What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data (text files) that a website uses to store small pieces of information, such as your login information, location or language preferences.

When you visit a website, it asks your browser to store this information on your device. The aim of these cookies is to help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.

From time to time we may also use third-party cookies (these are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting). These are used for our marketing efforts.

More information on the types of cookies we use are below.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. You can set your internet browser to alert you to these cookies or block them completely however, this will result in some or all parts of the site not working. These cookies allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. Ordinarily these only set as a response to service actions you have carried out i.e. these cookies allow you to log-in to your account, add products to your basket, and checkout securely. These cookies do not collect or store any personally identifiable information.

Statistics: These cookies allow us to track site visits and the traffic sources of those visits. They store information such as, the number of visitors to the website, what number of those are unique visitors, which pages of the website are most and least visited, how visitors navigate the site etc. The data we collect then helps us to improve our website by allowing us to better understand and analyse how well our website is working for the customer journey and where there is need for update or improvement. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous. Not allowing these cookies means that we will not be aware of when you visited our website and we will not be able to monitor the site performance.

Marketing: These cookies are set through our site via the advertisements we display. These cookies may be used by those companies to build a profile based on your interests and to personalize the advertisements that are relevant to you that you see on other sites. These cookies also help us keep track the efficiency of these ad campaigns to better inform our website offering in future. These cookies do not store directly personal information, however are based on the unique identifier of your internet device or browser. These cookies are options and by not allowing you will experience advertising that is less targeted and relevant to you.

Functional: These are cookies that enable enhanced personalisation and functionality. They help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms. If you choose not to allow these types of cookies, then some or all services may function less than intended.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

How do we use cookies?

As with most online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function correctly, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing relevant advertisements, and generally providing you with a better and improved user experience in order to help speed up your future interactions with our website.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences.

For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Your consent applies to the following domains: Mudwallsfoodgroup.co.uk

How can I control the cookie preferences?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Cookie Policy” page from the footer. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.