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Cookie Policy
Last updated: 8 October 2026
1. Overview
This Cookie Policy explains how Wellstead uses cookies and similar browser storage on wellstead.info. The site is an editorial food magazine and 7-day meal plan request funnel for Britain, with a London delivery request focus. Cookies help the website load reliably, remember preference choices and understand broad usage patterns without turning the experience into a heavy account system.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. Similar technologies include localStorage and sessionStorage. They can remember choices such as cookie consent, support essential security and help website owners understand whether visitors can use key pages, forms and navigation. Some cookies are set directly by the site you visit, while others may be connected to third-party services such as font or content delivery tools.
3. Essential cookies
Essential cookies and storage are used to make the website function. They may support page loading, form handling, security checks, consent recording and basic navigation. These items are not used to build a detailed profile of your food interests. Without them, the cookie banner, form flow, confirmation page or responsive menu may not work as intended.
4. Preference cookies
Preference storage remembers choices you make, such as dismissing the cookie banner. It may also support interface details, for example whether a panel has been opened during the current visit. Preference cookies help avoid asking the same question repeatedly and make the site feel calmer for returning visitors.
5. Measurement cookies
Measurement cookies, where used, help us understand broad patterns such as which pages are viewed most often, whether visitors reach the 7-day meal plan page, and how content like the Top 10 article supports meal planning. We use this kind of information in aggregate so we can improve layout, navigation and editorial usefulness. We do not need measurement cookies to receive a form submission.
6. Third-party resources
The website may load external resources such as Tailwind CSS via CDN and web fonts. These providers may receive technical information from your browser when their files are requested. Their handling is governed by their own terms and policies. We keep external resources limited to practical presentation needs and avoid unnecessary advertising scripts.
7. Your banner choices
The cookie banner gives three choices: Accept All, Partial and Functional. All three choices dismiss the banner and store your preference in localStorage. Accept All allows the broadest set of optional storage. Partial indicates a more limited preference. Functional keeps the experience focused on necessary and preference features. You can clear localStorage in your browser if you want the banner to appear again.
8. Browser controls
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Browser controls vary, but most let you remove cookies for a single website, block third-party cookies or clear all stored site data. Blocking every cookie may affect the menu, banner, form review or other interface features. If a form does not behave as expected after strict blocking, you can still contact us at [email protected].
9. Retention periods
Session storage may expire when the browser closes. Consent preferences may remain until you clear them or until we refresh the banner logic. Server logs connected to page requests may be retained for a limited period for security, maintenance and performance review. We aim to keep retention proportionate to the purpose.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy as the website evolves, as third-party resources change or as privacy expectations develop. The updated date at the top shows when the page was last revised. Continued use of the website after an update means the latest version applies to your later visits.
11. Contact
If you have questions about cookies or browser storage used by Wellstead, contact [email protected] or write to Wellstead, 17 Rosewood Avenue, Manchester, M1 6PL, Great Britain. We will review practical questions about the website and respond during business hours where a reply is needed.
12. How cookie choices affect the experience
If you choose Functional, the website should still let you read pages, open the menu, use accordions and submit forms. Some preference memory may be reduced. If you choose Partial, we may use a limited set of preference and measurement tools to improve the experience. If you choose Accept All, optional storage can support broader performance review and interface refinement. The choice is stored in your browser, so using another device, private browsing window or cleared browser profile may show the banner again.
13. Form use without optional cookies
The forms are built to submit directly to thank-you.php with a standard post request. Optional cookies are not required for a successful submission. JavaScript may improve the review step, update the seven-day strip and validate required fields before sending, but the native form route remains a physical page. If scripts are blocked, you can still provide the required details and submit the request to the confirmation page.
14. Managing localStorage
Our cookie banner stores the selected choice in localStorage under a small site-specific key. LocalStorage is controlled by your browser, not by a separate account with Wellstead. You can remove it by clearing site data for wellstead.info. Removing it does not delete form messages already submitted to us; it only resets browser-side preference memory for later visits.
15. Policy review
We review cookie use when we change the website, add a feature, update styling resources or adjust how the plan request flow works. If a new optional tool is added, we aim to describe it in plain English and keep the banner choice meaningful. The goal is a fast, readable food magazine experience, not unnecessary tracking.