Kroger shoppers who paid for prescription drugs using insurance have until Dec. 21, 2026 to submit a claim form in a class settlement over the chain’s pharmacy pricing. The long-form notice puts the fund at $17 million and the class period at Dec. 9, 2018 through Aug. 23, 2026. Claims totaling $8,000 or more must come with documentation.
Kroger Savings Club notice dates: The exclusion, claim and hearing dates in the notice leave the sequence open, and The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice.
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Insured prescription purchases across nearly eight years
Angeion Group administers the settlement, and the settlement website defines the class as individuals who paid for one or more prescription drugs at Kroger using their insurance. The long-form notice fills in what the landing page leaves out: the class covers people in the United States and its territories who paid in whole or in part for a Kroger prescription through insurance between Dec. 9, 2018 and Aug. 23, 2026. The definition is broad in one respect: it names payment at Kroger with insurance rather than a particular drug, plan or store location, and it sets no minimum spend for membership, although the $8,000 line described below governs what paperwork a claim needs. Judges and their families, Kroger officers and directors, people who opt out and people who separately sued Kroger over the same pricing are excluded.
The usual-and-customary pricing dispute in Kirkbride v. Kroger
The case, Kirkbride et al. v. The Kroger Co., is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio as No. 2:21-cv-00022, and the administrator’s FAQ says it concerns Kroger’s usual and customary pricing practices for prescriptions paid with insurance. Kroger denies the allegations. The court had already certified a class before the settlement, since the documents page posts an opinion and order granting class certification, a preliminary approval order and an amended preliminary approval opinion whose file name carries a June 25, 2026 date. In the notice the company maintains that it acted appropriately in reporting its retail prices as its usual and customary prices.
The notice’s wording that a class member paid “in whole or in part” brings purchases where insurance covered only some of the price inside the definition, and the FAQ lists four choices for members: participate, exclude themselves, object, or do nothing. Doing nothing means no payment, since the claim form is what places a member in line for the distribution.
Members who stay in the class release all claims relating to the reporting of those prices to Kroger and affiliated parties. The notice states that class counsel will ask for fees not exceeding one third of the settlement fund, which comes out before the remainder is divided among claimants.
A pro rata formula and no per-person estimate
Payments are calculated by dividing each authorized claimant’s recognized claim by the total of all recognized claims and multiplying by the net settlement fund. The notice gives no per-person estimate, so the amount depends on how many people file and on deductions taken first. The distribution is tied to the pricing dispute rather than to a fixed sum per prescription, so two members who filled the same number of prescriptions can receive different amounts if their recognized claims differ. The claim form, the plan of allocation, the settlement agreement and the court’s preliminary approval orders are posted on the administrator’s documents page.
The court calendar is not fully settled on the site. The notice lists Jan. 11, 2027 for the fairness hearing, while the site’s key-dates summary carries Jan. 11 as an objection date and marks the hearing itself as pending, so the two records are best read together before that date is relied on.
The $8,000 line splits claimants into two paperwork tracks
Under the notice, claims below $8,000 need no documentation unless the claimant does not appear on Kroger’s known purchaser list. Claims where the total amount is $8,000 or more require supporting documentation or data sufficient to identify the person’s payments to Kroger during the class period. Because that period runs nearly eight years, a large claim depends on records that reach back to late 2018.
The pages read do not explain how a claimant learns whether a name appears on Kroger’s known purchaser list, which is the point at which the lower-tier claim can turn into a documented one. Two dates run against each other as well. The exclusion deadline is Oct. 22, 2026, well before the Dec. 21 claim deadline, so the decision to stay in or leave the class comes first, and the claim form is a separate step that must be completed and signed and submitted online or by mail.
The free route is the administrator’s own site. Angeion Group runs the claim form at krogersavingsclubsettlement.com/submit-claim, the notice lists (888) 535-4262 for questions, and the pages read for this article mention no filing fee. The FTC likewise states that its refund programs never require upfront fees.
Keeping Kroger’s Notice Dates and a Claim Record Together
The Kroger notice sets an October exclusion date, a December claim deadline and a January hearing, alongside a documentation threshold that changes what a claimant must gather. Anyone filing has an unfinished practical job after submitting the form, which is recording what was sent and watching for the payment that follows the fairness hearing.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes a claim log and payment tracker and a step-by-step filing walkthrough, which together cover recording what was submitted and when the next date arrives.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and checked against the primary sources linked above.
Warren Cohen is a finance writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, covering personal finance topics including credit, banking, and beginner investing. He earned his degree in business administration from Arizona State University and began his career working in consumer finance, where he gained direct experience with lending and credit systems. He now writes for personal finance websites and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, practical content that helps readers make informed financial decisions.
