Meal kit delivery firm HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of misleading customers and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.

In joint statements from the district attorney's offices of Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties, which co-led the lawsuit, prosecutors said HelloFresh violated California's Automatic Renewal Law by deceptively enrolling consumers into auto-renewing subscription plans without proper disclosure or consent.

The lawsuit also said HelloFresh violated the state's False Advertising Law by failing to disclose the terms and conditions of advertised free meals, surprise gifts, and free shipping offers, among other false and misleading advertising allegations. The practices allegedly resulted in consumers being unknowingly e

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