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FRESH EXPRESS SUMMER OF CAESAR CONTEST

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

BY SUBMITTING A PHOTO AND/OR VIDEO IN THIS CONTEST, THE ENTRANT HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE PHOTO AND/OR VIDEO MAY APPEAR ON SPONSOR’S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, AND/OR BE USED IN ANY FUTURE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS WITH NO ADDITIONAL APPROVAL FROM OR COMPENSATION TO ENTRANT.

BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

Eligibility: The Fresh Express Summer of Caesar Contest (the "Contest") is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years or older (or 19 for residents of AL & NE). Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to enter the Sweepstakes. Employees of Fresh Express, Inc., 4757 The Grove Drive, Suite 260, Windermere, FL, 34786 (the "Sponsor"), Brandmovers, Inc.,1519 Carroll Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 ("Administrator”), (Sponsor and Administrator are hereinafter collective referred to as the "Released Parties”), and any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production execution or distribution of the Contest and their immediate family (spouse, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and step-children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to enter or win. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Cont

Contest Periods: The Contest consists of the following two (2) time periods and deadlines:

The entry period begins on June 30, 2025, at 2pm Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends July 14, 2025, at 11:59:59 PM ET (the “Contest Entry Period”). The entry judging period will run from July 15, 2025, through August 15, 2025 (“Judging Period”).

How to Enter: To enter the Contest, during the Contest Entry Period (defined in Official Rule #2(a) above) visit www.freshexpresscontest.com, complete the registration form, and upload a photo of your Caesar salad using your favorite Fresh Express product to receive one (1) entry into the Contest. In addition to the Photo, entrants may also submit a video up to two (2) minutes long of themselves making their perfect salad using their favorite Fresh Express product (“Video”). Use of a Fresh Express product is not required for eligibility, and it will not impact the judging process. A photo submission is required for entry; video submissions are optional and not judged. The registration form and photo together are referred to as a "Submission." All Submissions must be received by 11:59:59 PM ET on July 14, 2025, to be eligible. Sponsor is not responsible for any technical issues, including problems with file upload. Limit one (1) Submission per person during the entire Contest Entry Period. All entries must comply with the Photo Entry Requirements and Photo Content Restrictions. Submissions must not contain visible branding, logos, or intellectual property from any company or product other than Fresh Express.

Photo Entry Requirements: Entrants agree to and understand that their Photo (including any Video accompanying a Submission, if any) will be made available to the public, including without limitation, posting on the Internet and may appear in Sponsor’s advertising and marketing materials. Whether or not a Photo (and or/Video) is published on the Internet, Sponsor does not covenant or guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any Submissions.

The Photo must not have been submitted previously in any Contest of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly (i.e., disclosed beyond your immediate circle of friends and family) through any means previously.

The Photo (and any accompanying Video, if any) must be an original creation of the submitting entrant which is under no restriction, contractual or otherwise, that will prevent Sponsor's use of the Photo (and Video, if any). It must be free of any and all liens, encumbrances and claims of third parties. Entrant acknowledges, agrees, and warrants that nothing in the Photo (or Video, if any) infringes on any copyrights, confidential information, trade secrets, or trademarks belonging to any person or entity. If third-party content is included, a suitable license, clearance, or permission agreement must be provided (proof of which is required upon submission). The Photo must not violate any person’s rights of privacy or publicity, and all necessary releases and permissions must have been secured. Modifying, enhancing, or altering a third party's pre-existing work does not qualify as the entrant’s original creation.

By uploading the Photo (and Video, if any), the entrant agrees, for zero compensation, to grant to Sponsor all intellectual property rights in the Photo (and Video, if any) and each of its constituent parts. This includes, without limitation, the Sponsor’s right to publish, make available to the public, and/or reproduce the Photo (and Video, if any) through any media available at any time during or after the Contest Period—on any related websites, in promotional materials, and in any other physical or online location the Sponsor deems appropriate. In addition, the entrant warrants that all so-called "moral rights" in the Photo (and Video, if any) have been waived and agrees that Sponsor may use any ideas contained in any submitted Photo (and Video, if any), regardless of whether a prize is awarded.

