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A website has been established to inform customers of their rights under a Chipotle non-GMO class action settlement.
While the website is live, it is not accepting claims yet. Top Class Actions will provide claim filing instructions as soon as they become available.
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Chipotle agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with customers who claimed that the restaurant chain’s “non-GMO” advertisements are false and misleading, saying that Chipotle products did indeed contain GMOs.
The settlement deal was given preliminary approval on Sept. 11, 2019.
The website notes that there is no money available now, and no guarantee that there will be in the future. However, the proposed settlement deal would provide benefits to customers if it is granted final approval.
The Chipotle non-GMO settlement deal explains that Chipotle has agreed to a settlement, even though the company still maintains that it did nothing wrong. The company and the customers have agreed to a settlement deal to avoid the costs and risks of continuing to pursue litigation over the non-GMO class action lawsuit.
Per the terms of the proposed settlement deal, eligible Class Members may receive $2 cash for each qualifying purchase. For customers who do not have proof of purchase, they are limited to five refunds. Customers who do have proof of purchase can receive $2 for up to 10 qualifying purchases. Each qualifying household is capped at 15 meals.
Class Members include Chipotle customers who bought Chipotle food containing meat and dairy ingredients in a Chipotle restaurant in California, Maryland, or New York between April 27, 2015 and June 30, 2016.
Customers’ attorneys had a positive reaction to the settlement deal, claiming that the recovery is “quite good considering the limited damage available to each class member at trial, and the ease of fling a claim for up to $10 without proof of purchase.”
More information is available by calling KCC Class Action Services at 1-855-336-4146.
Did you base your Chipotle purchases on the belief that the food contained no GMOs? Tell us your experience in the comment section below.
The plaintiffs are represented by Matthew B. George, Mario M. Choi, Frederic S. Fox, Laurence D. King and Donald R. Hall of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, and Matthew I. Menchel and Hartley M. K. West of Kobre & Kim LLP.
The Chipotle Non-GMO Class Action Lawsuit is Martin Schneider, et al. v. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., Case No. 4:16-cv-02200, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
UPDATE: On Feb. 4, 2020, a judge granted preliminary approval of a settlement between Chipotle and its customers, ending claims that the chain restaurant falsely advertised its food as “GMO free.”
UPDATE 2: April 2020, the Chipotle non-gmo class action settlement is now open. Click here to file a claim.
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565 thoughts onChipotle Non-GMO Settlement Website is Established
Can’t believe ANYTHING these days!!
Add me
I believe that healthy food. My son and whit eat there’s
Include me… my daughter has autism and eats foods that are not GMO. I would buy and eat food for her and my family with the understanding that the food and marketing were honoring to the public. Please include us.
NonGMO was a great deal of the reason I even ate there. Not happy!!!
During 2015 and 2016 I purchased Chipotle for my brother in Bethesda Maryland. He was housebound and ill. I thought I was bringing him healthy non GMO meals and it turns out I was not. There might be receipts in his estate paperwork but it pains me to go through those papers. Thank you for reading my comment.
Please add my name
Sour cream on everything. Liars.
Include me
please add my name
Always cheese, sour cream, on all my lunches. now we know.