Please carefully read this agreement to ensure that you understand all the terms and provisions.

THIS AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE USE OF ARBITRATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES, RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR CLASS ACTIONS, AND ALSO LIMITS THE REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE OR LAW SUIT. ALL PARTIES AGREE TO HAVE THE VENUE AND LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLY TO ALL DISPUTES.

Effective Date: December 27, 2022

I.    Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Meals of Steel (hereinafter, “MOS”) website. By using our website (hereinafter, “Site”) or placing an order, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (hereinafter, “Terms and Conditions”) and our Privacy Policy. Use of the Site is only available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States, or its possessions AND territories. MOS makes NO claims that the Site OR ANY of its content is accessible from outside the United States. Should you access our Site outside of the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time at our sole discretion. The modified Terms and Conditions will be effective 30 days following posting and you agree to the new posted Terms and Conditions by continuing your use of the Site and/or placing an order. Each time you use the Site or place an order, you reaffirm your acceptance of the then-current Terms and Conditions, and your agreement to be bound hereby. You are responsible for staying informed of any changes and are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes. If you do not agree with the modified Terms and Conditions, you should stop using the Site.

II.    Eligibility

By using our Site, you confirm that you are eighteen (18) years or older and have the legal ability to accept these Terms and Conditions and to use the Site in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. Please refrain from using our services completely if you are under eighteen (18) years old

III.    Important Health Information

People with certain conditions MUST HAVE physician approval prior to ordering any MOS consumable goods; these include, but are not limited to, people who: (a) are pregnant; (b) have anorexia or bulimia; (c) have chronic kidney disease; (d) children, 17 years old or under; (e) nursing mothers; or (f) any other serious physical conditions. People with these or any other serious health conditions must seek physician approval before ordering any MOS consumables.

IV.    Weight Loss and Health Claims

MOS provides weight loss and health information solely for informational purposes. Weight loss and health results are not guaranteed. Actual results will vary widely from individual to individual. By purchasing from MOS, you acknowledge that MOS does not make any claims, guarantees, explicit or implied, for any specific results. You also acknowledge that it is possible to gain weight on a program. Failure to lose weight or meet your desired results will not be grounds for a refund, compensation, or to seek any damages against MOS.

Meals of Steel LLC does not imply, suggest or represent that any of our programs have been approved for any individual use by one of our doctors, medical staff, supervisors or staff members. MOS PROGRAMS ARE NOT MEDICALLY SUPERVISED PROGRAMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS, WE RECOMMEND, AND IN SOME CASES REQUIRE, YOU TO SEEK PHYSICIAN APPROVAL PRIOR TO STARTING A PROGRAM.

V.    Nutrition Information

Please be aware that nutritional information from our site reflects updates to meals based on changing ingredients. The nutritional details for meals are expressed on the labels on our meal containers. Meals of Steel LLC does not guarantee that the nutritional information provided is perfectly accurate. Meals of Steel LLC is not responsible for any harm as a result of dependency on our nutritional information. Meals of Steel LLC is not responsible for ensuring that foods purchased or consumed will be in accordance with your dietary or medical needs. You should always check the ingredients associated with any products that you intend to order from Meals of Steel LLC to avoid potential adverse effects such as an allergic reaction. If you have or believe that you may have any adverse reaction, please immediately contact your health care provider.

Informative nutritional content produced by Meals of Steel LLC such as blog posts may contain health and dietary advice. You should always consult with your doctor and other medical professionals before following any nutritional recommendations. Health and dietary advice presented may include common food allergens. You should always check ingredients presented in any content from Meals of Steel LLC for ingredients that you are allergic to. 

VI: Meals of Steel LLC Billing & Recurring Billing

Meals of Steel LLC offers two types of ordering options (week-to-week or continuous subscription plans). When you first place an order, you are charged only for the first week of your plan at the time of your plan selection. For continuous subscription plans, you will be charged the applicable price listed for the plan that you select on a weekly basis. If you wish to cancel or modify an existing subscription, you can do so at anytime as described in the “cancel or modify a subscription” section below; however, any amounts charged to or paid by you prior to such cancellation or modification will not be refunded, and any/all cancellations or modifications made may not impact any order for which you have already been charged, depending on the status of that particular order.

You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account, and you agree to be personally liable for all charges incurred under your account based on your delivery status as of the specified deadline. Your liability for such charges shall continue after termination of this agreement.

When you register for a subscription plan (and each time you change or modify your plan) you expressly authorize and agree that Meals of Steel LLC and/or our third party payment processor (Stripe, Inc.) is authorized to automatically charge your payment method (as defined below) on a weekly , recurring basis in an amount equal to the then-effective rate of your plan, together with any applicable shipping costs, for as long as you continue to use the Meals of Steel LLC recurring subscription meal plan, except on weeks where you cancel prior to the specified deadline in accordance with this agreement. You acknowledge and agree that Meals of Steel LLC will not need to obtain any additional authorization from you for such automatic, recurring payments. In addition, you authorize us and/or our third party payment processor (Stripe, Inc.) to charge your payment method for any additional Meals of Steel LLC website offerings purchased by you outside or in excess of your plan(s), plus any applicable shipping costs. Every time that you use the Meals of Steel LLC subscription/recurring service, you reaffirm that Meals of Steel LLC is authorized to charge your payment method as provided in the agreement, and to have all applicable fees and charges applied to the same payment method.

