8 ON YOUR SIDE: Buy groceries at Walmart? You may be eligible for a class action settlement payment

8 ON YOUR SIDE: If you purchased some weighted groceries or bagged fruit at Walmart in recent years, you may be eligible for a cash payment from a class action settlement.

The class action, which was filed in October 2022, alleges that Walmart shoppers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico who purchased certain sold-by-weight meat and seafood as well as select citrus sold in bulk bags paid more than the lowest price advertised in stores.

Walmart has denied any wrongdoing — but agreed to pay $45 million to settle the litigation. That means that impacted consumers can now submit claims for cash payments.

Customers who bought eligible items from Oct, 19, 2018, through January 19, 2024, could be eligible for a cash payment.

The amount depends on what was bought.

According to CNN, they include:

• $10 without a receipt, but a shopper can attest to buying up to 50 weighted goods and/or bagged citrus in-person in a Walmart store during the settlement class period.
• $15 without a receipt or other proof of purchase, but they can attest to buying from 51 up to 75 weighted goods and/or bagged citrus.
• $20 without receipts or proof of purchase, but they can attest to buying from 76 up to 100 weighted goods and/or bagged citrus.
• $25 without receipts or proof of purchase but attest to buying 101 or more weighted goods and/or bagged citrus.
• Up to $500 with receipts or other proof of purchase of each weighted goods and/or bagged citrus purchased in a Walmart store during the settlement class period, customers will receive 2% of “the total cost of the substantiated Weighted Goods and Bagged Citrus Purchased,” up to $500.

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File a claim by clicking here

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