FoodieRegistry.com Terms of Use

This Agreement (“Agreement”) and the policies referred to herein contain the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Internet Web site and services located at http://www.FoodieRegistry.com (“FoodieRegistry.com”) and all affiliated web sites owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Foodie Registry, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company (“Company”).

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS YOUR USE OF FOODIEREGISTRY.COM. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY REVISED VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

  1. Acceptance. Your access and use of FoodieRegistry.com creates a binding and enforceable legal agreement between you, the Web site user (“You”) and Company and signifies Your acceptance and consent to be bound by the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Agreement and the Privacy Policy at any time and without notice. Please check this Agreement periodically for changes. Continued use of FoodieRegistry.com following the posting of changes to this Agreement shall mean You have read and accept such changes.

  2. Service. FoodieRegistry.com provides a service that allows You to purchase gift certificates for yourself or others from participating merchants (“Merchant(s)”). You represent and warrant that any information that You provide is true, correct, accurate and complete including, but not limited to, the address for delivery of any gift certificates You order. FoodieRegistry.com fulfills orders for gift certificates and purchased gift certificates shall be shipped via standard shipping methods to the address You specify.

    Payment must be made by credit card or acceptable third-party payment processing services (e.g. PayPal). All purchases shall be paid in full at the time of ordering. You represent and warrant that You have the authority to use the credit card information You are providing to Company and You acknowledge and agree that you authorize Company to charge Your credit card for the gift certificates and other products and services You order. Company does not offer any refunds or exchanges. You acknowledge and agree that You shall reimburse Company for all costs and attorney’s fees incurred by Company in any action or proceeding to collect payment from You under any theory of liability.

    YOU UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A MERCHANT’S FAILURE TO ACCEPT AND HONOR THE GIFT CERTIFICATE(S) YOU PURCHASE IN THE EVENT THE MERCHANT GOES OUT OF BUSINESS OR OTHERWISE BECOMES UNABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN EXCHANGE FOR THE GIFT CERTIFICATE(S). Company shall, subject to the Service Guarantee below, make all reasonable efforts to ensure that gift cards ordered through FoodieRegistry.com are delivered in a timely manner and honored by the applicable merchant. >

    Service Guarantee. FoodieRegistry.com takes customer satisfaction very seriously. In the case of problems with a foodieregistry.com charge to your credit card, or in the case that you or the gift recipient did not receive the gift certificate, please contact . In the case of problems redeeming your gift certificate, please contact the merchant directly.

  3. License & Access. Company grants You a limited license to access and make personal use of FoodieRegistry.com and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of FoodieRegistry.com or its contents; any collection and use of any advertisements, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of FoodieRegistry.com or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar automated data gathering and extraction tools. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of FoodieRegistry.com, Company or our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing FoodieRegistry.com or Company’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of Company. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Company. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of FoodieRegistry.com so long as the link does not portray FoodieRegistry.com, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any FoodieRegistry.com logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

  4. Restrictions on Use. Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, and written and other materials that are part of any FoodieRegistry.com web site are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by Company. No material from FoodieRegistry.com or any other Company web site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except with express written consent of Company. In addition, You shall not commit any of the following acts through use of FoodieRegistry.com:
    • transmit any content that is invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
    • use foul language or post links to adult-oriented Web sites;
    • transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of unrequested solicitation;
    • post advertising messages or solicitations, URLs containing a referral code or referral address, or links to businesses or pages with advertising, including “blind” or “hidden” referral links; or
    • collect, store, use or disseminate personal data or information about other users in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to, solicitation of products or services by mail, telephone or e-mail (e.g. e-mail addresses).

  5. Privacy. It is Company’s policy to respect the privacy of FoodieRegistry.com users. Therefore, in addition to the privacy of registration data, FoodieRegistry.com shall not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a guest's e-mail unless required in the course of normal maintenance of FoodieRegistry.com and its systems or unless required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or comply with legal process served on FoodieRegistry.com or Company; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of FoodieRegistry.com or Company; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our users or the public. You shall remain solely responsible for the content of their messages. FoodieRegistry.com’s Privacy Statement can be found here.

