Following its successful launch in 2007 Heinz SqueezMe! is once again running its PleazMe! Award to find a chip shop in the UK that goes the extra mile to please its customers. The award will consider customer service, offering of side orders, loyalty schemes, promotion both in-house and in the local area product knowledge and the use of brands on menus.
Entries will be judged by a team from Heinz and Seafish and the top 5 will receive a mystery shopper visit. 3 outlets will then be short-listed and invited to attend the Awards Luncheon for the Fish & Chip Shop Of The Year Competition 2008 to be held in London on 22nd January 2009 at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel, London, where the winner will be announced.
Request an entry form by using our contact us page.
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Terms and Conditions
1. Open to Fish and Chip shop owners who are UK residents aged 18 and over at the time of entry, except employees and their immediate families of Heinz Foodservice and Seafish and each of their group companies, their agents and anyone professionally connected to this Promotion.
2. Closing date for receipt of entries: 30th September 2008.
3. Only one entry per outlet - multiple entries will deem all affected entries invalid.
4. All entries through third parties or agents are invalid.
5. All entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these Terms and Conditions and any requirements set out in any accompanying promotional material.
6. To enter fish and chip shops simply need to complete the entry form and return with any supporting evidence. All entries become the absolute property of the Promoter upon submission and will not be returned.
7.A selection panel of judges, comprising representatives from Heinz Foodservice and Seafish, will appraise all received applications during the first two weeks in October and determine a shortlist of five shops, which in their eyes are deserving of recognition with regards to pleasing their customers during the past 12 months.
8. These five shops will then receive a mystery shopper visit during the last two weeks in October from a member of the judging panel to analyse their eligibility. This will include a review of customer service practices. If a shop DOES NOT match the information written on their application form, then the shop will be disqualified. The judging panel will then determine the three top shops. The judges decision is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. A member and guest from each of these top three shops will be invited to attend the Awards Luncheonfor the Fish & Chip Shop Of The Year Competition 2008 to be held in London on 22nd January 2009 at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel, London. At the Luncheon, the overall winner of the PleazMe! Award will be announced and presented with their Award. All guests will be responsible for their own travel arrangements to and from the Awards Luncheon.
10. All entries will in addition be placed into a prize draw and the first entry randomly drawn will receive £500 of vouchers for http://www.treatme.net/
11. There is no cash alternative and prize will only be given to the official winners.
12. Prize winners will be notified by post within 28 days of 30th October.
13. A list of prize winners' names and counties will be available to those sending a S.A.E. no later than 6 weeks after the closing date to: Heinz PleazMe! ‘Winners' List', Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Birmingham B24 9FE
14. The Promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value should the advertised prize[s] become unavailable for reasons beyond its control.
15. The Promoter reserves the right to (i) disqualify any entries that are deemed by the Promoter to be unsuitable, and (ii) ask the panel of judges to select an alternative winner in the event the Promoter believes that any winner has contravened any of these Terms and Conditions.
16. The Promoter is not responsible for any entries that are lost, incomplete, delayed, illegible or damaged. Proof of posting does not constitute proof of delivery.
17. Winners may be asked to participate in unpaid promotional related publicity (including photographic shoots and interviews).
Promoter: Heinz Foodservice, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 8AL. Promotional Enquiries: Proactive Communications, Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Birmingham B24 9FE Tel: 0845 466 3700