Pork Price-Fixing Settlement: No Receipts, No Notice ID (2026)
Last updated September 7, 2026 · By Class Action Buddy
Short answer: If you bought bacon, pork chops, ribs, loin or shoulder for your own household between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018, in one of 24 covered states, you can file a claim with no receipt and no Notice ID.
Key point: The deadline is October 29, 2026. Nobody can say yet what a claim pays — the fund is split in proportion to what everyone estimates they spent.
Five of the largest pork processors in the country have agreed to pay a combined $117,065,000 to settle claims that they conspired to hold down supply and push up the price of pork. Tyson, Clemens, Seaboard, Hormel and Triumph all deny doing anything wrong. They settled anyway, and no judge ever ruled on the allegations.
What the case is about
The lawsuit alleges the processors shared confidential production data through a third-party service and used it to coordinate cuts in the pig herd. Less pork on the market, the argument goes, meant higher prices at the grocery store, and shoppers paid the difference for years without knowing it. This is an indirect purchaser case, which means it is for ordinary people who bought pork at a supermarket rather than the wholesalers and restaurants who bought straight from the processors.
Who qualifies
Three things have to be true. You bought covered pork for your own use and not to resell. You bought it between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018. And you bought it in one of these places: Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. Covered pork means raw bacon, or fresh and frozen products made from bellies, loins, shoulder, ribs and pork chops. It does not cover pork sold as organic or no-antibiotics-ever, and apart from bacon it does not cover anything marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded.
How much you can get
Nobody knows yet, and anyone quoting you a firm number is guessing. The money is divided in proportion to what every claimant estimates they spent, so the size of a payment depends on how many people file. Our own arithmetic on the fund puts a typical household somewhere around $25 to $100 — but that is arithmetic, not a promise. There is no cap on an individual claim and no requirement to prove what you bought.
What the form actually asks
Rather than receipts, the form asks for your best estimate of how many pounds of pork you bought in a month and roughly what you spent on it. You sign that estimate, and the settlement administrator may come back and ask you to support it. That is worth sitting with. An honest estimate is the whole basis of this claim, and a number you cannot stand behind is not worth the few extra dollars it might buy.
How to file
Everything runs through the official settlement site, OverchargedForPork.com, or you can post the claim form to the administrator in Portland, Oregon. You give your name and address, answer four questions about what you bought and where, put down your monthly estimate, choose how you want to be paid, and sign. Payment options include Zelle, a digital Mastercard, gift cards for Amazon, Kroger, Safeway, Starbucks or Instacart, or a physical check. Claims must be in by October 29, 2026, and payments only follow final approval by the court and the end of any appeals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need receipts?
No. There is no proof-of-purchase requirement and no Notice ID. You give a good-faith estimate of what you bought and sign it.
How much will I actually get?
Nobody can say yet. The fund is divided pro rata against every claimant’s estimated spending, so the amount depends on how many people file. There is no per-person cap.
Which states are covered?
Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.
What is the deadline?
October 29, 2026.
Four years of grocery shopping is hard to remember precisely, which is exactly why this settlement asks for an estimate rather than receipts. Give it an honest one and the claim takes a couple of minutes. With $117 million on the table and no receipt to find, this is one of the easiest claims open right now.
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