Capture Holiday Memories at Ryan's, HomeTown Buffet, Old Country Buffet & dotPhoto with Sweepstakes

GREER, S.C. - Nov. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- GREER, SC – Ovation^® Brands, the parent company of national steak-buffet restaurants Ryan’s^®, HomeTown^® Buffet and Old Country Buffet^®, has just launched a partnership with the photo sharing site, dotPhoto. The Your Favorite Buffets Seasonal Family Sweepstakes encourages families to upload and share their holiday photos at buffets.dotphoto.com. The first entry period, for the Thanksgiving holiday, is from November 7 to December 2.

For each of the three entry periods, Thanksgiving, the December holidays and New Year’s, dotPhoto will randomly select one photo from all of the submissions. Each of the three grand prize winners over the course of the promotion will receive one family meal at any of the buffet restaurants per month for a full year, with a total value of $480, and a dotPhoto photo book valued at $39.95. All entrants who share their photos will receive a free three-month dotPhoto Club membership, which provides free shipping on all orders, and a $1 off coupon for their next visit to any of the buffet restaurants.

The promotion comes at the busiest time of the year for photo sharing. The winter holidays are when many families get together and take pictures with one another. Further, the months mark a popular time to order greeting cards, photo books and other printed products as gifts for friends and families. The sweepstakes’ grand prize also includes dotPhoto's new free design service that helps time-challenged families create high-quality photo books.

“Our restaurants are always a place for families to build memories, but we know that the fall and winter holidays are when families take the most photos with their loved ones,” says Alice Crowder, Vice President of Marketing for Ovation Brands. “Whether they take pictures while dining in our restaurants or at home, we want our guests to have a special place to upload and share their photos. dotPhoto was the perfect platform for that.”

"People take photos of their celebrations, and many families celebrate milestones at Ryan’s, HomeTown Buffet and Old Country Buffet restaurants,” says Glenn Paul, co-owner and founder of dotPhoto. “We're thrilled to help people preserve some of their favorite family memories at dotPhoto."

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Sweepstakes ends 1/15/14, subject to Entry Periods. Must be 18 or older and a resident of the 48 U.S. or D.C. to enter. Sweepstakes subject to full Official Rules.  Void where prohibited. For more information about the Your Favorite Buffets Seasonal Family Sweepstakes promotion and full Official Rules, visit buffets.dotphoto.com.

About Ovation Brands

In the Fall of 2013, Buffets, Inc., one of the nation’s largest steak-buffet restaurant companies, marked its 30^th anniversary. New executive leadership spearheaded a reinvention of its structure and culture and subsequently renamed the company Ovation® Brands.

Ovation® Brands currently operates 342 restaurants in 35 states, comprised of 333 steak-buffet restaurants and 9 Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse® restaurants. The restaurants are principally operated under the Old Country Buffet®, HomeTown® Buffet and Ryan’s® brands. Ovation employs approximately 18,000 team members and serves approximately 100 million customers annually. Corporate headquarters are based in Greer, SC with a Corporate Support Center located in Eagan, MN. For more information, visit www.OvationBrands.com.

About dotPhoto, Inc.

Launched in 1999, dotPhoto, Inc. is a privately held online photo-printing, sharing and e-commerce portal where members can print, share and sell digital photos. dotPhoto enables photographers to store and organize unlimited photos in the cloud, and to share their favorite photos via email invitations, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+ and other social sharing sites. dotPhoto users can buy or sell prints, posters, cards, books and other photo merchandise. dotPhoto’s newest service – dotphotobooks.com – provides a free book design service for busy photographers who do not have the time or inclination to design their own photo books. dotPhoto.com was acquired by dP Operating Company, Inc. in April, 2013. For more information, visit www.dotphoto.com.