Terms of Service
INTRO
These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms and Conditions of Use”) apply to your access to, and use of, any Miss Essie’s Southern BBQ, LLC ® (“Miss Essie’s”) website, mobile application, and online service or program where these Terms and Conditions of Use are posted or linked (“Miss Essie’s Online Services”). These Terms and Conditions of Use are a legal and binding agreement between you and Miss Essie’s, and, as applicable, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and related entities (“Affiliates”) (Miss Essie’s and its Affiliates are referred to herein, as the context may require, as “we”, “us”, or “our”). These Terms of Use govern your use of the Miss Essie’s Online Services, which includes the programs, offers, content, information, services, and features made available through the Miss Essie’s Online Services. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use, then you should not use the Miss Essie’s Online Services.
Your use of the Miss Essie’s Online Services is at your risk. If you are dissatisfied with the Miss Essie’s Online Services in any way, its programs, offers, contents, features, or these Terms and Conditions of Use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Miss Essie’s Online Services.
MODIFICATION OF SERVICES
Miss Essie’s reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the services from time to time and without notice, including by removing, adding, or modifying Products and/or third-party vendors from the Product Catalog. Miss Essie’s shall have no liability to you for any modification or discontinuation of the services. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the services.
LIMITATIONS ON YOUR USE OF SERVICES
Subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use, Miss Essie’s grants you a limited, revocable right to Access and use the site solely for your own use. You may not attempt, or authorize, encourage, or support others’ attempts, to circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt, break or otherwise alter or interfere with the Online Services. You acknowledge and agree that you may not copy, distribute, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of the services, or any products accessible through the services. Miss Essie’s reserves the right to suspend or terminate use of this website or its services by you or other users in its sole discretion.
MODIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT
Miss Essie’s may amend, supplement, or modify this agreement from time to time by posting the amended agreement on the site, and you agree to be bound by any such amendment or modification. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the services.
TERMINATION
If you materially breach the terms of this agreement, Miss Essie’s may suspend your ability to use the services or may terminate this agreement effective immediately and without notice to you.
USER ACCOUNT
Prior to placing an order from this site, you may establish a user account, but this is not required to place your order. If you establish a user account, it will be accessible upon input of an authorized e-mail address/user name and a designated password. You are responsible for maintaining the security of any user passwords and other account details issued to you for use with the site, and you are also responsible for the integrity and security of the operating environment from which you access the site.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY AND SITE AGE LIMITATIONS
This website is intended for use by persons aged 13 or older, and by your use of this site you affirm that you are at least 13 years of age. In addition, if you are under the age of 18, you are only permitted to use this website with the consent of your parents or an adult guardian. Miss Essie’s will not knowingly allow registration of an account for any person that Miss Essie’s believes to be younger than 13. We also do not collect any personally identifiable information from any persons under the age of 13, and, if we discover that we have been provided any such information, we will delete this information from our records.
PRICING OR OTHER INFORMATION ERRORS
Although Miss Essie’s strives at all times to maintain the accuracy of information maintained on this site, including pricing information and product details, occasionally pricing or other information errors may occur on this site. In the event that any Miss Essie’s product that is available through this site is mistakenly listed at an incorrect price or with other incorrect information, Miss Essie’s reserves the right either to refuse or cancel the order or to charge you the correct price when you come to pick up your order.
PAYMENT AND BILLING
You acknowledge and agree that for each order you place through the service, the full cost of Products you order (for which prices are subject to change without notice) will be assessed against your credit card, charge card, restaurant-specific gift card, or restaurant-specific cash card. You acknowledge and agree that a SMS or web browser command originating from your account constitutes an authorization for Miss Essie’s to charge this amount and you assume all liability for and shall promptly pay any and all charges. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that you will pay assessed charges for any and all orders placed from your account, regardless of whether you actually receive the Products. Miss Essie’s will provide you with reasonable notice of any material modification in the fees charged for the services, which notice may be provided by posting the new fee schedule on the site.
ABANDONED ORDERS
If you place an order with us and fail to pick it up, Miss Essie’s reserves the right to charge you the amount due including by charging your credit card, if applicable.
TEXT MESSAGING
Our site may offer you the opportunity to receive text messages, including to participate in promotional programs that use text messaging. If you choose to participate in such promotions, you should be aware that your carrier may charge you standard text messaging rates for each message sent or received. You represent to use that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device used to receive or send any text messages related to Miss Essie’s programs, products, or services.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. MISS ESSIE’S EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. MISS ESSIE’S MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY PRODUCTS YOU OBTAIN THROUGH USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND MISS ESSIE’S MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY DEALINGS WITH OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO WITH ANY OTHER PARTIES THROUGH THE SERVICES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MISS ESSIE’S OR THROUGH THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
PRIVACY
Miss Essie’s has an unrestricted right to collect and use any personal information you provide in connection with the services, provided that any such use shall be in accordance with our Privacy Policy available publicly on the website. If you use the Online Services, you are accepting the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Miss Essie’s, its agents, employees, representatives, licensors, affiliates, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) resulting or arising from any third-party claim in connection with (a) any information you (or anyone accessing the services using your password) submit or transmit through the services, (b) your use of or access to the services, (c) your violation of this agreement, (d) your violation of any rights of any third party, or (e) any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, spyware, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines input by you into the services.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The services contain copyrighted and/or proprietary subject matter that is owned by Miss Essie’s and/or its licensors. All such material is protected by relevant intellectual property laws, including copyright, trademark, patent and/or trade secret laws. Such material may not be modified, reproduced, transmitted, sold, offered for sale, publicly displayed, or redistributed in any way without our prior written permission and the prior written permission of any other applicable rights licensor. All trademarks, slogans and other indicia of origin (“Marks”) that appear on or in connection with the services are the property of Miss Essie’s and/or its affiliates, licensors and/or licensees. You are not authorized to use any such Marks.
NO AGENCY RELATIONSHIP
Neither these Terms and Conditions of Use, nor any Materials, programs, offers, features, or services of the Miss Essie’s Online Services, create any partnership, joint venture, employment, or other agency relationship between Miss Essie’s, its Affiliates, and you. You may not enter into any contract on our behalf or bind us in any way.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
In an attempt to provide increased value to our customers and other site visitors, Miss Essie’s may provide links to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party is affiliated with Miss Essie’s, Miss Essie’s has no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate terms and privacy practices, independent of Miss Essie’s. These linked sites are only for your convenience, you acknowledge that you access them at your own risk.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT, CLAIMS LIMITATIONS, AND SEVERABILITY
These terms and Conditions of Use, together with our Privacy Policy and any other applicable terms included within the Miss Essie’s Online Services, and/or the Materials, programs, offers, features, and services made available through the Miss Essie’s Online Services, as each is currently posted on the Miss Essie’s Online Services, constitute the entire agreement between us and you with respect to your use of the Miss Essie’s Online Services and the Materials, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between us and you with respect to such subject matter. Any cause of action you may have arising out of or relating in any way to the Miss Essie’s Online Services must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use, our Privacy Policy, or any portion thereof to be unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give the intended effect thereof, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy shall continue in full force and effect.
MISCELLANEOUS
Any legal action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this agreement, or your use of the services, shall be instituted exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This agreement shall be governed by Utah law, without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the services or this agreement must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. If any provision of this agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the parties agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the enforceable provisions of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect.