Welcome to www.centralkitchenla.com (the “Site”), which is provided by 325 West Café, Inc., a California corporation, d/b/a Central Kitchen (“CKLA”). These Terms of Use contain the terms and conditions upon which you may access and use the information and services available through the Site. We may modify these Terms of Use at any time, and such modification will be effective immediately after posting of the modified Terms of Use to the Site. You agree to review these Terms of Use periodically to ensure that you are aware of any such modifications. Your continued access or use of the Site shall be deemed your conclusive acceptance of the modified Terms of Use. The materials contained in the Site are provided by CKLA and may be used for informational purposes only. By downloading any of the materials contained on the Site, you agree to the terms and provisions as outlined in this legal notice. If you do not agree to them, please do not use this Site or download any materials from the Site.

1. BINDING EFFECT. This is a binding agreement. By using the Site or any services provided in connection with the Site (the “Service”), you agree to abide by these Terms of Use, as they may be amended by CKLA from time to time in its sole discretion. YOU AGREE THAT BY USING THE SERVICE YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD AND THAT YOU ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

2. PRIVACY POLICY. CKLA respects your privacy and permits you to control the treatment of your personal information. A complete statement of CKLA’s current privacy policy can be found by clicking here. CKLA’s privacy policy is expressly incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.

When you are required to open an account to use or access the Site or Service, you must complete the registration process by providing the complete and accurate information requested on the registration form. You will also be asked to provide a user name and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You may not use the account, username, or password of someone else at any time. You agree to notify CKLA immediately on any unauthorized use of your account, user name, or password. CKLA shall not be liable for any loss that you incur as a result of someone else using your password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by CKLA, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives due to someone else’s use of your account or password.

3. USE OF SOFTWARE. CKLA may make certain software available to you from the Site. If you download software from the Site, the software, including all files and images contained in or generated by the software, and accompanying data (collectively, “Software”) are deemed to be licensed to you by CKLA, for your personal, non-commercial, home use only. CKLA does not transfer either the title or the intellectual property rights to the Software, and CKLA retains full and complete title to the Software as well as all intellectual property rights therein. You may not sell, redistribute, or reproduce the Software, nor may you decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise convert the Software to a human-perceivable form. All trademarks and logos are owned by CKLA or its licensors and you may not copy or use them in any manner.

4. USER CONTENT. You grant CKLA a license to use the materials you post to the Site or Service. By posting, downloading, displaying, performing, transmitting, or otherwise distributing information or other content (“User Content”) to the Site or Service, you are granting CKLA, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives a license to use User Content in connection with the operation of the Internet business of CKLA, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives, including without limitation, a right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat User Content. You will not be compensated for any User Content. You agree that CKLA may publish or otherwise disclose your name in connection with your User Content. By posting User Content on the Site or Service, you warrant and represent that you own the rights to the User Content or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute User Content.

5. COMPLIANCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS. When accessing the Site or using the Service, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Service and the Site is at all times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or content (collectively, “Content”) in violation of any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you shall be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any Content you provide or transmit, or that is provided or transmitted using your User ID. The burden of proving that any Content does not violate any laws or third party rights rests solely with you.

6. INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. You shall not make the following types of Content available. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any Content that (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (b) advocates or encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or foreign law or regulation; or (c) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods or services. CKLA reserves the right to terminate your receipt, transmission, or other distribution of any such material using the Service, and, if applicable, to delete any such material from its servers. CKLA intends to cooperate fully with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of any violation of these Terms of Use or of any applicable laws.

7. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. CKLA has in place certain legally mandated procedures regarding allegations of copyright infringement occurring on the Site or with the Service. CKLA has adopted a policy that provides for the immediate suspension and/or termination of any Site or Service user who is found to have infringed on the rights of CKLA or of a third party, or otherwise violated any intellectual property laws or regulations. CKLA’s policy is to investigate any allegations of copyright infringement brought to its attention. If you have evidence, know, or have a good faith belief that your rights or the rights of a third party have been violated and you want CKLA to delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must provide CKLA with all of the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringed or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit CKLA to locate the material; (d) information reasonably sufficient to permit CKLA to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted; (e) a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. For this notification to be effective, you must provide it to CKLA’s designated agent at:

Copyright Agent
Central Kitchen
325 A West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
info@centralkitchenla.com
Phone: 213-908-2400

8. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS. CKLA reserves the right to terminate your use of the Service and/or the Site. To ensure that CKLA provides a high quality experience for you and for other users of the Site and the Service, you agree that CKLA or its representatives may access your account and records on a case-by-case basis to investigate complaints or allegations of abuse, infringement of third party rights, or other unauthorized uses of the Site or the Service. CKLA does not intend to disclose the existence or occurrence of such an investigation unless required by law, but CKLA reserves the right to terminate your account or your access to the Site immediately, with or without notice to you, and without liability to you, if CKLA believes that you have violated any of the Terms of Use, furnished CKLA with false or misleading information, or interfered with use of the Site or the Service by others.

9. NO WARRANTIES. COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES. COMPANY IS MAKING THE SITE AVAILABLE “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF ANY AND ALL DAMAGE OR LOSS FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE SERVICE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

10. LIMITED LIABILITY. COMPANY’S LIABILITY TO YOU IS LIMITED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE FORESEEABILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY COMPANY. This limitation shall apply regardless of whether the damages arise out of breach of contract, tort, or any other legal theory or form of action.

11. AFFILIATED SITES. CKLA has no control over, and no liability for any third party websites or materials. CKLA works with a number of partners and affiliates whose Internet sites may be linked with the Site. Because neither CKLA nor the Site has control over the content and performance of these partner and affiliate sites, CKLA makes no guarantees about the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of the information provided by such sites, and CKLA assumes no responsibility for unintended, objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful content that may reside on those sites. Similarly, from time to time in connection with your use of the Site, you may have access to content items (including, but not limited to, websites) that are owned by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that CKLA makes no guarantees about, and assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of this third party content, and that, unless expressly provided otherwise, these Terms of Use shall govern your use of any and all third party content.

12. PROHIBITED USES. CKLA imposes certain restrictions on your permissible use of the Site and the Service. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security features of the Site or Service, including, without limitation, (a) accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service, the Site, or any associated system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Site or Service, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing;” (d) using the Site or Service to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services; (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or in any posting using the Service; or (f) attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by CKLA in providing the Site or Service. Any violation of system or network security may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.

13. INDEMNITY. You agree to indemnify CKLA for certain of your acts and omissions. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CKLA, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from your access to or use of the Site, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your infringement, or infringement by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. CKLA will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage, or cost.

14. COPYRIGHT; TRADEMARKS. All contents of Site or Service are: Copyright © 2013 325 West Café, Inc. d/b/a Central Kitchen. All rights reserved. “CENTRAL KITCHEN” and the stylized “CK” logo are trademarks and service marks of CKLA.

15. GOVERNING LAW. These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California, without reference to their rules regarding conflicts of law. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in Los Angeles County, California, USA in all disputes arising out of or related to the use of the Site or Service.

16. SEVERABILITY; WAIVER. If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any term or condition in these Terms of Use to be unenforceable, all other terms and conditions will remain unaffected and in full force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of these Terms of Use shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

17. NO LICENSE. Nothing contained on the Site should be understood as granting you a license to use any of the trademarks, service marks, or logos owned by Company or by any third party.

18. CALIFORNIA USE ONLY. The Site is controlled and operated by CKLA from its offices in the State of California. CKLA makes no representation that any of the materials or the services to which you have been given access are available or appropriate for use in other locations. Your use of or access to the Site should not be construed as CKLA’s purposefully availing itself of the benefits or privilege of doing business in any state or jurisdiction other than California.

19. MODIFICATIONS. CKLA may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, (a) revise these Terms of Use; (b) modify the Site and/or the Service; and (c) discontinue the Site and/or Service at any time. CKLA shall post any revision to these Terms of Use to the Site, and the revision shall be effective immediately on such posting. You agree to review these Terms of Use and other online policies posted on the Site periodically to be aware of any revisions. You agree that, by continuing to use or access the Site following notice of any revision, you shall abide by any such revision.

20. UNSOLICITED IDEA SUBMISSION POLICY.
CKLA or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, including ideas for new advertising campaigns, new promotions, new or improved products or menu items, product enhancements, processes, recipes, materials, marketing plans or new product names. Please do not send any original creative artwork, suggestions or other works. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes when CKLA’s products or marketing strategies might seem similar to ideas submitted to CKLA. So, please do not send your unsolicited ideas to CKLA or anyone at CKLA. If, despite our request that you not send us your ideas, you still send them, then regardless of what your letter says, the following terms shall apply to your idea submission. You agree that: (1) your ideas will automatically become the property of CKLA, without compensation to you, and (2) CKLA can use the ideas for any purpose and in any way, even give them to others. CKLA does, however, welcome your feedback regarding many areas of CKLA’s existing business. If you want to send us your feedback, and we hope that you do, simply use our “Contact Us” page. Please provide only specific feedback on CKLA’s existing products, services, or marketing strategies (do not include any ideas that CKLA policy will not permit it to accept or consider). It’s just one more way that CKLA can learn how to best satisfy your needs.

21. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. BY USING THE SERVICE OR ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF USE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.