Terms of Service — SmartSkaffi

Welcome to SmartSkaffi. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and TEL Management Group LLC, a Kansas limited liability company (“TEL Management,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and govern your use of the SmartSkaffi mobile app (the “App”) and the smartskaffi.com website (together, the “Service”).

By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service. Please also read our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle your information.

A note before you start: Section 14 contains an arbitration clause and class-action waiver that affects how disputes between us are resolved. Please read it carefully.

1. What SmartSkaffi is

SmartSkaffi is a shared pantry and meal-planning app. Its features include: pantry inventory tracking; barcode scanning (looked up against the Open Food Facts public database); Recipe Capture (photographing a physical recipe so it can be parsed into your recipe library); grocery lists, including automatic “Gap-Fill” suggestions; meal planning; shared Households; and optional grocery-retailer integrations (currently Kroger, with Walmart planned) that match grocery items to retailer products and can push items to your cart.

V1 of the App is free to use. There are no ads, in-app purchases, or subscriptions. We fund the Service through an affiliate commission on Walmart purchases made through the App's grocery-ordering feature (see Section 8) — not through advertising or selling your data.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. If you are under 18, you may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian. By using the Service, you represent that you meet these requirements.

3. Your account

You're responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity under your account.
Give us accurate account information and keep it up to date.
Notify us at hello@smartskaffi.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.
Account deletion is permanent and irreversible. If you delete your account, it cannot be restored, and your personal data is deleted as described in the Privacy Policy. If you belong to a shared Household, deletion works through the Leave/Replicate process described in Section 4 and the Privacy Policy — it isn't always immediate. Please be certain before deleting.

4. Households

You can create a Household or join one by invitation. Members of a Household share its inventory, grocery lists, recipes, and meal planner. Everything you add to a Household is visible to every other member.
Each Household has one Owner. The Owner can transfer ownership to another Household member at any time, and must do so before leaving the Household themselves.
As a regular member (including a former Owner who has just transferred ownership away), leaving a Household gives you a choice: Replicate — take a copy of the Household's current recipes and inventory with you into a new, independent Household that you name and own — or leave without a copy. Leaving without a copy is also how account deletion works while you're part of a shared Household (see the Privacy Policy).
Leaving a Household, with or without a copy, removes your access to the old Household's shared data — it does not delete that data for the members who remain.
Only invite people you actually want to share your pantry and recipes with. We're not responsible for what other Household members do with content you've shared with them.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Break the law or violate anyone else's rights while using the Service;
Upload content you don't have the right to use (see Section 6);
Upload anything unlawful, infringing, or malicious (including malware);
Attempt to access other users' accounts or data, or probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service;
Interfere with or disrupt the Service, or use automated means (bots, scrapers) to access it other than through the App itself;
Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the App, except where the law says we can't stop you;
Misuse any linked retailer integration (Kroger, Walmart, or others), including any attempt to manipulate affiliate commissions or place unauthorized orders;
Use the Service to build a competing product or resell access to it.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules (see Section 13).

6. Your content (recipes, photos, and other things you add)

Your content stays yours. You keep all ownership rights in the recipes, photos, inventory entries, and other content you add to the Service (“User Content”).

License to us. So that we can actually run the Service, you grant TEL Management Group LLC a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, process, reproduce, and display your User Content — solely for the purpose of operating, providing, and improving the Service (for example: storing your recipe photo, sending it to our vision/AI parsing service to extract the recipe, and displaying the resulting recipe to you and your Household members). This license ends when your content is deleted from the Service, except for residual backup copies that are purged in the ordinary course.

Your responsibility. You represent and warrant that you have the necessary rights to any content you capture, upload, or store through the Service. Recipe Capture is designed for recipes you have the right to keep for personal use — a family recipe card, a recipe you wrote down, a page from a cookbook you own, used for your own household cooking. Do not use Recipe Capture to systematically copy and redistribute copyrighted works (for example, photographing an entire cookbook to share broadly). You — not TEL Management — are responsible for the content you add.

