If you swiped a credit, debit, or EBT card at a Sprouts Farmers Market store and your printed receipt showed more of your card number than the law allows, you may be entitled to a payment from a $5,000,000 class action settlement. The lawsuits behind the deal allege that Sprouts violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681c(g), by printing more than the last five digits of customers’ card numbers on point-of-sale receipts. Sprouts denies any wrongdoing, but it agreed to fund a non-reversionary settlement — meaning none of the money goes back to the company — to resolve the claims. The window to file a claim is still open: the deadline is August 5, 2026.
Eligibility depends on when and how you paid. Credit and debit card users who shopped at any U.S. Sprouts location between August 16, 2020 and October 31, 2022 are covered, as are EBT card users who shopped between March 15, 2021 and April 15, 2023. As a concrete example, a shopper who bought groceries with a Visa debit card at a Sprouts in Phoenix in the spring of 2021 and received a printed receipt would fall squarely within the class period, even if they no longer have the receipt itself. Individual payouts will depend on how many valid claims come in, with third-party estimates ranging from roughly $67.50 to as much as $405 per claimant. The claims process is handled through the official settlement administrator’s site, SettleInfo.com.
Table of Contents
- What Is the Sprouts Farmers Market Receipt Settlement About?
- How the $5 Million Settlement Fund Breaks Down
- Who Qualifies, and What Are the Two Different Class Periods?
- How to File a Claim Before the August 5, 2026 Deadline
- Common Problems Claimants Run Into
- The Injunctive Relief — What Sprouts Agreed to Change
- The Final Approval Hearing on November 19, 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions
What Is the Sprouts Farmers Market Receipt Settlement About?
The settlement resolves two consolidated lawsuits pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court: Larry Tran v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., Case No. 22STCV26572, and Robert Cohen v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., Case No. 23STCV08339. Both cases center on the same allegation — that Sprouts printed receipts displaying more than the last five digits of customers’ payment card numbers, in violation of FACTA’s truncation requirement.
FACTA is a federal law passed in 2003 specifically to reduce identity theft. It requires merchants that accept card payments to truncate card numbers on electronically printed receipts, showing no more than the last five digits, and to omit the card’s expiration date entirely. The logic is simple: a discarded or stolen receipt showing extra digits gives fraudsters a head start on reconstructing a full card number. By comparison, a compliant receipt — say, one showing only “************1234” — is essentially useless to a thief, while a receipt exposing eight or ten digits meaningfully narrows the guesswork. Sprouts has denied that it violated the law and has not admitted liability. Settlements like this one are common in FACTA litigation because the statute allows statutory damages for willful violations, which can create enormous aggregate exposure for a retailer that processes millions of card transactions.
How the $5 Million Settlement Fund Breaks Down
The headline number is $5,000,000, but claimants will share a smaller net fund after court-approved deductions. According to the settlement terms, those deductions include attorneys’ fees of $1,666,666.67 (one-third of the fund), litigation costs of up to $75,000, service awards totaling $20,000 for the class representatives who brought the cases, and settlement administration costs of up to $661,000. That leaves a net fund of roughly $2.58 million to be divided pro rata — proportionally — among everyone who files a valid claim. Because the fund is non-reversionary, the full net amount is distributed to claimants no matter how many people file. That cuts both ways.
If relatively few class members submit claims, individual checks grow; if claims pour in, each share shrinks. This is the key limitation to keep in mind when you see payout estimates: published figures range from about $67.50 on the low end to $405 on the high end, with some sources estimating payments of roughly $100 or more. None of those numbers is guaranteed, and no one will know the actual per-person amount until the claims deadline passes and the administrator tallies valid submissions. A related warning: administration costs of up to $661,000 are themselves a significant slice of the fund — more than 13 percent of the gross settlement. That is not unusual for a class this large, but it is a reminder that the amount a class action “recovers” on paper and the amount that reaches consumers are always two different figures.
Who Qualifies, and What Are the Two Different Class Periods?
There are effectively two overlapping classes with different date ranges. The first covers anyone who used a credit or debit card at any Sprouts Farmers Market store in the United States between August 16, 2020 and October 31, 2022 and received a printed receipt displaying more than the last five digits of their card number. The second covers EBT card users — customers paying with electronic benefits — for transactions between March 15, 2021 and April 15, 2023.
