1. THE PURPOSE
1.1. FOODit, primarily via the Restaurant
Website (hereinafter designated “the Website”) and/or Restaurant App
(hereinafter designated “the App”) and FOODit Marketplace (and
affiliated websites, applications and apps), shall make it possible
for consumers to find the Restaurant information online (including
but not limited to the menu, phone number and address), and to order
food and drinks for delivery and/or collection and/or to request
table bookings to eat at the Restaurant (hereinafter designated the
“Service”).
1.2. The parties agree to co-operate in
receiving orders and/or table booking requests placed through the
Website and affiliated websites, applications and apps, except where
FOODit agrees to allow the Restaurant to opt-out of receiving orders
from one or more of the websites, applications or apps that are part
of the Service.
2. RESTAURANT WEBSITE CREATION SERVICES
2.1. The Restaurant agrees that FOODit will create the Website with
a new domain of FOODit’s choosing. FOODit will make every effort to
purchase an openly available domain name in agreement with The
Restaurant.
2.2. The Restaurant agrees to give full access to their branding and
menu assets to be used by FOODit.
2.3. The Restaurant Logo: FOODit will use a logo provided by the Restaurant via email to FOODit if the computer file format is JPEG or PNG.
2.4. The Intellectual Property, Technology, Code and Functionality
of the Service shall at all times remain the property of FOODit.
3. “RESTAURANT WEBSITE”
3.1. The Restaurant undertakes to receive, process and deliver/
prepare for collection/ serve for eating-in the consumer’s orders as
placed via the Website. The Restaurant undertakes to receive,
process and deliver/ prepare for collection/ serve for eating-in the
items as stated in the Order and the Restaurant warrants that such
activities shall be without error. It shall be the Restaurant’s
responsibility to provide an official receipt (& VAT receipt if
appropriate) to the customer, if requested.
3.2. Online ordering: When The Restaurant delivers the prepared
Order, the Restaurant must check that the Order number given by the
customer corresponds with the Order number received by The
Restaurant from FOODit. The Restaurant undertakes to request
identification from the customer to confirm the correct recipient of
any order delivered or collected.
3.3.As per the contract bundle, FOODit will provide a specific brand of printer and tablet to ensure maximum compatibility with the FOODit ecosystem.
Once supplied, the printer and tablet will be fully owned by you, the Restaurant, and it will be your responsibility to maintain them. All warranty details will be passed on to you for reference.
Additionally, you, the Restaurant, agree to establish and maintain a reliable connection via GPRS or Wi-Fi. This includes, but is not limited to, setting up computer equipment in the Restaurant in a manner that ensures orders are processed immediately upon receipt.
3.4. Marketing: The Restaurant undertakes
to market the Restaurant Website (and affiliated websites,
applications and apps) continuously in its establishment by means of
promoting your website by adding its address to your Google profile,
social media profiles, distribution materials such as leaflets, and
stickers.
3.5. Checking information: The Restaurant
undertakes to check daily that the information contained in menus
(including prices) and other advertising material that it has
provided to FOODit or that the Restaurant is using is correct and in
accordance with all applicable laws and does not contravene
copyright, including but not limited to allergy information such as
whether certain foods contain nuts and corresponds exactly to the
information that is used on the Website and other promotional
materials that FOODit is using and report immediately to FOODit any
errors and changes required to such menus, the Website or
advertising materials. The Restaurant remains solely responsible for
the information contained on the Website that relates to its
business, including but not limited to: menus, pricing logos and/or
profile.
These checks must be completed before the website goes live. Afterward, you, the restaurant, can make these changes via the Restaurant Management System (RMS) or have FOODit make them for a fee of £99 + VAT.
3.6. Allergy information: It shall be the
Restaurant’s sole responsibility to provide this information and
check that the Website contains the correct information about
allergens in the Restaurant’s food. The Restaurant, and not FOODit,
shall always be responsible for the accuracy of the allergy
information.
3.7. FOODit will handle the initial upload
of your restaurant’s menu items and prices. You, as the restaurant,
will then review and confirm the accuracy of the information. After
confirmation, you will have the ability to make changes via the
Restaurant Management System (RMS) or request updates from FOODit
for a fee of £99 + VAT.
3.8. Compliance: The Restaurant undertakes
to obtain and at all times maintain all necessary licences and
consents to comply at all times with all relevant and applicable
laws and regulations in force. Also the Restaurant will comply with
all applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation,
observing all health and safety & data protection laws, rules
and regulations) that apply in the Restaurant’s receipt, processing,
preparation and delivery of the Orders.