  6. Indemnity. You shall indemnify, defend and hold Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and contractors harmless from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs, assessments, fees or expenses of any kind, including without limitation defense costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from or related in any way to: a) any claim which, if proved, would breach any of Your covenants or representations; and b) any and all Third Party Claims arising out of any content You submit to or transmitted through FoodieRegistry.com.

  7. Termination. This Agreement is effective as of the first date materials from FoodieRegistry.com are accessed by You (the “Effective Date”) and shall continue in effect until terminated by either party. You may terminate this Agreement at any time at which time your right to access and use FoodieRegistry.com shall cease. This Agreement shall terminate immediately without notice from Company if in Company's sole discretion You fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement. Upon termination, Your right to access and use FoodieRegistry.com shall terminate.

    Company may, at its sole discretion and at any time, discontinue providing access to FoodieRegistry.com, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of Your access to FoodieRegistry.com under any provision of this Agreement may be effected without prior notice. Further, You agree that Company shall not be liable to You or to any third party for any termination of Your access to FoodieRegistry.com.

  8. Jurisdiction. Unless otherwise specified, FoodieRegistry.com is available solely for the purpose of promoting products and/or services available in the United States, its territories, possessions, and protectorates. FoodieRegistry.com is controlled and operated by Company from its offices within the State of Illinois, United States of America. Company makes no representation that materials in FoodieRegistry.com are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this FoodieRegistry.com from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

  9. DISCLAIMER. THE MATERIALS IN FOODIEREGISTRY.COM ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, Company DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    Company DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN FOODIEREGISTRY.COM SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT FOODIEREGISTRY.COM OR ANY OTHER Company WEB SITE OR THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKES FOODIEREGISTRY.COM AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Company DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN FOODIEREGISTRY.COM IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

  10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE OR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH (I) ANY USE OF THE SERVICES, THE FOODIEREGISTRY.COM WEB SITE OR THE FOODIEREGISTRY.COM CONTENT, (II) ANY FAILURE OR DELAY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY COMPONENT OF THE SERVICES OR THE FOODIEREGISTRY.COM WEB SITE), OR (III) THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF ANY RESTAURANT OR MERCHANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES. IN ADDITION, YOU SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY THIRD PARTY, OTHER THAN THE APPLICABLE MERCHANT OR RESTAURANT, DIRECTING USERS TO THE FOODIEREGISTRY.COM WEB SITE BY REFERRAL, LINK OR ANY OTHER MEANS IS NOT LIABLE TO USER FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES OR LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES, THE FOODIEREGISTRY.COM WEB SITE OR THE FOODIEREGISTRY.COM CONTENT. COMPANY IS NEITHER AN AGENT OF, NOR IS CONNECTED WITH, ANY AFFILIATED MERCHANT OR RESTAURANT FOR WHICH YOU HAVE PURCHASED A GIFT CERTIFICATE. COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE OR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH A VISIT TO A MERCHANT OR RESTAURANT FOR WHICH A GIFT CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN PURCHASED.

    UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS IN FOODIEREGISTRY.COM, EVEN IF COMPANY OR A COMPANY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

    YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE REGARDING GIFT CERTIFICATES PURCHASED THROUGH FOODIEREGISTRY.COM OR THE FAILURE OF A MERCHANT TO HONOR A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR ANY REASON AND THAT YOU SHALL SEEK REDRESS EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE APPLICABLE MERCHANT.

  11. Links to Outside Web Sites and Services. To the extent that FoodieRegistry.com contains links to outside services and resources, Company does not control the availability and content of those outside services and resources. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.

  12. Copyrights and Copyright Agents. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Company’s Copyright Agent the following information:
    • an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
    • a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
    • a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
    • your address, telephone number, and email address;
    • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
    • a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

      Company’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement:

      Copyright Agent
      David M. Adler, Esq.
      C/O Foodie Registry, LLC
      2946 N. Sheffield Avenue, Suite 2N
      Chicago, IL 60657
      By phone: 877-534-5244
      By email:

  13. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois and you agree that this agreement shall be deemed to have been entered into and performed exclusive in the State of Illinois. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be litigated only in the state or federal courts located in the State of Illinois and You hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.