$500K Anova Culinary Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Song-Beverly Act Violations

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Anova Applied Electronics, which does business as Anova Culinary, has agreed to a $500,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the retailer required shoppers to provide certain personally identifiable information when making online purchases from the retailer using a credit card, in violation of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act.

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The Anova Culinary class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on January 28, 2026 and covers approximately 6,644 consumers with shipping or billing addresses in California who purchased merchandise from AnovaCulinary.com, or on the Anova Culinary mobile app, any time between June 12, 2023 and June 12, 2024.

The court-approved website for the Anova Culinary settlement can be found at AnovaCreditCardSettlement.com.  

According to the website, Anova settlement class members do not need to take action to automatically receive a one-time, pro-rated cash payment. The final amount of this payment, the agreement outlines, will depend on the amount remaining in the net settlement fund after the payment of all attorneys’ fees, settlement administration expenses, taxes and lead plaintiff service awards.

The agreement recommends that class members who prefer to receive their payment electronically or believe that they need to update the mailing address on file with Anova complete the payment election form to ensure their payment is issued successfully. To complete this form, class members will need to first log in using the unique ID and PIN found on their received copy of the settlement notice.

All payment election forms must be submitted online by June 18, 2026

The settlement further states that Anova settlement class members who wish to exclude themselves from the settlement and retain any legal rights to litigate the same claims must complete an online exclusion request or send a written letter to the settlement administrator stating their name, contact information, desire to be excluded, and other relevant information as described in the settlement notice.

All exclusion requests and objections to the deal must be submitted online or by mail by May 19, 2026.

Finally, as part of the deal, Anova has agreed to implement certain business practice changes to its checkout process for a period of at least two years following the preliminary approval order.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Anova Culinary settlement following a hearing on July 24, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Anova Culinary class action lawsuit claimed that the culinary retailer unlawfully required customers who shopped online with a credit card to provide personally identifying information to make purchases for marketing purposes in violation of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act.

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