Terms & Conditions
Welcome to the Pre Order Pods website. This pages sets out the terms and conditions (“Terms”) on which you use our food ordering service to place orders with our food partners who can supply that food (“Items”) to you (the “Service”). Our food partners are third party restaurants providing an off-site delivery service (“Third Party Vendors”), or, an in-house caterer located within your work premises for a click and collect service (“In-House Vendors”). These are the terms on which you will contract with our Third Party Vendors or In-House Vendors, as the case may be. We ask that you read these terms and conditions carefully and we would encourage you to print these terms for your records.
This website, www.Pre Order Pods.co.uk, www.Pre Order Pods.co.uk and any subdomains, along with their underlying code,
(the “Website”) is owned and operated by or on behalf of Pre Order Pods Ltd., a company registered in the England and Wales with registered number 12227705 and whose registered address is Black Bull House, 353-355 Station Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston. PR5 6EE (the “Company”).
Our trading names include, without limitation, Pre Order Pods.co.uk, Pre Order Pods and the Pre Order Pods logo. Our VAT registration number is GB352482989.
In these Terms, when we refer to “we”, “us”, “our” etc, we are referring to Pre Order Pods Ltd. and its agents and representatives from time to time. When we refer to you, we are referring to “you”, the user of the Website.
You can contact us at any time by writing to us at the address above, by emailing support@preorderpods.co.uk
1. Ordering Food on the Website – Cloud Canteen Delivery (Third Party Vendors)
1.1. We make our Service available to you on the Website and via the Pre Order Pods application. You may use the Service to place an order for the Items (“Group Order Delivery”), or select Items from a set menu chosen by us (“Cloud Canteen Delivery Order”), which one of our Third Party Vendors makes available via the Service.
1.2. A Third Party Vendor will provide to Pre Order Pods a set of menu Items that the Third Party Vendor will be able to deliver to you in the agreed time period. Pre Order Pods will work with its Third Party Vendors to create curated daily menus to present to you on a daily basis (“Cloud Canteen Delivery Items”).
1.3. You may use the Service to place a Cloud Canteen Delivery Order. You can place a Cloud Canteen Delivery Order by selecting the Cloud Canteen Delivery Items that the Third Party Vendor and Pre Order Pods have made available on the Service and checking out via the e-commerce facilities on the Website. By listing Cloud Canteen Delivery Items, the Third Party Vendor is making an offer to you to sell those Cloud Canteen Delivery Items. Provided you have confirmed your Cloud Canteen Delivery Order and payment has been processed by no later than the relevant cut off time for the order, a legally binding contract shall be formed between you and the Third Party Vendor for the sale and purchase of the relevant Cloud Canteen Delivery Items detailed in the Cloud Canteen Delivery Order, at the price the Cloud Canteen Delivery Item is listed for at the time of the Cloud Canteen Delivery Order is being placed.
1.4. If you are an employee of one of our business customers using the Services for the Cloud Canteen Delivery Items, we will add any credits provided by your employer to your account for you to use to purchase Cloud Canteen Delivery Items. If you choose to order Cloud Canteen Delivery Items that cost more than the value of credits provided by your employer under our service agreement with them, you will be due to pay the balance. Where this occurs, we shall notify you of the balance due before you confirm your Cloud Canteen Delivery Order. Once payment is processed, a legally binding contract shall be formed pursuant to provision 1.3 above, and such payments will be subject to clause 4.
1.5. Our Third Party Vendors or delivery agents shall deliver your Cloud Canteen Delivery Orders to you. If your order is late or if you have any other complaints relating to your Cloud Canteen Delivery Order, we refer you to our complaints policy which can be found in our help centre at Preorderpods.co.uk/help
1.6. Save as expressly prohibited by law, our entire responsibility to you pursuant to clause 1.5 will be as set out in the complaints policy.
Group Order Delivery
1.7. You may place a Group Order Delivery by selecting Items that the Third Party Vendors have made available on the Service and checking out via the e-commerce facilities on the Website. This will constitute an offer to buy the Items listed at the price shown on the Service at that time.