3.9. The Restaurant shall at all times comply with the Restaurant Website’s terms and conditions (available on the Website), and in particular (but not limited to) comply with all security obligations regarding customer information, data protection provisions and guidelines, for receipt, processing and delivery of Orders. This includes all laws regarding your customers personal data and GDPR
These FOODit Terms & Conditions are also referred to as the
Restaurant Agreement. In the event of any conflict between these
Terms and Conditions and any terms and conditions set out on the
Website, the terms of this document shall comply to the extent of
such conflict.
3.10. The Restaurant undertakes to refer positively to FOODit in
relation to any publicity regarding the Orders and the Service in
accordance with guidelines provided by FOODit.
3.11. Connection: Within 5 working days of the Restaurant’s sign-up
payment having cleared in FOODit’s bank account for the Service and
FOODit having received complete and correct information from the
Restaurant, FOODit undertakes to set up the Restaurant’s profile,
menu and logo on the Website.
3.12. If a customer requests a redelivery, cancels an order, or
demands a proportionate price reduction— and you, the restaurant,
agree—this will not affect the commission or transaction fee payable
to FOODit for facilitating the order.
You the Restaurant have the facility to block any customers who repeatedly abuse the system. For FOODit’s assistance please email: help@foodit.com
3.13. Printer and Tablet
Once the Printer and Tablet have been received by you, the Restaurant, and tested to confirm they are working, the equipment will become your sole property. From that point, it will be your responsibility to service and maintain it.
The existing standard manufacturer's warranty will be transferred to you, the Restaurant.
4. SERVICE CHARGES
4.1. Before the “Restaurant Website” service and, if selected, the “Restaurant Website” mobile app are created and published by FOODit, the agreed Setup Fee must be paid in full. Please refer to your contract for details on the package you, as the Restaurant, have chosen.
4.2. The Service “Restaurant Website” –
FOODit will charge the Restaurant a Commission rate of 10% (plus
VAT) of the total gross order value of each order (“Gross Order
Value”) from a consumer using the Service. The Commission rate may
differ from 10% where agreed by FOODit.
FOODit will cap the charges at £300 per week, after which any additional earnings will be retained solely by you, the restaurant.
4.3 Where The Restaurant has agreed to
take table booking requests from the Restaurant Website, FOODit will
charge a fee of £1 (+VAT) in each booking request placed on it.
4.4. Commission is chargeable on all orders placed by a consumer
using the Restaurant Website or app, as are transaction fees for
non-cash orders. At FOODit's discretion cancellation of an order may
not affect the amount of the commission or transaction fee that
FOODit receives for having facilitated the order.
4.5 Table booking fees are charged on all booking requests placed
online, whether or not they are accepted or cancelled by the
Restaurant or consumer.
4.6. The Gross Order Value of each order placed on the Restaurant
Website is the total sum charged to the consumer placing the order,
plus any payment transaction Fees The Restaurant has chosen to not
pass on to the consumer.
4.7. If The Restaurant chooses to charge a service Fee to the
consumer, this Fee (typically £0.50) will be added to orders and
displayed on the Website as they place their orders. It should be
included on receipts issued by the Restaurant to consumers.
4.8. FOODit reserves the right to change the Commission rates and Fees for the Services by giving the Restaurant two month’s advance notice.
5. PRICES AND PAYMENT
5.1. Every week FOODit shall provide a statement of outstanding
accounts between the Restaurant and FOODit via the FOODit Back
Office system (“Weekly Statement”). This statement shall include at
least:
(i) Relevant credit card &
online charge payments received by FOODit for Orders;
(ii) Details of relevant Orders paid by cash to the Restaurant;
(iii) the commission fees that are due to FOODit, any
administration fees, and charges for any other services provided to
Restaurant by FOODit (“Transaction Fees”).
(iv) Details of Orders which FOODit is aware that the customer has
paid the Restaurant directly.
(v) Fees for
Table Booking requests submitted.
5.2. If the Restaurant has any monies owed to FOODit according to
the Weekly Statement, FOODit will aim to invoice the Restaurant, on
providing the Weekly Statement and deduct it from any monies owed by
FOODit to the Restaurant. If the Restaurant is owed any monies from
FOODit based on the Weekly Statement, FOODit will transfer this
amount to the Restaurant's nominated bank account within one week of
the statement date.
5.3. Any payment under this Restaurant Agreement shall be due and
payable within 7 days of the date of invoice, whichever of the
parties is invoiced.
5.4. In the case of any overdue payments FOODit is entitled either
to set off the outstanding accounts against the next Weekly
Statement, the sums received from credit card Orders for the
Restaurant. The Restaurant shall pay to FOODit any costs in
connection with the settling or recovering of an overdue payment.
5.5. The Restaurant is not entitled to withhold payments or balance
by way of offsetting against any alleged claim or shortcoming in the
Service rendered by FOODit without prior written permission from
FOODit.
5.6. If the Restaurant disagrees with the Weekly Statement issued by
FOODit, the Restaurant must notify FOODit via email to
help@foodit.com of its disagreement within 14 days of the delivery
of the statement to the Restaurant via FOODit App. If the Restaurant
fails to notify FOODit of any such disagreement within 14 days, the
Weekly Statement shall be deemed to be accepted by the
Restaurant.
5.7. Content Changes: Changes to the Restaurant’s menu and other content used on the Website may have a cost; such cost will be notified to and payable by the Restaurant, dependent on the extent of the changes.
6. REMOVAL OF RESTAURANTS
6.1. If, in FOODit’s sole opinion, the Restaurant ignores relevant
and applicable laws and regulations relating to the Service, and/or
FOODit’s guidelines on levels of service required of the Restaurant
including but not limited to:
6.1.1 being repeatedly impolite to customers who have made Orders,
or to FOODit staff;
6.1.2. repeatedly providing incorrect food or drink for the Orders;
and /or
6.1.3. repeatedly providing late and/or poor food delivery
services.;
6.1.4. repeatedly cancelling or not responding to orders without
attempting to turn off the online ordering Service.;
6.1.5. placing or encouraging orders via the Website, or affiliated
websites, applications or apps in such a way that in FOODit's view
constitutes misuse of the ordering system (including but not limited
to the creation of fake orders, misuse of promotional codes, or the
cancellation of online orders that are subsequently fulfilled.
6.2. I after repeatedly failing to respond to FOODit's calls, emails
or other attempts to make contact; FOODit shall be entitled to stop
the ability to accept online payments on Restaurant Website and/or
App which go via FOODit merchant accounts, and to take offline the
Website.
6.3. The Restaurant is not thereby entitled to any refund of any
setup or connection fees already paid.
7. FOODit’s OBLIGATIONS
7.1.FOODit aims to keep the Website available and fully functional
for customers 24/7, to the extent that it is physically and
technically possible. However, FOODit is not responsible for any
unavailability or service disruptions caused by factors beyond its
control, including but not limited to adverse weather conditions,
network provider difficulties, or service outages from hosting
credit card, or PayPal providers.
7.2. FOODit is entitled to interrupt the access to the Website in order to maintain and update the Website. In connection therewith, FOODit shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that such interruption is as brief as possible and if possible takes place at a time when the number of Orders is at a minimum. FOODit will make every effort to perform these updates outside of a restaurant's business hours
7.3. It is FOODit’s intention that the
Website complies with the relevant and applicable laws and
regulations at any given time, including the laws relating to
treatment of personal data. Should FOODit give the restaurant direct
access to making changes on the website, the restaurant shall be
solely responsible for any such changes and shall fully indemnify
FOODit for any losses, damages claims, or orders made against or
incurred by FOODit due to any acts or omissions of the Restaurant.
7.4. Where FOODit, in its sole discretion agrees to grant a full or
partial refund to a consumer who has paid for an order on the
Restaurant’s Website or App using card or Paypal, the Restaurant
agrees to allow FOODit to apply the refund on their behalf and
agrees to receive no payment from FOODit for the refunded portion of
the order
8. LIABILITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8.1. Nothing in this Restaurant Agreement shall limit or exclude
either FOODit’s or the Restaurant’s liability for:
8.1.1. death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the
negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors;
8.1.2. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
8.1.3. breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the supply of
goods and services act 1982 (title and quiet possession);
or
8.1.4. any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under
applicable law.
8.1.5. FOODit shall not be liable to the restaurant, whether in
contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or
otherwise, for any loss of profit, or for any indirect or
consequential loss arising under or in connection with this
restaurant agreement.
8.1.6. Furthermore, FOODit is not liable for faults, breakdowns or
other interruptions to services due to actions taken due to
technical, maintenance, or operational causes, or imposed by
relevant and competent authorities.
8.2. If a customer pays for an order by credit card or PayPal
account, and the payment is withheld due to faults of the
Restaurant’s delivery, or due to misuse of the credit card or PayPal
account, the Restaurant is not entitled to payment from FOODit. Any
such payment already made to the restaurant before being reversed by
PayPal or the card provider will be deducted from a subsequent
invoice to the restaurant.
