Kroger has agreed to a $17,000,000 settlement of a lawsuit over how it reported prices on prescription drugs, and insured customers have until December 21, 2026 to submit a claim form. The class covers people who paid for a Kroger prescription between December 9, 2018 and August 23, 2026, according to the long-form court notice.
The case is Kirkbride et al. v. The Kroger Co., No. 2:21-cv-00022, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Kroger “denies any wrongdoing and maintains that it correctly reported its retail prices as its U&C prices,” the notice says, and the settlement makes no finding of liability.
Who counts as an insured Kroger customer?
The class is made up of individuals in the United States and its territories who, at any point from December 9, 2018 through August 23, 2026, paid in whole or in part for prescription drugs at Kroger using insurance. The notice does not widen the group to every Kroger shopper. The insurance payment is what puts a customer in the class.
The lawsuit centers on Kroger’s Savings Club, a program with special prices for members who elected to join and pay an annual membership fee. The notice does not formally define the club.
What does a Kroger shopper have to do by December 21?
Anyone who filled an insured prescription at Kroger in those years has one task before the claim deadline: submit a claim form, which the notice says must be done “by December 21, 2026.” The settlement website, krogersavingsclubsettlement.com, is where the administrator takes claims, and its toll-free line is (888) 535-4262.
Claimants whose total claimed amount is $8,000 or more must provide documentation of their Kroger prescription payments, the notice says. Claimants below that figure may be asked for documentation if they are not on the administrator’s list of known purchasers.
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The dates on the Kroger notice
Mail goes to the Kroger Savings Club Litigation Settlement administrator at 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103, according to the notice. The same notice lists the case number and the court, so any letter sent in carries the details a clerk needs.
The claim deadline is not the only date. A letter asking to be excluded from the settlement must be postmarked no later than October 22, 2026, which is tomorrow, and objections to the settlement are due the same day.
The court’s fairness hearing is set for January 11, 2027 at 10 a.m. Eastern, before Judge Algenon L. Marbley at the U.S. Courthouse, 85 Marconi Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio. The notice says the date and time may change. Claims are due weeks before the judge decides whether to approve the deal.
How the $17 million is divided
The notice says the Net Settlement Fund “will be shared by all Settlement Class Members who submit valid claims.” Each claimant’s share is pro rata, based on that person’s Recognized Claim relative to all claims filed, so the payment depends on how many people claim and how much each spent.
The $17,000,000 is not all payable to class members. Class Counsel will ask for fees “not to exceed one third of the Settlement Fund,” plus costs not to exceed $610,325.71, and the named plaintiffs can receive service awards capped at $5,000 each. Those amounts come out before the Net Settlement Fund is split.
No per-person figure has been announced. The notice does not give one, and the final amount will not be known until the claims are counted and the court approves the settlement.
Filled an insured Kroger prescription by December 21?
The Kroger notice carries four dates that matter: October 22 for exclusion and objection, December 21 for claims, January 11 for the fairness hearing, and the payment that follows approval. A claim filed after December 21 is outside the window, and a letter missing the October 22 postmark is a different choice altogether.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System teaches the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice and walks through a step-by-step filing, then gives a claim log and payment tracker for the Kroger claim and every other open settlement. It includes a 5-tab Excel tracker pre-filled with all 51 state unclaimed-property offices.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
