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Trust & safety

How moderation, reporting, verification, and marketplace protections work for local preorder pickup.

Account verification

Buyers verify their phone number before placing orders. Cooks verify during onboarding. Verification helps reduce fake accounts and supports reliable pickup coordination.

Moderation

Kitchen Counter-Measures reviews cook applications before kitchens go live. Listings, storefronts, and user reports may be reviewed during pilot to reduce spam, misleading pages, and unsafe coordination.

Reporting unsafe behavior

Buyers and cooks can report harassment, unsafe pickups, misleading listings, repeated no-shows, suspicious behavior, food safety concerns, and abusive communication from a meal, kitchen page, or order.

Reports are reviewed by staff.

Misleading listings

Listings should use accurate photos, portions, pickup styles, and allergen information. Misleading descriptions or pickup details may be removed or lead to account review.

Repeated cancellations

If a cook needs to cancel or significantly change a pickup, they should update the customer through order coordination as quickly as possible. Repeated cancellations by cooks or buyers may lead to marketplace review.

Marketplace review systems

During pilot, moderation combines application review, listing tools, order coordination records, and user reports. We are building additional tooling for repeat-order trust and enhanced review workflows.

Trust quick answers

Does the public see my home address?
No. Public browse pages do not display full residential addresses. Customers typically receive detailed pickup instructions only after placing an order. Some cooks use public meetup locations and never expose a residential address at all.
Are all meals prepared in licensed kitchens?
Not always. Some meals may be prepared in home kitchens, while others may come from community or commercial kitchen spaces. Listings and disclosures help explain the preparation setting.