Some cookies are essential — they keep you signed in and your basket warm. Others are entirely optional. Here's the full list, what each one does, and how to switch them off.
In short: Tiny text files your browser stores so we can remember things between visits — like what's in your basket.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They let us recognise your browser, keep you signed in, and remember your preferences. Similar technologies (local storage, pixel tags, SDKs) work the same way for our purposes — and we treat them the same way in this policy.
| Category | What it does | Need consent? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Keeps you signed in, holds your basket, processes checkout. Without these the site doesn't work. | No (legally permitted) |
| Functional | Remembers your delivery address, language, dark/light theme. | Yes — opt in |
| Analytics | Anonymous usage data so we know which pages need work. We use a privacy-first tool (Plausible) that doesn't identify individuals. | Yes — opt in |
| Marketing | Measures the impact of our ads on Meta & Google. Helps us spend less on the wrong audiences. | Yes — opt in |
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
chefsline-cart | Chefsline (local storage) | Holds your basket between visits | 30 days |
chefsline.session | Chefsline | Keeps you signed in | 14 days |
chefsline.csrf | Chefsline | Protects you against cross-site request forgery | Session |
plausible_id | Plausible | Anonymous, cookie-less page-view counts | None (in-memory only) |
__stripe_mid | Stripe | Card-payment fraud prevention | 1 year |
In short: The banner on your first visit lets you opt in or out of every non-essential category. You can change your mind any time from the link below.
You can:
Browsers send a “Do Not Track” signal that hasn't been standardised. We honour the more modern Global Privacy Control signal instead — if your browser sends GPC, we will not load any analytics or marketing cookies on your visit.
If we add a new cookie or change how an existing one works, we'll update this page and the in-product preferences centre. If the change requires consent, the cookie will not load until you opt in.
Our team replies in under 4 hours, every day from 8am to midnight UK time.
