oregon, without giving effect to any conflict of law rules.

 

11. Sponsor. 

The Promotion is sponsored by Grand Central Bakery, 2249 N.W. York St, Portland, OR 97210 (the “Sponsor”). [This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Instagram.

 

12. Winner’s List.

To obtain the name of the winner(s), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to 2249 N.W. York St, Portland, OR 97210. Requests must be received within 30 days after the conclusion of the Entry Period.

 

13. Personal Information; Electronic Communications.

By entering the Promotion, entrant agrees to receive email newsletters, updates, and other promotional communications periodically from Sponsor. Entrants can opt-out of receiving communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email newsletter.