8.3. The Restaurant shall fully indemnify FOODit and keep FOODit indemnified against any claim (and all related costs) made against FOODit by a customer or any third party in connection with the Restaurant’s failure to deliver, imperfect delivery of the placed Order or the Restaurant’s failure to comply with this Restaurant Agreement, security regulations, health and safety regulation a
8.4. The Restaurant shall accept and shall not object to being
included by FOODit in any manner to any third-party notice or
otherwise in any proceedings instituted against FOODit, relating to
the Restaurant’s services or its conduct in connection with this
Restaurant Agreement.
8.5. Subject to clauses 8.1 and 8.2, FOODit’s total liability to the
restaurant in respect of all other losses arising under or in
connection with this Restaurant Agreement, whether in contract, tort
(including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise,
including losses caused by FOODit’s repudiatory breach or a
deliberate breach of the restaurant agreement by FOODit, its
employees, agents or subcontractors shall not exceed the amount of
transactions fees paid to FOODit by the restaurant according to this
Restaurant Agreement regarding orders in the 12 months prior to the
date that the liability arose.
8.12. Except as expressly set out in this restaurant agreement, all
warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common
law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded.
8.13. This clause 8 shall survive termination of the Restaurant Agreement.
9. FORCE MAJEURE
9.1. FOODit shall not be liable to the Restaurant as a result of any
delay or failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement as
a result of a Force Majeure Event. A “Force Majeure Event” means an
event beyond the reasonable control of FOODit including but not
limited to strikes, pandemics, lock-outs or other industrial
disputes (whether involving the workforce of FOODit or any other
party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of
God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with
any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction,
accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or
default of suppliers or subcontractors, import and export
restrictions, faults, breakdowns or other operational
interruptions.
9.2. If the Force Majeure Event prevents FOODit from providing the Service for more than 1 week, FOODit may, without limiting its other rights or remedies, terminate this Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the Restaurant.
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1. All Intellectual Property Rights in or arising out of or in
connection with the Services or the Website shall be owned by FOODit
and nothing in this Restaurant Agreement shall constitute a transfer
of those Intellectual Property Rights to the Restaurant.
10.2. The Restaurant confirms irrevocably to FOODit that the
Restaurant’s name, menu, logo and other material do not violate,
infringe or conflict with Intellectual Property Rights of any third
party. “Intellectual Property Rights” means: all patents, rights to
inventions, utility models, copyright and related rights,
trademarks, service marks, trade, business and domain names, rights
in trade dress or get-up, rights in goodwill or to sue for passing
off, unfair competition rights, rights in designs, rights in
computer software, database right, topography rights, moral rights,
rights in confidential information (including know-how and trade
secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case
whether registered or unregistered and including all applications
for and renewals or extensions of such rights, and all similar or
equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the
world.
10.3. If a third party makes a claim against FOODit for the violation of the third party’s Intellectual Property Rights relating to the Restaurant’s name, menu, logo and/or other material, the Restaurant shall fully indemnify and keep FOODit indemnified against any claim of any nature and all costs resulting there from.
11. TERM AND TERMINATION
11.1. This Restaurant Agreement comes into force when its acceptance
is indicated on the FOODit sign-up form signed by The Restaurant’s
representative and is valid until such time as this Restaurant
Agreement is terminated in accordance with its provisions.
11.2. Without prejudice to its other rights and remedies, FOODit may
terminate this Restaurant Agreement immediately by giving written
notice to the Restaurant without further liability to the
Restaurant.
11.3. The Restaurant may only terminate this Restaurant Agreement by
one month’s prior written notice after expiry of 12 months from the
commencement of this Restaurant Agreement.
11.4. Payments made to FOODit by the Restaurant for set-up of the Service, and any connection fees, are non-refundable as they are considered a customised service unique to the Restaurant and cannot be resold to another establishment. Hardware sold to the Restaurant, including the tablet and printer, becomes the property of the Restaurant and may be resold at their discretion.
11.5. Once FOODit has received a valid written cancellation notice
in accordance with this Restaurant Agreement, the Restaurant will be
sent a letter from FOODit confirming the termination of account and
final payment details, and a BACS payment for any outstanding monies
owing to the Restaurant, or, a request to pay any outstanding
balance owing to FOODit.
11.6. Without limiting its other rights or remedies, FOODit shall
have the right to suspend provision of the Services under this
Restaurant Agreement or any other contract between the Restaurant
and FOODit if the Restaurant materially breaches any of its
obligations under this Restaurant Agreement, which are not remedied
within 5 days’ of FOODit sending notice to the Restaurant, including
but not limited to if the Restaurant fails to pay any amount due
under this Restaurant Agreement on the due date for payment.
