Terms of service - Shop.

1. General
By using The Charcuterie Box Company website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out within it. Nothing in these terms and conditions affects your statutory rights as a consumer, or otherwise.

Any liability under these terms and conditions cannot exceed the total price of your order.

The Charcuterie Box Company is not responsible for any business loss or damage which does not result directly from their actions, or that was unforeseeable at the time of ordering.

2. Placing an order
When you place an order via our website, it is classed as an offer, which if accepted by us results in a binding contract. By completing the checkout process on Charcuterie Box Company website, you are also agreeing to all of our Terms and Conditions as presented on the website.

Should we accept your order, you will be sent an email containing the details of your order. Once this email has been sent, it means the order has been accepted, a contract has been formed, and payment will be taken. If, in the unlikely event, your order is not accepted, we will notify you via email of why this is the case, and no payment will be taken.

It is your responsibility to check all the information in the confirmation email is correct, and notify us immediately via email should there be any inaccuracies. We will not be liable for reimbursing you for the value of any goods which have perished or been damaged as a result of your failure to inform us of inaccurate information being listed on the confirmation email.

3. Cancelling an order
Should you wish to cancel an order that has been accepted by us, and a confirmation email has already been sent out to you, we are unable to guarantee that we can cancel the order, and provide a full refund. However, if you email us as soon as possible, and your items have not yet been dispatched, we will endeavour to cancel your order and refund you in full without charge. In cases where your meat / cheese has already been cut and packaged though, this will not be possible.

4. Cutting and weights
All meats and cheeses are cut to order by hand. As such, all weights referred to on Charcuterie Box Company website are guidelines, and there can be some fluctuations around those guideline weights. We are unable to offer refunds for complaints arising from reasonable variations from stipulated guideline weights. However, we will always endeavour to deliver packages as close as possible to our guideline weights.

5. Product Description
All of the product images on our website are for illustrative purposes only. As such, products and their packaging may vary from the pictures on the website. The products offered by Charcuterie Box Company are constantly rotated and adapted.

Therefore, whilst we try to provide indications of which meats and cheeses and products you may receive within your delivery, and how they might look, we reserve the right to deliver products that have not been indicated or explicitly referred to anywhere on the website.

We strive to take into account preferences as indicated by you, the customer, when you place an order. However, other than those preferences governed by dietary requirements or any other allergy related requirements, we are unable to guarantee your preferences will be fulfilled in your delivery. 

6. Delivery
We use APC for all of our deliveries. Whilst they are unable to guarantee delivery within 24hrs, we believe they are the best couriers in the market, with a completion rate very close to 100%.

We are able to deliver to both residential addresses and business addresses. Before completing your purchase, you must indicate instructions for the courier as to where your delivery should be left in the event nobody is present to receive the order. This is not a signed for service, so it can be simply 'on the porch', as well as 'with a neighbour'. It is important that you are as specific as possible with these instructions. Please note that should your indicated preference not be secure, we are unable to assume liability for loss or damage incurred as a result of the Charcuterie Box being left in/at that location. If our couriers deem a 'safe place' location not to be secure, either because it is exposed to the elements, or it is visible from the road, they may return to the depot with it. In such cases, you will be informed via the tracking service (text message and/or email) and with a slip through the letterbox. You can then either arrange re-delivery directly with them for the next day, or to collect from the depot. This should be done the following day to ensure the product remains in pristine condition. We can accept no liability if you are unavailable to either receive or collect your delivery the day following the scheduled delivery date where the 'safe place' has been deemed insecure by the courier.

If there is nobody due to be present at the delivery address on the estimated delivery date who can refrigerate the products, we are unable to accept liability for perished goods. It is your responsibility to ensure that someone will be present on the estimated delivery date, and that they are able to refrigerate the goods on that day. 

On receipt of your order, we advise you refrigerate the cheese straight away.
Whilst APC is an excellent service, it remains slightly short of 100% in terms of next day delivery. On the very rare occasion your Charcuterie Box does not arrive on your  chosen delivery day, it is very likely to arrive the next day. If it does arrive a day late, please do not worry about the condition of any cheese, as our boxes are designed to keep the cheese in the right conditions for 48hrs, or even longer when it is cold outside!

If your Charcuterie Box has not arrived by the end of the next day, then please let us know as soon as possible, and we will investigate.

If there is nobody available to receive the delivery, or collect it, on either the day of delivery, or the following day, we are unable to offer any refunds or compensation provided the original delivery was delivered on one of those days.

It is therefore imperative that you ensure someone is available to either receive or collect the delivery on either the day, or the day after the scheduled delivery date.

7. Packaging safety
Our packaging contains re-usable, safe, cooling ice packs. However, we do advise keeping these out of reach of children. Our cardboard delivery boxes are 100% recyclable and biodegradable, as is our wood insulation that keeps your box chilled. We would advise keeping all these components out of reach of children, and we cannot accept liability for any injuries that may occur that are either directly or indirectly linked to any packaging Charcuterie Box Company delivers to you.

10. Complaints Procedure
All of our products are subject to rigorous testing and inspection prior to delivery to ensure they are in optimum condition when dispatched. In the unlikely event that you are unhappy with the condition of any of the products that you receive, please let us know immediately via email, including photographic evidence, and we will take any necessary action. Please do not return any products to us.
If you do not inform us of a problem within 5 days of receipt of the order, or you do not provide any photographic evidence relating to the complaint, we will be unable to accept your claim, or provide a refund.

11. Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by and written in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.