HelloFresh Sued in California Over Automatic Meal Kit Renewals

Grocery subscription service HelloFresh automatically charges consumers without required disclosures required under California law, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday said.

Grocery Delivery E-Services USA Inc., which does business as HelloFresh, offers meal delivery programs with pre-portioned ingredients and recipes. Consumers signing up for food delivery subscriptions are automatically enrolled in renewals that charge them from week-to-week for the meal kits in violation of California’s Automatic Renewal Law, the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said.

The company can unilaterally charge its customers renewal fees without their consent because consumers must provide billing information ...