11.7. The rights and obligations of the parties under this Restaurant Agreement which are intended to continue beyond the termination or expiry of this Restaurant Agreement (including those under this Clause 11 and Clauses 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17) shall survive the termination or expiry of this Restaurant
Agreement.
11.8. Domain Name Renewal
11.8.1. Upon the expiry of the first 12 months of this agreement,
and at each anniversary thereafter, for as long as this agreement
continues between the Parties, FOODit will renew any domain name
subscription purchased by FOODit on behalf of the Restaurant.
11.8.2. The Restaurant will be charged £99+VAT by FOODit for annual
domain name renewal.
11.8.3. If a restaurant website is due for its annual domain renewal and has received no orders in the past six months, or if FOODit determines that it is not generating sufficient consumer orders, FOODit will endeavour to contact the restaurant to inform them that the domain will not be renewed unless a valid reason is provided.
11.9. Domain Name Transfer
11.9.1. Upon Termination or at any other time The Restaurant can
purchase the domain name registered by FOODit for a fee of £500+VAT.
This will cover the administration cost that is involved in the
transfer process. Upon payment of the fee to FOODit we will
transfer the domain based on the rules of that domain. If you wish
to start this process email help@foodit.com
12. SERIOUS BREACH OF OBLIGATIONS
12.1. In the event of repeated incidents of default by the
Restaurant and/or complaints from customers about the Restaurant,
FOODit shall be entitled to determine in its sole discretion,
whether or not such breaches can be remedied.
12.2. Without limiting its other rights or remedies, FOODit reserves the right to remove the Restaurants name (and affiliated websites, applications and apps) without notice and without further liability to the Restaurant.
13. AMENDMENTS
13.1. Upon 1 months’ prior written notice, FOODit may amend the terms of this Restaurant Agreement. The Restaurant shall be notified of such amendments either by email, or in writing. Unless the Restaurant responds to such notification within 2 weeks objecting to the amendments or terminates this Restaurant Agreement in accordance with Clause 11, such amendments shall henceforth be construed as forming part of this Restaurant Agreement and accepted by the Restaurant.
14. ASSIGNMENT
14.1. FOODit shall be entitled to assign its rights and obligations
under this Restaurant Agreement to any third party.
14.2. FOODit must be notified of any changes in ownership of the
Restaurant as soon as possible. Failure to notify FOODit may result
in monies being paid to an incorrect account which FOODit cannot
take responsibility for. Unless a “Changes to Ownership” form has
been signed by FOODit and the Restaurant, no rights or obligations
of either party under this Restaurant Agreement will change.
14.3. The Restaurant may only assign, transfer, charge, subcontract
or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or
obligations under the Restaurant Agreement to a third party with the
express prior written consent from FOODit.
14.4. The Restaurant shall procure that immediately on assignment that any third party assignee (for example a new owner) assumes the legal obligations and duties of the Restaurant and such assignee is liable for any claim made against the Restaurant before the date of such assignment. The Restaurant that assigns its rights and obligations is released from liability only when all or any claims made before the date of such assignment are paid. The Restaurant shall procure that any assignee of this Restaurant Agreement shall enter into a Restaurant Agreement directly with FOODit.
15. CONFIDENTIALITY
15.1. The content of this Restaurant Agreement and any information concerning the other party is to be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed unless such information is generally accessible to the public. However, FOODit is entitled to use the Restaurant’s name as a reference.
16. INVALIDITY CLAUSE
16.1. If any of the terms or conditions of this Restaurant Agreement are declared wholly or partly invalid, the remainder of this Restaurant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and any wholly or partly invalid terms or conditions may be replaced by valid terms or conditions agreed between the parties, so as to maintain the relationship between the parties in similar manner as if the terms or conditions had not been declared invalid.
17. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
17.1. This Restaurant Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out
or in connection with this Restaurant Agreement or its subject
matter or formation (including any dispute or claim relating to
non-contractual obligations) shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with English law.
17.2. The parties agree to submit any dispute arising in connection with this Restaurant Agreement to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales (including any dispute or claim relating to non-contractual obligations).
18. DATA DELETION
18.2. Further data deleting under the GDRP Right to erasure
("right to be forgotten") can be performed by emailing
help@foodit.com
but will only be in compliance with a legal obligations.
FOODIT LIMITED, 7 SOLAR WAY, ENFIELD, EN3 7XY. TEL: 08712304600, COMPANY NUMBER 8543280.
REGISTERED OFFICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Last updated 17/07/25