VII. Canceling or Modifying a Subscription/Recurring Meal Plan:

Following your first plan/order selection and placement and receipt of your order, you may cancel or modify an existing subscription/recurring plan by managing your account at mealsofsteel.com inside the “my account” portion of the site. 

To avoid being charged for and/all placed orders that you no longer wish to receive in the event of a cancellation,  you must cancel prior to the date that you are to be charged for your next order which occurs on Wednesday during each week, but can vary depending on holiday closures and other factors. 

If you cancel a subscription/recurring plan before receiving your first order, your first order may or may not be canceled and amounts paid may or may not be refunded to you, depending on factors such as the status of your meals during our cooking/production process, and any/all promotions applied. 

VIII.    Refund Policy

If you are not satisfied with a meal for any reason, please contact our customer service team at [email protected]. You must report your issues within 7 days of the meal(s) being delivered. Depending on the circumstances, we may provide you a full or partial refund. Guarantee applies to your first order only. MOS may require a photo documentation of the meal(s) that you are not satisfied with before we make a credit or refund.

MOS encourages customers to immediately pick up and place meal(s) in the refrigerator upon arrival. MOS is not deemed responsible for meal(s) spoiled by improper pickup or storage.

Meal(s) delayed by a third party shipping entity must be communicated promptly for us to resolve. On the occasion that order(s) doesn’t arrive due to the fault of MOS or a third party entity employed by MOS, clients may receive a 100% refund. MOS is however not liable for delayed or undelivered orders in the event that the customer’s incorrect description of contact information or address.

If you’d like to modify or cancel your order, please do so before the upcoming Wednesday at 11:59 PM by contacting [email protected]. We cannot honor any modification or cancellation requests made after that time.

IX.    Pricing Adjustments

Meals of Steel LLC reserves the right to modify the price of orders, subscription plans, and delivery fees at any time. There will be a notice of price changes at least 14 days prior via email address provided with the most recent purchase. By continuing to order, stay on subscription plans, or receive delivery after the date of price adjustments, you consent to pay any new prices applicable to you. If you do not consent to a price adjustment, you have the responsibility to cancel any order, subscription plan, or delivery before the order or charging deadline. 

X.    Food Substitution Policy

Although MOS takes every reasonable measure to have sufficient inventory to fill your order, availability of product(s) may change without notice. MOS is not responsible for unavailability of product due to popular demand, whether discontinued or still in production.

In the completion of orders, MOS reserves the right to substitute a similar product. When making substitutions, MOS takes great care to meet the requirements of your particular program or order. Substituted food items may contain different ingredients and allergens than those in items originally ordered. Prior to consumption, please be sure to carefully check all individual product packages for the most updated information regarding ingredients and nutritional content for any/all of MOS’s food products, including new and improved items, if you have any food allergies or if you are otherwise concerned about any particular ingredients.

Please Note: MOS’s food items may contain or may have been manufactured in a facility that also processes: dairy, eggs, fish, shellfish, soy, and tree nuts.

XI.    Shipping Problems

We sometimes use third-party carriers to deliver your food packages. It is very important that you provide us with the proper shipping information and any special instructions the delivery driver may need. For any shipping error that is caused by the carrier (including damaged packages or delayed deliveries), we will issue you a replacement delivery or replacement products at no additional charge. Please note, we may ask for pictures.

XII.    Your Responsibility to Protect Your Account

MOS reserves the right to withdraw or amend this Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in its sole discretion without notice. MOS will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, MOS may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users, including registered users.

When you sign up to use the Site and create an account, you will be asked to create an account and establish a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and you are entirely responsible for all activity made by you or anyone you allow to use your account. You agree to safeguard your account password from access by others. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless MOS for losses incurred by MOS or another party due to someone else using your account or password. MOS has the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by MOS, at any time, in its sole discretion for any or no reason, if, in our opinion, you have violated any provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

XIII.    Content Posted by You

Content posted by you includes, but is not limited to, ratings and reviews of meals, and postings on MOS’s bulletin boards, social media pages, chat rooms, and user blogs. These sites contain various pages where you and other members may post content (hereinafter, “Sites”). You may only post content to the Sites that you created or which the owner of the content has given you permission to post. You may not post or distribute content that is illegal or that violates these Terms and Conditions. By posting or distributing content to the Sites, you represent and warrant that (a) you own all of the rights to the content or are authorized to use and distribute the content to these Sites and (b) the content does not and will not infringe any copyright or any other thirdparty right nor violate any applicable law or regulation.

By submitting or posting content to the Sites, you grant MOS, its affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents, and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt, and promote any posted content in any medium. Once you submit or post content to the Sites, MOS will not give you any right to inspect or approve uses of such content or to compensate you for any such uses. MOS owns all rights, title, and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work, whether or not created by MOS, using or incorporating content posted to the Sites. For more information, please review MOS’s Privacy Policy.