1.8. Once the Third Party Vendor has received that offer via the Service in email or other format, the Third Party Vendor may then accept or reject that Group Order Delivery. The Third Party Vendor shall do so as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event no later than within 12 business hours, otherwise the Group Order Delivery will be automatically rejected. You shall be notified accordingly, and you shall have no further obligations to the Third Party Vendor in respect of the Group Order Delivery. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “business hours” shall mean 9:00am to 5:00pm on a business day, and the term “business day” shall mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in England.
1.9. At the time of acceptance of your Group Order Delivery by the Third Party Vendor, a legally binding contract shall be formed between you and the Third Party Vendor for the sale and purchase of the relevant Items detailed in the Group Order Delivery, at the prices the Third Party Vendor has advertised via the Service at the time of the Group Order Delivery being placed plus any fees charged to you by Pre Order Pods.
2. Ordering Food on the Website – Cloud Canteen Collect (In House Vendor)
2.1. We make our Service available to you on the Website and via the Pre Order Pods application. You may use the Service to place an order for the Items and products (“Group Order”), or select Items from a set menu chosen by us (“Cloud Canteen Collect Order”), which one of our In-House Vendors makes available via the Service.
2.2. An In-House Vendor will provide to Pre Order Pods a set of menu Items that the In-House Vendor will be able to deliver to you in the agreed time period. Pre Order Pods will work with its In-House Vendor to create curated daily menus to present to you on a daily basis (“Cloud Canteen Collect Items”).
2.3. You may use the Service to place a Cloud Canteen Collect Order. You can place a Cloud Canteen Collect Order by selecting the Cloud Canteen Collect Items that the In-House Vendor and Pre Order Pods have made available on the Service and checking out via the e-commerce facilities on the Website. By listing Cloud Canteen Collect Items, the In-House Vendor is making an offer to you to sell those Cloud Canteen Collect Items. Provided you have confirmed your Cloud Canteen Collect Order and payment has been processed by no later than the relevant cut off time for the order, a legally binding contract shall be formed between you and the In-House Vendor for the sale and purchase of the relevant items detailed in the Cloud Canteen Collect Order, at the price the item is listed for at the time of the Cloud Canteen Collect Order is being placed.
2.4. If you are an employee of one of our business customers using the Services for the Cloud Canteen Collect Items, we will add any credits provided by your employer to your account for you to use to purchase Cloud Canteen Collect Items. If you choose to order Cloud Canteen Collect Items that cost more than the value of credits provided by your employer under our service agreement with them, you will be due to pay the balance. Where this occurs, we shall notify you of the balance due before you confirm your Cloud Canteen Collect Order. Once payment is processed, a legally binding contract shall be formed pursuant to clause 2.3 above, and such payments will be subject to clause 4.
2.5. When placing a Cloud Canteen Collect Order, you can select a collection time slot. Collection time slots will be open during agreed service times. The In-House Vendor will use reasonable endeavors to provide the food to you within this time slot. The In-House Vendor will notify you if the Cloud Canteen Collect Order will be late. If you do not collect your order within 15 minutes of the agreed collection time slot, the In-House Vendor will not be held responsible for the quality of the food, and you will still be charged.
Group Order Collect
2.6. You may place a Group Order Collect by selecting Items that the In House Vendor has made available on the Service and checking out via the e-commerce facilities on the Website. This will constitute an offer to buy the Items listed at the price shown on the Service at that time.
2.7. Timings for the placing of a Group Order Collect will be as specified by your In House Vendor.
2.8. Once a Group Order Collect has been accepted by the Vendor, a legally binding contract shall be formed between you and the Vendor for the sale and purchase of the relevant Items detailed in the Group Order Collect, at the prices the In House Vendor has advertised via the Service at the time of the Group Order Collect being placed.
