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Starbucks has agreed to pay $365,000 to resolve allegations that customers overpaid for two of its breakfast sandwiches at California store locations.
If you bought either a Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich or a Sausage and Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich from a Starbucks in California between April and August 2015, you could get 25¢ per sandwich from this class action settlement.
The class action lawsuit filed by plaintiff Sarah Martin in May 2015, alleged that Starbucks displayed the advertised price of the two sandwiches as lower than what the customer was actually charged.
Martin says that the Reduced Fat Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich was marked as $3.45 but she was charged $3.75. The plaintiff further claimed that the Sausage and Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich was advertised as $3.25 but she paid $3.45.
Although a relatively small amount, Martin alleged that the difference in price per sandwich added up to a significant amount when multiplied by the number of sales throughout the state of California.
Under the terms of the settlement, Class Members will receive 25¢ per sandwich purchased at a company-owned Starbucks California location between April and August 2015.
Those who wish to object or exclude themselves from the Starbucks class action settlement must do so no later than Dec. 22, 2016.
Starbucks continues to deny the allegations but decided to settle the class action to avoid the expense and inconvenience of further litigation.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members include all individuals who bought a Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich or a Sausage & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich at a company-owned Starbucks store between Apr. 28, 2015 and Aug. 17, 2015.
Claims Administrator Note: “This issue only occurred at company-owned Starbucks stores and did not affect licensed Starbucks stores (i.e., those located on or in grocery stores, including but not limited to Vons/Safeway, Albertsons, Ralph’s, Target stores, hotels, college campuses, and airport terminals).”
Potential Award
25¢ per breakfast sandwich.
Class Members who purchased Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon or Sausage & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwiches using a Starbucks Rewards account do not need to file a Claim Form they will automatically receive an electronic coupon code.
Those individuals who purchased one of the Class sandwiches NOT connected to a Starbucks Rewards account can still receive 25¢ per sandwich if they submit a valid and timely Claim Form along with a receipt or other proof of purchase.
Class Members who cannot provide a proof of purchase but confirm under penalty of perjury that they purchased one of sandwiches during the Class period may file a Claim Form to receive one 50¢ Starbucks store credit.
The electronic coupon code will expire 90 days after it is issued.
Proof of Purchase
Class Members who purchased a breakfast sandwich using their Starbucks Rewards account do not need to submit a Claim Form or proof of purchase. Class Members who bought one of the Starbucks sandwiches without a rewards account will need to provide a receipt along with a Claim Form in order to receive 25¢ per item.
Those who file a Claim Form without a receipt will receive one 50¢ Starbucks store credit.
Claim Form Deadline
12/22/2016
Case Name
Sarah Martin, et al. v. Starbucks Corp., et al., Case No. BC582335, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles
Final Hearing
1/23/2017
Settlement Website
www.BreakfastSandwichSettlement.com
Claims Administrator
Sarah Martin v. Starbucks Corporation
c/o Heffler Claims Group
PO Box 59388
Philadelphia, PA 19102-9388
1-855-486-7369
Class Counsel
George S. Azadian
Ani Azadian
AZADIAN LAW GROUP PC
Defense Counsel
Frank C. Rothrock
Naoki Kaneko
SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP
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32 thoughts onCalifornia Starbucks Breakfast Sandwich Class Action Settlement
We need to take our letters to starbucks and demand whats ours.
Link doesn’t work, scammers. I say we all go straight to starbucks and demand our cut.
Link doesn’t work, you cannot contact a real human at the number they provided and the website for the actual claim is dead as well. This seems like it should create another class action settlement for not resolving this one as zero percent of the claims will be issued due to the invalid link.
Agreed! My link doesn’t work either, and cannot speak to anyone online. What a JOKE.
I received the letter and the link does not work. They also did not put on my rewards card like the letter said. Seems we all have the same issue. Maybe another class actions. I am responding to them on a copy of my letter.
Hi: I received a letter stating “Your Refund has Arrived” with a ridiculously long URL that resolved to “Page Not Found”.
I called “Heffler Claims Group” at the above #: 1-855-486-7369
This # has a recorded message saying that it’s been disconnected.
So I went to http://www.breakfastsandwichsettlement.com/
There I got an error message: Resource Not FoundThe resource you were looking for could not be found
I assume that the lawfirm has been paid and done a deal with Starbucks to ensure that nobody else receives any compensation?
Thanks in advance for investigating this ….
You can try contacting the settlement administrator directly: https://www.hefflerclaims.com/. You can also contact class counsel regarding the issue. Counsel is listed in this article and can be Googled for contact information. Hopefully this will be resolved quickly!
@TopClassActions: thank you for the diligent reply. There is no working contact information at https://www.hefflerclaims.com/. Is it really possible that this is by design ie they have done some kind of backdoor deal with Starbucks not to pay out the settlement? Is there a regulatory body or .org that investigates this kind of thing?
Thanks again for your trojan work in this space!
Yes, it’s unfortunate that the issue has not been resolved. We recommend contacting class counsel to see if you can get a response. Good luck, and please keep us posted!
RECEIVED LINK FOR COUPON.COULD NOT ACCESS COUPON…..SAD
HERE WE GO ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE TO GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT. TYPICAL STARBUCKS PAYOUT. YOU WILL WAIT TILL DOOMSDAY —- AND THEY HOPE YOU FORGET ABOUT IT —-NO ONE TO TALK TO.
WHEN WILL WE GET THE REFUND. LOOKS LIKE A SCAM. LINK DOES NOT WORK. CUSTOMER SERVICE SAID TO GO TO INFOSTARBUCKS.COM AND THAT DOESN’T WORK EITHER. RIDICULOUS. THEY DON’T WANT TO PAY——-SO STALL STALL STALL AND THEY HOPE YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT IT
Shame on the settlement administrator for not distributing the settlement properly, ridiculously long URL and it doesn’t even work.
Received the settlement URL link… and it doesnt work. Called and the guy in the machine goes on and on repeting the settlement details but gives no explenation how to redeem the refund! ?