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Deliveries are made Monday to Saturday.
Orders placed before 1pm will typically be sent out the same day. Orders placed after 1pm on a Friday will not be despatched until Monday.
Our Royal Mail Tracked 48 service typically takes 2-3 days once despatched.
UK STANDARD DELIVERY - ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24
Deliveries are made Monday to Saturday.
Orders placed before 1pm will typically be sent out the same day. Orders placed after 1pm on a Friday will not be despatched until Monday.
Our Royal Mail Tracked 24 service typically takes 1-2 days once despatched.
UK EXPRESS - DPD NEXT WORKING DAY DELIVERY
Deliveries are made Monday to Friday.
Orders placed before 1pm will be sent out the same day. Orders placed after 1pm on a Friday will not be despatched until Monday.
All orders to the following postcodes can only be dispatched by with Royal Mail: AB31, AB33 to AB56, FK17 to FK21, HS1 to HS9, IM, IV1 to IV56, IV63, KA27, KA28, KW1 to KW3, KW5 to KW17, PA2, PA20 to PA49, PA60 to PA78, PH15 to PH26, PH30 to PH44, PH49, PH50, TR21 to TR25, ZE1 to ZE3
EU AND INTERNATIONAL DELIVERIES
Returns
While we do our best to minimise the risk of temperature, or damage to your products while in transit, damages can happen unfortunately. Please take photos of the outer box received and ask that the delivery driver signs the proof of delivery as damaged. Alternatively, please refuse the parcel so it will automatically be returned to us. Contact our customer service team should you have a defective product so we can do our best to rectify this.
Please do not return any products to us without our confirmation.
Returns:
For instances where your chocolates are defective, damaged or contaminated, you may contact us to request a return of your purchase within 14 days of receiving your parcel for a refund or exchange.
Refunds (if applicable):
No refund given or exchange will be offered for change of mind, chocolates that have been opened or tampered with or are not in their original condition, incorrect orders or delivery addresses provided.
Due to the wide range of personal taste preferences and chocolate likes/dislikes, we unfortunately do not offer refunds or replacements for chocolates not to your liking.
Late or Time sensitive orders
Where the delivery partner or us have let you down in not getting your order to you in time, our maximum liability will be a refund of the chocolates once returned to us. Every effort is made to get your order out in good time but we would always advise ordering with plenty of leeway for important dates.
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Privacy & Cookies
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We will collect and process the following data about you: · Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our Site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you register to use our Site, subscribe to our newsletter, information you give within our retail outlets, enter a competition, promotion or survey, purchase a gift card or voucher, apply for a job with us and when you report a problem with our website. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address postcode, phone number and birthday.
• Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our site we will automatically collect the following information:
• technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, date and time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
• information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for' page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
• Information we receive from other sources. This is information we receive about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. In this case we will have informed you when we collected that data if we intend to share those data internally and combine it with data collected on this site. We will also have told you for what purpose we will share and combine your data. We are working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies).
WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER
We use information held about you in the following ways: · Information you give to us. We will use this information: • to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us; • to provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about; • to provide you with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale or negotiations of a sale to you. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data; • to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you and others; • to notify you about changes to our service; • to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer. · Information we collect about you. We will use this information: • to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; • to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer; • to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so; • as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure; • to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you and others; • to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about goods or services that may interest you or them. · Information we receive from other sources. We will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
DISCLOSER OF YOUR INFORMATION
You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with: • Any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006. • Selected third parties including: • business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them; We will disclose your personal information to third parties: · In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets. · If Artisan du Chocolat Limited, or its direct or indirect parent companies, or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets. · If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
All information you provide to us is stored on our server with Siteground and our secure internal servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by emailing web@artisanduchocolat.com
You have the right to see what information we hold about you by making a subject access request, using our subject access request form, available from web@artisanduchocolat.com or by writing to DPO, Artisan du Chocolat, The Long Barrow, Orbital Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 0GP.
You have the right to request that information we hold about you is deleted. Requests should be made to web@artisanduchocolat.com or to DPO, Artisan du Chocolat, The Long Barrow, Orbital Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 0GP.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the Sites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these Sites, please note that these Sites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these Sites.
SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Terms & Conditions
The following sets out the terms and conditions governing the supply of goods, services and information on artisanduchocolat.com and do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. These Terms and Conditions, together with our current website prices, delivery details, contact details and privacy policy, set out the whole of our agreement relating to the supply of the products to you by us.
ORDERS
We must receive payment of the whole of the price for the products that you order before your order can be accepted. Once payment has been received by us we will confirm that your order has been accepted by sending an email to you at the email address you provide in your order form. Our acceptance of your order brings into existence a legally binding contract between us. For business or corporate purchasers with orders of over £500 net of VAT, we may, at our discretion, allow such customers to make payment after receiving an invoice from us. This is subject to satisfactory credit references.
You are not permitted to sell and must not offer for sale or re-sell any of our products.
Artisan du chocolat reserves the right to cancel the contract between us if:
- we have insufficient stock to deliver the products you have ordered. If this is the case, we will contact you to advise of an availability date or to offer you a substitute product
- one or more of the products you ordered was listed at an incorrect price due to a typographical error.
