PLATFORM COMPLIANCE

Kitchen ID Cancellation & Deboarding Policy

Ensuring customer safety, food hygiene, public trust, and operational fairness across our decentralized kitchen network.

Merchant Accountability Notice

"Bhoji connects buyers with local kitchen sellers. As an independent seller on our platform, food quality, hygiene, pricing, and fulfillment speed are strictly your responsibility. Delivering great food on time builds your kitchen's reputation; failing to meet customer expectations impacts your business directly."

1. Administrative & Zero-Tolerance Deboarding Conditions

Bhoji maintains a Strict Zero-Tolerance Policy for violations affecting customer health, public safety, legal compliance, or financial integrity. In any of the following cases, Bhoji reserves the absolute right to permanently deboard the Kitchen Partner without prior notice, explanation, or hearing:

1. Food Adulteration

Mixing, substituting, or using contaminated, expired, counterfeit, unsafe, unhygienic, or legally prohibited food ingredients.

2. Compromise with Hygiene & Quality

Failure to maintain kitchen cleanliness, staff hygiene, safe packaging, or repeatedly serving spoiled / unpalatable meals.

3. Illegal Goods & Prohibited Activities

Dealing in illegal goods, prohibited meat/food items, narcotic substances, intoxicants, or counterfeit products through delivery packages.

4. Cheating, Fraud & Misrepresentation

Generating fake orders, forging documents (Aadhaar/PAN/FSSAI), identity misrepresentation, payment fraud, or system manipulation.

Consequences of Zero-Tolerance Deboarding:
  • Permanent PAN Ban: Owner PAN Card and Aadhaar permanently banned from future kitchen re-registration.
  • Balance Forfeiture: Complete forfeiture of pending ledger earnings, reserves, and escrow wallet balance.
  • Zero Refund: Subscription fees are strictly non-refundable in cases of zero-tolerance administrative deboarding.

2. Operational & Performance Deboarding Guidelines

Applicable After Trial Period & 1 Year Paid Subscription Moratorium

To allow partner kitchens adequate time to incubate and stabilize, the operational performance standards below apply after trial period and 1 year paid subscription moratorium.

Because kitchen slots per Panchayat / Ward are strictly limited, Kitchen IDs must remain active, reliable, and compliant. After the moratorium period, a Kitchen ID may be placed under review, temporary hold, or permanently deboarded under the following operational performance guidelines:

1. Multiple Bad Customer Feedback:

If bad reviews and customer complaints cross 30% of total order numbers, the kitchen will be placed under review and may be deboarded.

2. Non-Regular Operations (>65 Days Closed):

If kitchen remains closed for more than 65 days in a year (instead of 100 days), or unannounced prolonged closures, the kitchen will be placed under review and may be deboarded.

3. Failure to Meet Minimum Business Volume:

If sales are less than the monthly minimum of 25 times the average monthly subscription fees in any 4 months of the last 12 months, the kitchen will be placed under review and consulted for growth. If no growth is found, we may deboard the kitchen.

4. Non-Payment of Subscription Dues:

Failure to renew subscription dues after expiration of the 15-day grace period.

5. Platform Bypass:

Attempting to bypass the platform by taking direct customer orders outside the Bhoji ordering system after discovering customer leads.

6. Negative Publicity:

Engaging in malicious public statements or actions causing brand reputational damage to the Bhoji platform or fellow partner kitchens.

3. Kitchen ID Transfer & Business Exit Resale Options

Limited-Slot License Transfer Policy

"Your Bhoji Kitchen ID represents a limited-slot license. If you choose to exit your business, you may transfer or sell your Kitchen ID directly to a new owner. Bhoji solely facilitates the administrative transfer and account re-assignment; all valuation, pricing negotiations, and payment terms are strictly a private agreement between the outgoing and incoming owners."

Maintain High Quality, Grow Your Kitchen Asset

Follow our 10 Best Practices to ensure excellent customer ratings and lifetime kitchen slot security.