For the remainder of these terms:
the term “Vendor” shall mean either a “Third Party Vendor” as defined in clause 1, or an “In House Vendor” as defined in clause 2, whichever is applicable; and
the term “Order” shall mean either a “Cloud Canteen Delivery Order”, a “Cloud Canteen Collect Order”, a “Group Order Delivery” or a “Group Order Collect”, whichever is applicable.
3. Miscellaneous
3.1. If the Vendor is unable to fulfil your Order, we will contact you to inform you:
3.1.1 within one business day for a Group Order Delivery or Group Order Collect;
3.1.2 before the delivery window if for a Cloud Canteen Delivery Order; or
3.1.3 before the time of collection for a Cloud Canteen Collect Order.
3.2. Where this occurs:
3.2.1 we shall use all reasonable endeavours to find a substitute for your Order at the same or lower price from the same Vendor; or
3.2.2 the contract will be terminated between you and the Vendor, and you will be refunded if you have paid or otherwise not charged for the Order.
3.3. Where you are sent a substitute for your Order without you accepting the substitute, you may request a refund for that Order. If you have accepted the substitute for your Order, we may not provide you with a refund unless there are reasonable grounds for us to do so.
3.4. You acknowledge and agree that the contractual relationship when placing an Order via the Website is formed directly between you and the Vendor and that we act as their agent only in making their food available to you for Order on the Website and in delivering it to you.
3.5. Where you require information on your Order, or, are requested to verify your Order please contact:
3.5.1. support@Pre Order Pods.co.uk, for a Cloud Canteen Delivery Order or Group Order Delivery; and
3.5.2. your In-House Vendor, for a Cloud Canteen Collect Order or a Group Order Collect.
4. Payment and Invoicing
4.1. We shall collect payment from you on behalf of our Vendors through our Website for any Order you place, unless otherwise agreed. We reserve the right to charge delivery on your Cloud Canteen Delivery or Group Order Delivery, and/or processing fees on your Order. We will tell you about these fees and all prices clearly on our Website before you complete any payment.
4.2. Although we collect payment on behalf of the Vendors using the Service, the Vendors are solely responsible for updating and maintaining the prices on the Service, food quality, health and safety standards and allergen labelling. We do not accept any responsibility for incorrect or out of date pricing, information or other Vendor obligations. We are authorised to take payment on behalf of the Vendors and by making payment via the Service you will have discharged your obligation to pay the Vendor.
4.3. If you have a business account with us and requested invoices from us, we shall, unless we have agreed otherwise with you, invoice you for all charges either at the time of delivery for Group Order Delivery or Group Order Collect, or at the end of each month for Cloud Canteen Delivery Orders. You agree to pay such invoices within seven days of issue, unless otherwise agreed in your service agreement.
4.4. Without prejudice to any other right or remedy that we may have, if you fail to pay us any sum due under these Terms on the due date:
4.4.1 you shall pay interest on the overdue sum from the due date until payment of the overdue sum, with such interest accruing each day at 4% per annum a year above the Bank of England’s base rate; and
4.4.2 we may suspend all or part of the Services until payment has been made in full.
4.5. All sums payable to us under these Terms shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (except as permitted by law).
5. Cancellation
5.1. Our Vendors prepare your Orders specifically for you. Whilst we recognise that there may be circumstances in which you need to cancel your Order, we reserve the right to charge the following cancellation fees:
5.1.1. For Group Orders Delivery:
5.1.1.1. If you cancel within 24 hours of the scheduled delivery time for any order for 15 people or less and:
5.1.1.1.1. the Vendor has not already started to prepare the food, you will be refunded the full value of the Group Order Delivery, with 50% of such value shall be provided in credit which can be applied to a future Order on www.Pre Order Pods.co.uk; or
5.1.1.1.2. If preparation has started, the full value of the Group Order Delivery will be charged to you with no future credit and you agree to pay it; and
5.1.1.2. If you cancel within 48 hours of the scheduled delivery time for any order for 16 people or more and:
5.1.1.2.1. the Vendor has not already started to prepare the food, you will be refunded the full value of the Group Order Delivery provided in credit which can be applied to a future order on www.Pre Order Pods.co.uk; or
5.1.1.2.2. If preparation has started, the full value of the Group Order Delivery will be charged to you with no future credit and you agree to pay it.