Entrant agrees to release, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless each of the Released Parties—including their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, owners, employees, directors, officers, agents, and subcontractors—from any claims, demands, or causes of action of any nature, which the entrant or their representatives may have arising from: (i) Sponsor’s use of rights granted in these Official Rules; (ii) any breach of these Official Rules or the entrant’s representations and warranties; (iii) claims based on violations of rights of publicity or personality, copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, or loss of potential earnings due to use of the Photo (and Video, if any); and (iv) the entrant’s failure to obtain any necessary permissions, talent and location releases, or licenses for content included in the Photo (and Video, if any).

Photo Content Restrictions

Photos (or Videos, if any) must not contain material that:

  1. Contains or depicts someone smoking or intoxicated;
  2. Violates or infringes another's rights, including without limitation, privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;
  3. Contains material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
  4. Contains any unacceptable clothing or adornments, or displays any commercial/corporate advertising other than that of Sponsor (including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names, trademarks, slogans, political, personal and religious statements);
  5. Contains indecent or unsafe behavior or situations, profanities or obscenities, including but not limited to nudity, or pornography, or is otherwise inappropriate, indecent, profane, obscene, hateful, tortuous, slanderous or libelous;
  6. References persons without their written permission;
  7. Disparages any persons or organizations;
  8. Includes threats to any person, place, business, or group;
  9. Is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, state, or local laws and regulations.

Failure of any Photo to comply with the above “Photo Requirements," and "Photo Content Restrictions," as determined by Sponsor and Administrator, in their sole discretion, may result in disqualification of entry. Without limitation, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any Submission that, in their sole opinion, refers, depicts or in any way reflects negatively upon the Sponsor, its products or services, the Contest or any other person or entity, does not comply with these Official Rules or if Sponsor or Administrator receive a notification about any potential infringements or breaches of law or any other reason set forth herein. All Submissions shall become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Submissions must be suitable for presentation in a public forum, in sole determination of Sponsor.

Judging Criteria: During the Judging Period, all eligible Photos received during the Contest Entry Period will be judged by an independent judging panel using the following judging criteria and percentages (collectively, the “Judging Criteria”): (a) Creativity (33.3%); (b) Freshness (33.3%), and (c) Appetite Appeal (33.4%) The top three (3) highest scoring Photos will be deemed the Grand Prize winners and the next top ten (10) highest scoring Photos will be deemed First Prize winners. In the event of a tie, the Photo with the highest score in the Appetite Appeal criteria will be deemed the winner from among all tying Photos. Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than three (3) Grand Prize winners and/or fewer than ten (10) First Prize winners in the event that there are not a sufficient amount of Submissions are received during the Contest Entry Period. Each potential winner will be notified by Sponsor or Administrator via email and/or telephone on or about August 15, 2025, to confirm eligibility. In the event Sponsor or Administrator are unable to reach the potential winner after 36 hours from the first notification, that potential winner will forfeit their right to be a winner in this Contest at Sponsor’s sole discretion, and the next highest scoring Photo will be deemed the alternate winner in place of the forfeited Grand or First Prize winner.

Prizes and Approximate Retail Values (“ARVs”) – Three (3) Grand Prizes – A Webber grill (make/model at Sponsor’s sole discretion); a Webber grill cover; a $500 Sponsor-specified gift card; three (3) month’s worth of Fresh Express salads, awarded in the form of 36 coupons; and a Fresh Express insulated tote bag. ARV: $1049.39 each. Three(3) Grand Prizes = $3,148.17 Total ARV: 1,416.50 All warranties and guarantees on products are subject to the manufacturers warranties and guarantees. Ten (10) First Prizes – A $50 Sponsor-specified gift card; one (1) month’s worth of Fresh Express salads, awarded in the form of 12 coupons; and a Fresh Express insulated tote bag. ARV: $141.65 each. Ten (10) First Prizes = $1,416.50 Total ARV. Coupons and gift cards are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions printed on or accompanying the coupon or card. Coupons do not include sales tax which is the sole responsibility of winner. There is no retail value associated with the sharing the interview portion of the prize. ARV of all prizes is $4,564.67 USD. All local, state and federal taxes associated with the Grand Prize are the winner’s sole responsibility. Prizes are non-transferrable, and not substitutable and not redeemable for cash. Sponsor may substitute a prize, or portion thereof, for one of equal or greater value at Sponsor’s sole discretion for any reason. Prizes consist of only those items specifically listed as part of a Prize. Prize winners are responsible for paying all applicable income taxes associated with accepting their Prize. Prize winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability and/or Publicity release and a W9 tax form (collectively “Prize Releases”) prior to issuance of the Prize at Sponsor’s sole request and discretion. A 1099 form will be submitted to all appropriate taxing authorities for each Prize winner of any Prize valued over $599.00.