- If we do cancel your contract we will notify you by e-mail and will re-credit to your account any sum deducted by us from your credit card as soon as possible but in any event within 30 days of your order. If you are a business or corporate purchaser but have not paid by credit card you will be refunded by cheque as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days of your order. We will not be obliged to offer any additional compensation for disappointment suffered.
PRICE
The prices payable for products that you order are as set out in our website. These prices may vary.
DELIVERIES
You will be required to pay extra for delivery. Our delivery charges are set out during the order process.
We will deliver the products ordered by you to the address you give us for delivery at the time you make your order. It is, however, your responsibility to provide us with accurate delivery address details. We will not check or verify addresses and messages supplied by you.
You will become the owner of the products you have ordered when they have been delivered to you. Once products have been delivered to you they will be held at your own risk and we will not be liable for their loss or destruction.
If you wish to specify a delivery date then please send you request to web@artisanduchocolat.com.
You must observe and comply with all applicable regulations and legislation, including obtaining all necessary customs, import or other permits to purchase products from our site. The importation or exportation of certain products to you may be prohibited by certain national laws. We make no representation and accept no liability in respect of the export or import of the products you purchase.
TEMPERATURE
We cannot be held responsible for heat damage to products and/or packaging in transit.
LIABILITY
If the products we deliver are not what you ordered or are damaged or defective or the delivery is of an incorrect quantity, or if you do not receive the products ordered, we shall have no liability to you other than as set out below. Any complaint must be reported to us within 7 days of delivery. If you notify a problem to us under this clause, our only obligation will be:
- to make good any shortage or non-delivery
- to supply and deliver substitute products if your original choice cannot be delivered for any reason
- to replace any products that are damaged or defective or
- to refund to you the amount paid by you for the products in question in whatever way we choose.
Save as precluded by law, we will not be liable to you for any indirect or consequential loss, damage or expenses (including loss of profits, business or goodwill) howsoever arising out of any problem you notify to us under this condition and we shall have no liability to pay any money to you by way of compensation other than to refund to you the amount paid by you for the products in question under clause above.
Artisan du chocolat excludes all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party in connection with this website in any way or in connection with the use, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this website or your downloading of any material from this website or any websites linked to this website.
Artisan du chocolat tries to ensure that the information on this website is accurate and complete but will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this website.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The content of this website is protected by copyright, trademarks, database right and other intellectual property rights. You may not reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on this website without written permission from a director of Artisan du Chocolat.
USE OF OUR SITE
This website is meant to be used for personal Ecommerce and information. You may not use it for any of the following purposes:
- disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material or otherwise breaching any laws
- transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence, or otherwise breaches any applicable laws, regulations or codes of practice
- interfering with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the website or
- making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright or other intellectual property right without the proper permission
- placing any material on this website that belongs to anyone other than yourself without the prior written consent of the owner.
You grant Artisan du chocolat and others authorised us the unrestricted right to use reproduce, distribute and translate and edit any material you place on the website. You will be responsible for our losses and costs resulting from your breach of this clause.
OUR RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR CANCEL YOUR REGISTRATION
We may suspend or cancel your registration immediately at our reasonable discretion or if you breach any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions.The suspension or cancellation of your registration and your right to use this website shall not affect either party’s statutory rights or liabilities.
EVENTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
We shall have no liability to you for any failure to deliver products you have ordered or any delay in doing so or for any damage or defect to products delivered that is caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation to, strikes, lock-outs and other industrial disputes, breakdown of systems or network access, flood, fire, explosion or accident.
INVALIDITY
If any part of these Terms and Conditions is unenforceable (including any provision in which we exclude our liability to you) the enforceability of any other part of these conditions will not be affected.
PRIVACY
You acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of our privacy policy.
GOVERNING LAW
The contract between us shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have jurisdiction to resolve any disputes between us.
If you have actually read these terms and conditions fully, well done you now deserve a chocolate break!
FAQs
ORDERS
Browse through our extensive collections, add the item to your basket, add a free gift message to your order and proceed through the checkout process.
Delivery to any UK address starts from £3.95 or free on orders over £60.
For orders being delivered to the UK, VAT at 20% is applied, meaning that these orders are not eligible for a VAT refund. For orders outside of the UK, VAT is not applicable and will be deducted at the final checkout stage - Note, local customs / duty maybe payable on delivery.
Please place each order individually. For large corporate orders, please contact us with bulk orders.
We use either plain brown cardboard boxes or Artisan du Chocolat branded cardboard boxes. Where a gift message is given, these are handwritten onto tags attached to the products.
This can be entered at the Checkout. We cannot retrospectively apply any discount codes to orders.
Please contact our customer service team if your order has not been despatched. We cannot update an address once the parcel has left us.
We accept all major debit / credit cards including American Express. We also accept Google Pay / Apply Pay.
Please head to the Login page and click the Forgot Password link to reset.
No, you can checkout as a guest or sign up to keep track of all your order history and track your orders.
No paperwork is included at all. Just the chocolates, menu and any gift messages.
Providing the order has not been despatched, please contact our customer service team.
We are not currently offering this service.
PRODUCT RELATED
Please click on Allergies / Shelf Life tab within any product to view the minimum shelf life we try to give.
While most of our chocolates to not contain alcohol, please always refer to the Ingredients tab on the product, or back of pack label.
All of our chocolates are made in Ashford, Kent.
Please refer to the nutritional / ingredients tab within each product or contact us before purchasing for further details.