Canadians are now able to submit a claim as part of a $500 million class-action settlement related to alleged industry-wide price fixing of packaged bread.
Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP and Orr Taylor LLP announced on Sept. 11 that the claims process in the approved settlement involving Loblaw Companies Ltd. and its parent company, George Weston Ltd., is now open. The law firms are counsel in the class-action lawsuit against Loblaw and several other grocers, including Sobeys and Walmart Canada.
“This resolution provides Canadian consumers with monetary relief they deserve,” Orr Taylor LLP partner Jim Orr said in a Sept. 11 statement.
Compensation is available for Canadian residents who purchased packaged bread products for personal use between Jan. 1, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2021. Those looking to submit a claim form must do so by Dec. 12. Proof of purchase is not required to submit a claims form….