No draft state. Captured recipes become live in your library (and visible to your Household) immediately. Review what you capture.

7. Copyright complaints (DMCA)

We respect intellectual property rights and expect users to do the same. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated copyright contact:

Copyright Agent, TEL Management Group LLC
12224 S Rene St
Olathe, KS 66062
Email: hello@smartskaffi.com

Your notice should include: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed; (b) identification of the material claimed to be infringing and enough information for us to locate it; (c) your contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature.

We will review and respond to valid notices, which may include removing or disabling access to the identified material and, for repeat infringers, terminating accounts. If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send us a counter-notice with equivalent detail and we will handle it in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

8. Third-party services

The Service relies on third-party services we don't control. Only account holders 18 or older may link a retailer account (Kroger, Walmart, or others) or complete a purchase through the App — if you're under 18, ask a parent or guardian to handle the checkout step.

Open Food Facts. Product information and nutrition classifications (Nutri-Score, NOVA) come from Open Food Facts, a free public database maintained by volunteers. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of this data. Product details, photos, and scores may be wrong or out of date.
Walmart. The Walmart integration uses Walmart's Affiliate Marketing API. Product availability, pricing, sizing, images, and descriptions come from Walmart and may be cached, delayed, or inaccurate by the time you view them — the price and availability shown at Walmart's own checkout control, not what the App displays. Product matching, substitutions, and Gap-Fill suggestions are automated suggestions only: we do not warrant that any match, substitution, or Gap-Fill suggestion is correct, and a suggested product may differ from what you intended in brand, size, quantity, variety, or formulation — including ingredients and allergens. You are solely responsible for reviewing your cart on Walmart's platform, and actual product labels, before you buy (see Section 9). Any purchase you make happens on Walmart's platform, under Walmart's own terms and privacy policy. We are not a party to your purchase, are not Walmart's agent (or vice versa), and are not responsible for Walmart's products, pricing, fulfillment, delivery, substitutions made by Walmart, returns, refunds, recalls, or customer service — any issue with a Walmart order must be resolved with Walmart. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Walmart integration at any time without liability to you. Sections 10, 11, and 12 apply fully to the Walmart integration. Walmart is a trademark of its owner and Walmart does not sponsor or endorse the App.
Kroger. The Kroger integration uses Kroger's own Products, Locations, and Cart APIs through Kroger's official account-authorization flow — we never scrape or access Kroger's systems by any unauthorized means. Product availability, pricing, and stock levels come from Kroger and may be cached, delayed, or inaccurate by the time you view them — the price and availability shown at Kroger's own checkout control, not what the App displays. By linking your Kroger account, you authorize SmartSkaffi to act as your agent to add items to your Kroger cart on your behalf; you are responsible for reviewing your cart and completing checkout on Kroger's platform. Any purchase you make happens on Kroger's platform, under Kroger's own terms and privacy policy. We are not a party to your purchase, are not Kroger's agent (or vice versa), and are not responsible for Kroger's products, pricing, fulfillment, delivery, substitutions, returns, refunds, recalls, or customer service — any issue with a Kroger order must be resolved with Kroger. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Kroger integration at any time without liability to you; Kroger may also independently limit, suspend, or revoke our access to its API at its own discretion, which could interrupt the integration without notice from us. Sections 10, 11, and 12 apply fully to the Kroger integration. Kroger is a trademark of its owner and Kroger does not sponsor or endorse the App. SmartSkaffi does not currently earn a commission on purchases made through the Kroger integration, but may do so in the future if Kroger offers an affiliate or referral program — any such relationship will be disclosed here.
Affiliate disclosure (FTC). In plain terms: TEL Management Group LLC may earn a commission on qualifying purchases made through Walmart links or cart features in the App. This doesn't change the price you pay. We tell you this because we believe in being upfront, and because the FTC requires clear disclosure of affiliate relationships.
Vision/AI parsing. Recipe Capture uses Anthropic's Claude API to extract text from your photos. Parsing may contain errors — always review extracted recipes (especially quantities) before relying on them. As with any AI-assisted feature, don't rely on AI-extracted output to make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects on you or anyone else.