5.1.1.3. For any other cancellation which does not fall within clauses 5.1.1.1 and 5.1.1.2, a full refund in the form of a credit, will be provided.
5.1.2. For Group Orders Collect:
5.1.2.1. Cancellation fees for Group Orders Collect will be as specified by your In House Vendor.
5.1.3. For Cloud Canteen Delivery Orders and Cloud Canteen Collect Orders, you may cancel your order at no charge until your respective order cutoff time on the Website. After your order cutoff time, any refunds for Cloud Canteen Delivery Orders will be solely at our discretion, or in the case of a Cloud Canteen Collect Order, at the In-House Vendor’s discretion.
5.2. Refunds provided to you pursuant to these Terms will be in the form of a credit unless otherwise requested via support@Pre Order Pods.co.uk
5.3. Any credit provided to you for our Services may only be applied to certain transactions as chosen by Pre Order Pods in its sole discretion. If for whatever reason Pre Order Pods ceases to make the Services available to you, we will advise you ahead of time and give you an opportunity to use or request a refund of your credits within 30 days. After this point, any remaining credits will lose their value.
Standard Terms
6. Using the Website
By using the Website, you agree:
6.1. to the Terms and our privacy and cookie policy which is available here and any other applicable terms relating to your relationship with Pre Order Pods;
6.2. you are at least 18 years of age;
6.3. you will use the Website for the purposes it was intended and you will conduct yourself in relation to the Website in the spirit as well as to the letter of these Terms;
6.4. not to access the Website without authority, penetrate, interfere with, damage or disrupt the Website in any way, including by using any viruses or misusing or attempting to misuse the Service or subjecting the Website or our servers to any kind of intentional loading including without limitation a denial of service attack or any other malicious, unlawful or disruptive behaviour towards us, our Website or servers;
6.5. to respect the copyright arising in any content we publish on the Website including the Website itself and not to make any use of that content without our prior written authorisation including by copying or distributing the Website or any part of it;
6.6. that we may deny or restrict access for you or any, or all, users of the Website at our sole discretion at any time and without notice;
6.7. that we cannot and do not guarantee the performance or availability of the Website and cannot be held responsible for its poor performance, or lack of availability;
6.8. that we cannot control the security of your devices or the networks that you use to access the Website and that we cannot be responsible for any loss or interception of data sent by you to the Website;
6.9. that the Website may contain links to other websites owned or maintained by others and that Pre Order Pods has no control of those websites and does not endorse or recommend them and by following those links you submit to the terms and conditions and privacy policies of the relevant websites;
6.10. that any unauthorised use of content on our site belonging to us or to our, suppliers, customers or partners will cause us loss and or damage and you agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless against any such loss or damage arising directly from your misuse of that content; and
6.11. that you may not link to any part of our site from any other website whatsoever without our prior and continuing consent.
7. Use of the Service and registration
7.1. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service.
7.2. You will need to register an account with us in order to use the Service.
7.3. Your access to the Service is permitted on the basis that:
7.3.1. you provide the following or are entitled to provide the following information (and by providing such information you warrant it is up to date, accurate and correct information):
7.3.1.1. your email address;
7.3.1.2. your payment information such as credit or debit card or a form of company or corporate payment information for which you have full authority to use; and
7.3.1.3. your mobile phone number if requested;
7.3.2. you provide correct, current and complete information about yourself when registering (including without limitation the information set out above); and
7.3.3. you update the information you provide about yourself as required from time to time to maintain its truth and accuracy. You can do this via the account pages available at www.Pre Order Pods.co.uk.
