Meal kit services sued over alleged subscription traps
Michael West·2025-12-16 10:24
More than 100,000 customers of a popular meal-kit delivery provider were allegedly misled and caught in so-called “subscription traps”.The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has taken HelloFresh and Youfoodz, both owned by German-based parent company HelloFresh SE, to the Federal Court in separate proceedings.The watchdog alleges the companies, which deliver pre-prepared meal kits to customers’ doors, breached consumer law by misleadingly advertising that customers could easily cancel subscription ...