TreeHouse Foods Class Action: $4M Settlement, Filing, and Payouts

The TreeHouse Foods class action settlement pays U.S. consumers who bought recalled frozen waffles or pancakes made at the company’s Brantford, Ontario plant between October 18, 2024, and September 2, 2025. The $4 million deal received final approval from U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman on February 13, 2026, in Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Claims are due December 16, 2025, and can be filed at WaffleRecallSettlement.com with or without a receipt.¹Claim Depot. Waffle Recall Settlement²Waffle Recall Settlement. Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods Settlement

Who Qualifies

The settlement class covers anyone in the United States who bought a covered recalled product for personal or household use, not for resale, between October 18, 2024, and September 2, 2025.³Angeion Group. TreeHouse Long Form Notice

The recall was large. It spanned more than 200 varieties of frozen waffles and Belgian waffles and over 30 varieties of pancakes, sold under dozens of store and national labels including Great Value, Good & Gather, Kodiak Cakes, Kroger, Trader Joe’s, Publix, H-E-B, Simple Truth, Nature’s Path Organic, Breakfast Best, and Clover Valley.⁴Central Oregon Daily. TreeHouse Foods Waffle and Pancakes Recall Due to Listeria⁵U.S. Food & Drug Administration. TreeHouse Foods Announces Expansion of Voluntary Recall Recalled items carried lot codes beginning with “2C” and Best By dates running from October 2024 through as late as April 2026 for some Kodiak Cakes products.⁶TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods Announces Expansion of Voluntary Recall to Include All Waffle and Pancake Products Check the covered products list at WaffleRecallSettlement.com before filing.

What You Can Get

Your payment depends on whether you kept proof of purchase.

• With proof of purchase, you can claim the full price you paid for each unit, including tax. Proof can be an itemized receipt, a loyalty-card record, or a photo showing the product, price, and date of purchase.⁷ClassAction.org. Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods Claim Form
• Without proof of purchase, you can claim the average retail price for up to two units per household.⁸ClassAction.org. $4M TreeHouse Foods Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Frozen Waffle Listeria Contamination

No household receives more than $50. If you already got a recall reimbursement directly from TreeHouse Foods, that amount is subtracted from your settlement payment. All payments are also subject to pro rata adjustment so that total distributions do not exceed what is left in the $4 million fund after notice and administration costs, attorneys’ fees of up to roughly $1.33 million, and service awards of up to $1,000 per named plaintiff. The court can award less than the maximums requested.³Angeion Group. TreeHouse Long Form Notice

How to File

File online at WaffleRecallSettlement.com or mail a completed claim form to the settlement administrator at 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103. The deadline is December 16, 2025. That is also the deadline to opt out of the class or object to the settlement.²Waffle Recall Settlement. Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods Settlement

Payments can be sent by Venmo or Zelle. If you need a check instead, contact the administrator.⁷ClassAction.org. Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods Claim Form Questions go to 1-888-688-4181 or info@WaffleRecallSettlement.com.⁹Waffle Recall Settlement. Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods Settlement FAQs

When Payments Go Out

Distribution happens after any appeals from the final approval order are resolved. As of early 2026, no specific payment date has been announced.¹Claim Depot. Waffle Recall Settlement

What the Lawsuit Alleged

TreeHouse Foods recalled certain frozen waffles on October 18, 2024, after routine testing at its Brantford, Ontario, facility detected Listeria monocytogenes. Four days later the company expanded the recall to cover all waffle and pancake products from that plant still within shelf life.¹⁰U.S. Food & Drug Administration. TreeHouse Foods Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Waffle Products Due to Potential Listeria¹¹TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods Announces Expansion of Voluntary Recall No confirmed illnesses were linked to the products, and the FDA has classified the recall as completed and terminated.

Three consumer class actions followed and were consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois as Rugg-Harrell v. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (Case No. 1:24-cv-10992). The consolidated case alleged negligence and violations of consumer protection laws tied to the sale of potentially contaminated products. TreeHouse Foods denied all allegations of wrongdoing and liability, and agreed to the $4 million settlement to resolve the claims.³Angeion Group. TreeHouse Long Form Notice

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