{"id":11035,"date":"2026-04-17T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:13:08","slug":"did-you-shop-at-trader-joes-in-2019-you-might-be-owed-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=11035","title":{"rendered":"Did You Shop at Trader Joe&#8217;s in 2019? You Might Be Owed Money."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Check your old receipts. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/trader-joes-settles-7-4-million-dollar-lawsuit-heres-how-to-see-if-youre-eligible-for-payout-11951020\" id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/trader-joes-settles-7-4-million-dollar-lawsuit-heres-how-to-see-if-youre-eligible-for-payout-11951020\">Trader Joe\u2019s is paying out $7.4 million<\/a> to customers who used credit or debit cards between March 5, 2019, and July 19, 2019, after a class action lawsuit claimed the grocery chain violated federal law. The issue? Receipts at some stores printed the first six and last four digits of customers\u2019 cards, increasing the risk of identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Trader Joe\u2019s denied all wrongdoing and said no one reported actual identity theft from the receipts. But the company\u2019s insurer decided settling was cheaper than fighting a long legal battle. Under federal law, you don\u2019t need to prove identity theft happened to claim a payout \u2014 printing too many card digits is the violation itself.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re eligible, you could get an estimated $102.45 per person. Claims must be submitted by June 6, 2026, through the settlement website. You\u2019ll need either your Class ID number from the email or postcard, or the first six and last four digits of the card you used plus your purchase date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Check your old receipts. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/trader-joes-settles-7-4-million-dollar-lawsuit-heres-how-to-see-if-youre-eligible-for-payout-11951020\" id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/trader-joes-settles-7-4-million-dollar-lawsuit-heres-how-to-see-if-youre-eligible-for-payout-11951020\">Trader Joe\u2019s is paying out $7.4 million<\/a> to customers who used credit or debit cards between March 5, 2019, and July 19, 2019, after a class action lawsuit claimed the grocery chain violated federal law. The issue? Receipts at some stores printed the first six and last four digits of customers\u2019 cards, increasing the risk of identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Trader Joe\u2019s denied all wrongdoing and said no one reported actual identity theft from the receipts. But the company\u2019s insurer decided settling was cheaper than fighting a long legal battle. Under federal law, you don\u2019t need to prove identity theft happened to claim a payout \u2014 printing too many card digits is the violation itself.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re eligible, you could get an estimated $102.45 per person. Claims must be submitted by June 6, 2026, through the settlement website. You\u2019ll need either your Class ID number from the email or postcard, or the first six and last four digits of the card you used plus your purchase date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/shop-at-trader-joes-in-2019-you-might-be-owed-money\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check your old receipts. Trader Joe\u2019s is paying out $7.4 million to customers who used credit or debit cards between March 5, 2019, and July 19, 2019, after a class action lawsuit claimed the grocery chain violated federal law. The issue? Receipts at some stores printed the first six and last four digits of customers\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-brands"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}