You should carefully choose the information you post on the Sites. Any content that you post to the Sites will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You may not post the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs to external sites, any form of HTML or programming code, or any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable subject matter. You are solely responsible for anything you may post on these Sites and the consequences of posting anything on these Sites.

MOS is not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of the Sites.

XIV.    Content Posted by Other Users

MOS is not responsible for, and does not endorse, content in any posting made by other users on the Sites. You are solely responsible for your reliance on anything posted by another member on the Sites. Under no circumstances will MOS be held liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused to you or any third party in connection with the use of or reliance of any content posted by a third party on the Sites. If you become aware of any misuse of the Sites by any person, please contact MOS at [email protected].

If you feel threatened or believe someone else is in danger, you should contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. MOS has the right to remove any user contributions from these Sites for any or no reason. MOS reserves the right to take necessary legal action against users.

XV.    MOS Intellectual Property

The content of our Site or Sites are copyrighted as a collective work under the laws of the United States and other copyright laws. MOS holds the copyright in the collective work. The collective work includes works which may be property of other members. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the material from the different areas of the Site or Sites solely for your own noncommercial use, unless otherwise permitted (e.g., in the case of electronic coupons, etc.). Any redistribution, retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner. You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the Site or Sites.

The Site and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by MOS or its affiliates, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms and Conditions permit you access to the Site for your personal, noncommercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Site.

You must not (i) modify copies of any materials from the Site; (ii) use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text, and (iii) delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Site. You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site.

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms and Conditions, your right to use the Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by MOS. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

XVI.    Trademarks

The MOS name, logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of MOS or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of MOS. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

XVII.    Copyright Protection

If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Site infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this Site by contacting MOS (as set forth below) and providing the following information:

XVIII.    Changes to the Site

MOS may update the content on this Site from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and MOS is under no obligation to update such material.

XIX.    Information About You and Your Visits to the Site

All information we collect on this Site is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to all actions taken by MOS with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

XX.    Online Purchases and Other Terms and Conditions

All purchases through this Site or other transactions for the sale of goods or services or information formed through the Site or as a result of visits made by you are governed by these Terms and Conditions.

Additional terms and conditions may also apply to specific portions, services or features of the Site. All such additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by this reference into these Terms and Conditions.

XXI.    Links from the Site

If the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. MOS has no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

The Sites and/or Site may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by MOS, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of MOS. MOS is not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

XXII.    Warranties

The Sites and/or Site and the content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MOS, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

XXIII.    Limitation of Liability

MOS’ ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE WITH MOS IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SITE. MOS AND ITS VENDORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND/OR SITE OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND/OR SITE. THESE EXCLUSIONS FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES, LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF MOS HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY UPON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, MOS’S AND ITS VENDORS’ LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

XXIV.    Indemnification

All parties doing business with MOS directly, or indirectly, indemnify, defend, and hold MOS, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions or your use of the Sites and/or Site, including, but not limited to, any content that you may post, any use of the Sites’ AND/OR Site’s content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms and Conditions or your use of any information obtained from the Sites and/or Site.

XXV.    Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the People of California, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

XXVI.    Resolving Disputes — Arbitration

Most customer concerns can be resolved quickly and to the customer’s satisfaction BY email our customer service department AT [email protected]. IF MOS’s customer service department is unable to resolve a complaint you may have to your satisfaction (or if MOS has not been able to resolve a dispute it has with you after attempting to do so informally), we each agree to resolve those disputes through binding arbitration or small claims court instead of in courts of general jurisdiction.

All disputes or claims that arise under or related to these Terms and Conditions (whether in contract, tort or otherwise, whether past, pre-existing, or future, and including statutory, consumer protection, common law, intentional tort, injunctive, and equitable claims) will be resolved either in small claims court or by individual arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association (hereinafter, “AAA”). Unless you and MOS agree otherwise, any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) of your billing address. The AAA Rules are available online at adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879.

You agree to arbitration on an individual basis. In any dispute, NEITHER CUSTOMER NOR MOS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS BY OR AGAINST OTHER CUSTOMERS OR ARBITRATE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLAIMS AS A REPRESENTATIVE, CLASS MEMBER, OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. If any provision of this arbitration agreement is found unenforceable, the unenforceable provision shall be severed, and the remaining arbitration terms shall be enforced (but in no case shall there be a class arbitration).

The arbitrator shall be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in court under law or in equity. Any award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on each of the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. This transaction and the arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act 9 U.S.C. sec. 1-16 (FAA).

XXVII.    Waiver and Severability

No waiver by MOS of any of the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of MOS to assert a right or provision under these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms and Conditions will continue in full force and effect.

XXVIII.    Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and MOS with respect to the Sites and/or Site and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Sites and/or Site.

XXIV.    Notice

MOS may deliver notice to you under these Terms and Conditions by means of electronic mail, a general notice on the site, or by written communication delivered by first class U.S. mail to your address on record in your MOS account. You may give notice to MOS at any time via electronic mail.

Updated: December 27, 2022