Cookie Policy

Cookies. Sadly, Not the Chocolate Chip Kind.

If you've arrived here expecting biscuits, we're afraid this page is about the digital variety.

Our website uses cookies to help it work properly, remember your preferences and occasionally stop it having the online equivalent of forgetting where it left its keys. The good news? They don't contain raisins.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember things like:

• What's in your basket.
• Whether you've confirmed you're over 18.
• Your cookie preferences.
• Which pages you've visited.
• Whether you've already clicked "No thanks" to our newsletter for the fifth time.

They're completely harmless and can't drink your wine.

Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies to make shopping easier and improve your experience. Without them…

• Your basket would keep forgetting what you wanted.
• You'd have to confirm your age every time you changed pages.
• The website would be about as organised as a wine rack after Christmas.

Nobody wants that.

🍷 Essential Cookies

These keep the website running. They help with:

• Shopping basket
• Checkout
• Logging in
• Security
• Age verification
• Saving your preferences

Without these, the website would have a bit of a meltdown. These cookies cannot be switched off.

📊 Analytics Cookies

These tell us things like:

• Which pages people visit.
• Which products are popular.
• Whether anyone actually reads our terrible jokes.

We use this information to improve the website. Everything is anonymous. We're interested in trends, not stalking Dave from Derby.

🎯 Marketing Cookies

These help us show relevant adverts. For example: if you've spent twenty minutes looking at gin… you might later see adverts featuring gin. Not because we're watching you. Because computers are weird.

Third-Party Cookies

Some trusted companies may also place cookies on your device, including services such as:

• Google Analytics
• Google Ads
• Google Merchant Center
• Shopify
• Stripe
• Facebook / Instagram (if advertising is enabled)

These companies have their own privacy policies explaining how they use information.

Managing Cookies

You're in control. When you first visit our website, you can choose which optional cookies you'd like to accept. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings.

Just bear in mind… turning off essential cookies is a bit like removing the wheels from a shopping trolley. Technically possible. Not particularly useful.

Age Verification Cookie

If you confirm you're over 18, we'll remember that for around 30 days so we don't ask every time you visit. We trust you. Mostly.

How Long Do Cookies Last?

Some disappear as soon as you close your browser. Others stay a little longer so they can remember your preferences the next time you visit. They don't live forever. Unlike that bottle of advocaat in your grandparents' cupboard.

Questions?

If you'd like to know more about how we use cookies, get in touch. 📧 cheers@thebargainbottleshop.com. We'll happily explain. Probably without mentioning biscuits again.