7.4. Except for people or businesses that Pre Order Pods has authorised in writing to register accounts on behalf of their employees or clients, Pre Order Pods prohibits the registration of, and you agree that you will not register, an account for anyone other than yourself. You will comply with any and all the identification requirements made by us of you for any reason that we deem appropriate for the safe and legal provision of the Service. You further acknowledge and agree that any failure by you to comply with such requirements will be a breach of this Agreement sufficiently serious for us to terminate it immediately and to deny you continued access to the Service.
7.5. You agree that you will not solicit, procure, collect or make use of the login credentials of any other Pre Order Pods user or users.
7.6. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and the secrecy of your password and agree not to disclose it to any third party. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows or has accessed your account, you must immediately notify us at support@Pre Order Pods.co.uk and change your password if applicable.
7.7. You are responsible for the acts or omissions of any third parties who use your password or access your account, whether fraudulent, without your permission or not, and you agree to reimburse us on demand for any loss we may suffer as a result of such use.
7.8. You can delete your account by emailing support@Pre Order Pods.co.uk at any time. It may take us up to 14 business days to process your request during which time your account will continue to function and you may continue to receive email and other communications from us. Once your account has been deleted, you will no longer have access to the Pre Order Pods Service. We will automatically cancel any pending orders and you agree that a cancellation fee of any such orders may apply.
8. Our Liability to You
8.1. We shall have no liability for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions or scripts provided to you by us in connection with the Service, or any actions taken by us at your direction.
8.2. The Service is provided to you on an “as is” basis.
8.3. We shall not be liable to you for any loss or damage incurred as a result of any incorrect Item data posted on our Website, via the Pre Order Pods application or otherwise.
8.4. Nothing in these Terms shall or shall purport to make us liable for any act or omission of any Vendor in respect of any Order and you agree that any Vendor with whom you place an Order shall be directly responsible for that Order, including any loss or damage arising out of it and any inconvenience resulting from it not being fulfilled in accordance with your expectations.
8.5. Nothing in these Terms shall limit any rights you might have as a consumer or other legal rights that may not be excluded by law. We do not in any way exclude or limit our liability for:
8.5.1. death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
8.5.2. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
8.5.3. any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law.
9. Your Personal Information
9.1. We only use your personal information, which you provide to us, in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be found at www.Pre Order Pods.co.uk/privacy. Please take the time to read the policy as it includes important terms which apply to you.
10. Complaints
10.1. We have a formal process for dealing with any complaints about our Service or Vendors. Our complaints policy can be found in our help centre at https://intercom.help/Pre Order Pods/en/articles/4066238-what-is-your-customer-complaint-policy. If you have a complaint about our Service or one of our Vendors, please contact us via support@Pre Order Pods.co.uk. We shall use reasonable endeavours to respond to you in writing within 72 hours of receiving a complaint.
11. Other Important Terms
11.1. Each section of these Terms operates separately. If any of these sections (or any part of any section) is found by any court or relevant authority to be unlawful or unenforceable, the other sections (or other parts of the section in question) shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect. If any section of these Terms is found to be unlawful or unenforceable but would be lawful and enforceable if some part of the section were deleted, the section in question shall apply with such deletion as may be necessary to make it lawful and enforceable.
11.2. If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations.
11.3. We may perform any of our obligations or exercise any of our rights under these Terms ourselves or where applicable, through any other persons (legal or otherwise) or entities.
11.4. We may amend and or update these Terms at any time and repost them to the Website and by continuing to use the Website once these Terms have been updated and reposted you agree to and accept that your use of the Website is governed by the Terms as amended and or updated.
11.5. We may transfer our rights and obligation under the Terms to another organisation but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms. You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms to another person if we agree in writing.
11.6. The provisions of these Terms apply for the benefit of Pre Order Pods, its subsidiaries, affiliates, venues, suppliers, merchants and other third party content providers and or licensors and each of those shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions against you directly on its own behalf.
11.7. These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it will be subject to the laws of England and Wales. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction.
LAST UPDATED: 27 January 2021