The EBT class is notable. Many FACTA settlements involve only credit and debit cards, but EBT cards carry account numbers that can likewise expose users to fraud if printed in full or near-full form on receipts. A shopper who used a CalFresh EBT card at a California Sprouts location in, for example, January 2023 would qualify under the EBT class period even though the credit/debit window had already closed by then. If you shopped at Sprouts during these windows but paid with cash, you are not part of the settlement — the alleged violation concerns card data printed on receipts, so cash transactions were never at risk.
How to File a Claim Before the August 5, 2026 Deadline
Claims are submitted through the official settlement website, SettleInfo.com, where the administrator has also posted the full legal notice. The claim deadline is August 5, 2026. Class members who received a notice with an ID number can use it to file; the full notice PDF on the settlement site explains the documentation the administrator accepts. There is a tradeoff worth understanding for anyone weighing whether to bother filing.
Filing a claim takes a few minutes and may yield anywhere from a modest check to several hundred dollars, but by participating you release your individual FACTA claims against Sprouts arising from these receipts. The alternative — suing individually — was only realistic for people who opted out by the April 7, 2026 deadline, which has already passed. At this point, class members who did not exclude themselves are bound by the settlement whether or not they file, so the practical choice is between filing a claim and receiving a payment, or doing nothing and receiving nothing while still giving up the claims. Note also that the objection deadline was the same April 7, 2026 date. Class members who wanted to tell the court the deal is unfair had to act by then; new objections can no longer be lodged.
Common Problems Claimants Run Into
The most common stumbling block in FACTA receipt settlements is proof. Most people do not keep grocery receipts from years ago, and class periods here stretch back to August 2020. Settlement administrators typically anticipate this — notice programs often rely on transaction records, loyalty accounts, or sworn attestations rather than requiring the physical receipt — but claimants should read the full notice carefully to understand exactly what the administrator requires, and answer claim-form questions truthfully. Submitting a claim you know to be false is fraud, and administrators do audit and reject suspect claims. A second issue is timing and expectations. Even after the August 5, 2026 claims deadline, no money moves until the court grants final approval at the fairness hearing set for November 19, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
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before Judge William F. Highberger, and any appeals are resolved. Appeals in class settlements can add months or longer. Claimants should not treat an estimated payout as money in hand on any particular date. Finally, beware of look-alike websites and unsolicited messages claiming they can file for you for a fee. The only official claims portal is the administrator’s site, SettleInfo.com. Filing a claim is free, and no legitimate settlement administrator charges class members to submit one.
The Injunctive Relief — What Sprouts Agreed to Change
Beyond the cash fund, Sprouts agreed to adopt a written company policy prohibiting the printing of more than the last five digits of any card number, or any expiration date, on customer receipts. This forward-looking commitment mirrors FACTA’s own requirements, but memorializing it as formal settlement-backed policy gives it teeth: a future lapse would not just be a statutory violation but a breach of the settlement terms. For a customer paying with a card at a Sprouts checkout today, the practical effect should be a receipt showing nothing more revealing than a handful of trailing digits.
The Final Approval Hearing on November 19, 2026
The fairness hearing is scheduled for November 19, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, in Department SS10, before Judge William F.
Highberger. At that hearing, the court will decide whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate, and will rule on the requested attorneys’ fees, costs, and the $20,000 in combined service awards for class representatives Larry Tran and Robert Cohen. Class members are not required to attend; the hearing date can move, and any changes are posted on the settlement website.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need my original Sprouts receipt to file a claim?
Not necessarily. Review the full notice on SettleInfo.com for what the administrator accepts; many FACTA settlements allow claims based on attestation or transaction records rather than the physical receipt.
How much will I get from the Sprouts receipt settlement?
It depends on how many valid claims are filed. Third-party estimates range from roughly $67.50 to $405 per claimant, with some sources projecting around $100 or more. The net fund of about $2.58 million is divided pro rata.
What if I paid with an EBT card?
EBT users are covered for transactions between March 15, 2021 and April 15, 2023 — a longer, later window than the credit/debit period, which ran from August 16, 2020 to October 31, 2022.
Can I still opt out or object?
No. The deadline to exclude yourself or object was April 7, 2026, and it has passed. Remaining class members are bound by the settlement.
When will payments go out?
Only after the court grants final approval at the November 19, 2026 hearing and any appeals conclude. There is no guaranteed payment date.
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