9. Not medical or dietary advice

Nutrition scores, classifications, and any food-related information in the App are informational only and are not medical, health, nutritional, or dietary advice. They come from third-party sources and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Always check actual product labels — especially for allergens — and consult a qualified professional for health or dietary decisions. Never rely on the App for allergy, medical, or safety-critical information.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT ANY DATA (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT AND NUTRITION DATA) WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (d) BELOW:

(a) NO INDIRECT DAMAGES. TEL MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS (THE “COMPANY PARTIES”) WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTION, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY — CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE — EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

(b) AGGREGATE CAP. THE COMPANY PARTIES' TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE AMOUNTS YOU ACTUALLY PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (ii) ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS (US $100). THIS CAP IS AGGREGATE ACROSS ALL CLAIMS AND ALL COMPANY PARTIES, NOT PER CLAIM OR PER INCIDENT; THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE IT.

(c) AGREED REMEDY. YOU AND WE AGREE THAT THE US $100 MINIMUM IN SUBSECTION (b) IS A GENUINE, BARGAINED-FOR REMEDY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU EVEN THOUGH THE V1 SERVICE IS FREE OF CHARGE, AND THAT THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION REFLECT A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK AND ARE A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND US — WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER THE SERVICE WITHOUT CHARGE ON ANY OTHER BASIS.

(d) WHAT THIS SECTION DOES NOT LIMIT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION LIMITS OR EXCLUDES LIABILITY FOR (i) A COMPANY PARTY'S OWN FRAUD OR WILLFUL OR WANTON MISCONDUCT, OR (ii) ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED, INCLUDING ANY NON-WAIVABLE RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE UNDER THE KANSAS CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE CONSUMER-PROTECTION LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU; IN THAT CASE, THE COMPANY PARTIES' LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PERMITS.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless TEL Management Group LLC and its members, managers, employees, and agents from third-party claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of: (a) your User Content, including any claim that it infringes someone else's rights; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party in connection with your use of the Service; or (d) your purchase, receipt, use, or consumption of products ordered from Kroger, Walmart, or any other third party through or in connection with the App, including any fulfillment, delivery, substitution, or product-quality issue. We may assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you (at our expense as to defense costs we choose to incur), in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense and not to settle any such matter without our written consent.

13. Termination

By you: You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time. Deletion is permanent (Section 3).
By us: We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the Service. Where practical, we'll give you notice.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Section 6's license during retention, and Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15) survive.

14. Dispute resolution — arbitration and governing law

Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court and to participate in a class action. This is a standard arbitration clause, but “standard” doesn't mean unimportant — it's one of the clauses most worth having a lawyer explain to you. You can opt out of arbitration within 30 days (see below).

Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules — except that this Section 14's arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
Informal resolution first (required). Before starting arbitration or any court proceeding, the party with the dispute must send the other an individualized written notice describing the dispute and the relief sought, personally signed by the party (for you: to hello@smartskaffi.com from your account email, with your name; for us: to your account email). Both parties must then make a good-faith attempt to resolve the dispute for 60 days. This is a condition precedent to arbitration. Any applicable statute of limitations is tolled during the 60-day window.
Binding arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service that isn't resolved informally will be settled by binding individual arbitration before a single arbitrator, administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules (and, where applicable, its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules), rather than in court. The arbitration will be conducted in Kansas or, at your option, remotely (by phone, video, or written submissions) or in your home county, as the AAA rules allow. The arbitrator may award the same individual relief a court could award to an individual, and must follow these Terms as a court would. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
Who decides what. The arbitrator — not a court — has exclusive authority to resolve all threshold disputes about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, except that a court, not the arbitrator, decides any dispute about the enforceability or scope of the class-action waiver below.
Efficient proceedings. Both parties agree the arbitrator should conduct the proceeding efficiently and limit information exchange to what is necessary and proportionate to the individual claims, consistent with the AAA rules.
Fees and costs. Filing fees, administrative fees, and arbitrator compensation are allocated as the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules provide. Each party bears its own attorneys' fees and costs, except where applicable law or the AAA rules authorize the arbitrator to award them — and if the arbitrator determines that a claim or defense was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (judged by the standards of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)), the arbitrator may reallocate fees and costs as the AAA rules permit.
Confidentiality. You and we agree that the arbitration proceeding, all filings and evidence exchanged in it, and the award are confidential, except as needed to enforce or challenge the award, to comply with law or a regulator, or to pursue the informal-resolution process above. This does not restrict either party from discussing the underlying facts of the dispute.
Exceptions. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court in the county where you live (or Johnson County, Kansas) if it qualifies there, and either party may seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual-property rights or to stop unauthorized access to or abuse of the Service, without waiving arbitration of the underlying merits.
Class-action waiver. Disputes will be resolved on an individual basis only. You and TEL Management Group LLC each waive the right to participate in a class action, class arbitration, consolidated proceeding, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any form of class or representative proceeding without both parties' written consent.
Coordinated filings. If 25 or more arbitration demands with material similarities are filed against us by or with the assistance of the same or coordinated counsel or organizations, the AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules apply, and the parties agree to a staged process: up to 20 demands (10 selected by each side) proceed first as bellwether arbitrations; the parties then engage in a global mediation informed by those results; remaining demands are tolled (including all applicable statutes of limitations and the fees otherwise due on them) until the bellwether-and-mediation stage concludes, after which any unresolved demands may proceed under the AAA rules. If a court or arbitrator finds this staging provision unenforceable, the remaining demands proceed under the AAA Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules, and the rest of this Section 14 stands.
Time to file. Except where applicable law does not permit this limit, any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service must be filed (in arbitration or small claims court, as applicable) within one (1) year after the claim accrues, or it is permanently barred. The informal-resolution tolling above applies.
Venue for non-arbitrable matters; jury waiver. For any matter not subject to arbitration, you and we consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Kansas, and each party knowingly and voluntarily waives its right to a trial by jury to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement (including the class-action waiver) by emailing hello@smartskaffi.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with your name, account email, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.
Severability. If any part of this Section 14 other than the class-action waiver is found unenforceable, it will be severed and the rest of this Section applies. If the class-action waiver itself is found unenforceable as to a particular dispute, then this arbitration agreement does not apply to that dispute (see Section 17).

15. App store terms

Apple App Store

If you downloaded the App from Apple's App Store, the following also applies:

These Terms are between you and TEL Management Group LLC only — Apple is not a party to these Terms and does not own or is not responsible for the App.
Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support for the App.
Apple provides no warranty for the App. To the extent any warranty exists that isn't disclaimed, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any) to you; Apple has no other warranty obligation.
Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the App, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to legal or regulatory requirements, and consumer-protection or similar claims.
In the event of a third-party claim that the App infringes intellectual-property rights, TEL Management Group LLC — not Apple — is responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as “terrorist supporting,” and are not on any US Government prohibited or restricted parties list.
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
You must also comply with any applicable third-party terms (such as your wireless carrier's terms) when using the App.

Google Play

If you downloaded the App from Google Play, your use of the App must also comply with the Google Play Terms of Service. These Terms are between you and TEL Management Group LLC only; Google is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the App or its content.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we'll notify you through the App or by email and update the “Last updated” date. Continuing to use the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, stop using the Service and delete your account.

17. Everything else (the miscellaneous section)

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service.
If part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies (except that if the class-action waiver in Section 14 is found unenforceable, the arbitration agreement as a whole shall not apply to that dispute).
Our failure to enforce a provision isn't a waiver of it.
You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control.
You consent to receive communications from us electronically (through the App or by email), and agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a notice or agreement be in writing.

18. Contact

TEL Management Group LLC
Email: hello@smartskaffi.com