Claiming the Prize: In order to collect a Prize, the potential Prize winners will be required to verify their mailing address to Sponsor, and provide the Prize Releases (where required) to Sponsor or Administrator, within ten (10) business days of being notified they are a potential winner. Upon receipt of the executed Prize Release, where required, Sponsor or Administrator will mail the Prize to the Prize winner to the address provided by winner during the winner verification process. In the event the potential winner fails to verify their address or any required documents within the timeframe provided by Sponsor, they will forfeit their right to the Prize, which will then go unawarded. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, delayed, damaged, stolen or mutilated mailing of any Prize. All unclaimed or returned Prizes remain the property of Sponsor.

Conditions/Release/Consent to use Likeness: By participating, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including, but not limited to, negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including, but not limited to, invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant's participation in this Contest, and acceptance or use or misuse of prize; (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant's participation in the Contest and/or entrant's acceptance, use or misuse of prize; and (d) allow Sponsor’s use for promotional purposes of his/her likeness, voice and/or address (city/state) including but not limited to the Photo (and any Video, if applicable) without any additional compensation, notice or approval by entrant.

General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, fire, hurricane, flood, natural or man-made pandemic or epidemic of health or other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, order of any court or jurisdiction or if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the participation process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties as set forth above are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited, to malfunctions, interruptions or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the participation process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of phone calls; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.

Privacy Policies and Data Collections Information provided by you for this Contest on the entry form is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy found at https://www.freshexpress.com/privacy-policy; and Administrator’s Privacy Policy found at: http://www.brandmovers.com/legal/privacy; by submitting a Submission in this Contest, entrant express agrees that the Sponsor and/or Administrator has the right to contact the entrant by phone, direct message, or email accounts provided on the Entry Form to administer and fulfill this Contest and in compliance with the terms of these Official Rules.

Disputes/Governing Law: Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, other than those concerning the administration of the Contest or the determination of Winner or for any disputes arising from the loss or injury from the participation in the Grand Prize, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any disputes arising out of these Official Rules (except for any disputes arising from the loss or injury from the use of Prizes) shall be submitted to final, binding arbitration conducted in Florida under the Arbitration Rules and Procedures of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services Inc. before a single, neutral arbitrator who is a former or retired Florida state or federal court judge with experience in entertainment matters who shall follow Florida law and the Federal Rules of Evidence and have no authority to award punitive damages. Either party may enforce a final arbitration award in any court of competent jurisdiction in Florida, including an award of costs, fees and expenses incurred in enforcing the award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Released Parties shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief (unless otherwise precluded by any other provision of these Official Rules) in the state and federal courts of Florida. Any dispute or portion thereof, or any claim for a particular form of relief (not otherwise precluded by any other provision of these Official Rules), that may not be arbitrated pursuant to applicable state or federal law may be heard only in a court of competent jurisdiction in Florida; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of- pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out- of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 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 Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida.

Official Rules: For a copy of these Official Rules see the Website during the Contest Period.

Sponsor: Fresh Express, Inc., 4757 The Grove Drive, Suite 260, Windermere, FL, 34786.

Administrator

Brandmovers, Inc., 1519 Carroll Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30318.

Abbreviated Rules for Print/POS, Email & Website

ABBREVIATED RULES FOR PRINT/POS, EMAIL & WEBSITE
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. The Fresh Express Summer of Caesar Contest is open only to legal residents of the 50 U.S. and DC, 18 years or older (or 19 for AL & NE residents). Void where prohibited. Enter from 6/27/2025, at 12:00:01 AM ET until 7/11/2025 at 11:59:59 PM ET. Subject to official rules at www.freshexpresscontest.com. Sponsor: Fresh Express, Inc., 4757 The Grove Drive, Suite 260, Windermere, FL, 34786.

Abbreviated Rules for Digital/Banner Ads

NO PURCH NECESSARY. Open to 50 US and DC, 18+ (or 19+ AL & NE). Ends @ 11:59:59 PM ET on 7/11/25. See rules at www.freshexpresscontest.com/rules Void where prohibited. Sponsor: Fresh Express, Inc.

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