Alpha Baking Data Breach Settlement

Published June 19, 2026

If you got a data breach notice from Alpha Baking after the January 2025 cyberattack, you can claim a flat $75 or up to $4,000 for documented losses — but the deadline is June 22, 2026.

By Steve Levine

Editor-in-Chief

Status Claims Open

Claim Deadline June 22, 2026 Final approval hearing July 21, 2026

Estimated Payout $75 or up to $4,000 Flat $75 cash · or documented out-of-pocket losses · + 2 yrs credit monitoring

Proof Required Yes Unique ID & PIN from your mailed/emailed notice to file online

What Is This Settlement About?

Alpha Baking Co., Inc. — a Chicago-based commercial bakery known for brands such as S. Rosen's and Natural Ovens — agreed to a $1.05 million class action settlement to resolve claims that it failed to protect personal information from a data breach. The company has said it identified a targeted cyberattack on its computer systems in January 2025, during which an unauthorized party accessed certain files containing private information.

The lawsuit alleges Alpha Baking was negligent in safeguarding the data and was slow to notify those affected. The case is captioned Corrine Crabtree v. Alpha Baking Co., Inc., Case No. 2025-CH-000063, in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois. Alpha Baking denies the allegations and denies any wrongdoing; the court has not decided which side is right. Instead, both sides agreed to settle to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation while giving affected people a way to recover compensation and protect their identities.

Who Qualifies?

The court has defined the settlement class as all living individuals who were sent notice by Alpha Baking that their private information was impacted in the Data Incident. In practice, if you received a data breach notice from Alpha Baking about the January 2025 incident, you are almost certainly a class member. Excluded from the class are the company's directors and officers, governmental entities, and the judge assigned to the case along with the judge's immediate family and court staff.

According to the litigation, the information potentially exposed in the breach included names along with sensitive details such as addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and protected health information. If you are unsure whether you were included, the official settlement website can confirm your eligibility using the Unique ID from your notice.

How Much Can You Get?

Class members choose one of two cash options:

Flat cash payment — $75. A one-time payment for class members who do not want to gather loss documentation. No receipts are required for this tier beyond logging in with your notice credentials.
Documented out-of-pocket losses — up to $4,000. Reimbursement for unreimbursed losses fairly traceable to the breach and incurred between January 23, 2025 and June 22, 2026 — for example, identity-theft and fraud losses, the cost of replacement IDs, credit monitoring you purchased, credit-freeze fees, and postage to contact banks. This option requires receipts, bank statements, or similar records.

Separately, every class member — regardless of which cash option they pick — can enroll in two years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete, which includes credit and identity monitoring plus $1 million in fraud insurance.

There is an aggregate cap of $1,050,000 on these benefits. If the total value of all valid claims exceeds that amount, every payment is reduced pro rata so the total comes back down to $1,050,000 — so the final per-person amounts can move depending on how many people file.

Court-approved attorneys' fees and costs (up to $350,000) and service awards for the class representatives are paid separately by Alpha Baking, so they do not come out of the $1,050,000 available for class member benefits.

How to File a Claim

You can file in two ways before the deadline:

Online. Go to the official settlement website and submit the claim form using the Unique ID and PIN printed on the notice you received.
By mail. Download the paper claim form from the settlement website, complete it, and mail it to the settlement administrator so that it is postmarked by the deadline.

If you choose the documented-loss option, attach copies of your supporting records — receipts, bank statements, or similar proof. Note that a personal certification, declaration, or affidavit on its own is not accepted as documentation; it can only add context to other records. When you file, you can elect to receive any cash payment by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, or a mailed physical check. If you lost or never received your notice (and therefore don't have your Unique ID or PIN), use the contact form on the official settlement website to request your information rather than searching for it elsewhere.

Deadlines and Key Dates

Claim deadline: June 22, 2026 (submitted online or postmarked).
Opt-out / objection deadline: June 22, 2026 — the same date as the claim deadline. Exclude yourself if you want to keep the right to sue separately; object if you want the court to hear your concerns about the Settlement.
Final approval hearing: July 21, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The settlement received preliminary approval on March 9, 2026. Payments are issued only after the court grants final approval and any appeals are resolved, so there is typically a wait of several weeks to months after the hearing.

Watch Out for Scams

Legitimate settlement administrators do not ask you to pay a fee to receive a class action payment, and they do not request your full Social Security number, banking passwords, or a "processing payment" by text or phone. File only through the official settlement website linked on this page, and ignore unsolicited messages claiming you must pay money or hand over sensitive credentials to release your check. If you want to compare this case with other active cases, see our roundup of open data breach settlements, and our writeup of the Panera Bread data breach settlement for another food-industry example.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the Alpha Baking data breach settlement?

The settlement covers individuals who were sent notice that their personal information may have been compromised in the Alpha Baking Co. data breach that the company identified in January 2025. If you received a data breach notice from Alpha Baking, you are most likely a class member.

How much can I get from the Alpha Baking settlement?

Class members can choose one of two cash options: a flat $75 payment with no documentation of losses, or reimbursement of up to $4,000 for documented out-of-pocket losses tied to the breach. All class members can also enroll in two years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete credit monitoring and identity protection, which includes $1 million in fraud insurance. Cash amounts may be adjusted up or down depending on how many valid claims are filed against the $1.05 million fund.

Is proof required to file an Alpha Baking settlement claim?

Yes. To file online you must enter the Unique ID and PIN printed on the settlement notice that was mailed or emailed to you, so the notice itself functions as proof of class membership. The $75 cash payment requires no loss documentation beyond that login, but the up to $4,000 documented-loss option additionally requires receipts, bank statements, or similar records showing your out-of-pocket expenses.

What is the deadline to file an Alpha Baking claim?

Claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by June 22, 2026. The court has scheduled a final approval hearing for July 21, 2026; payments are not issued until the settlement receives final approval and any appeals are resolved.

What information was exposed in the Alpha Baking data breach?

According to the litigation, the January 2025 cyberattack may have exposed names along with sensitive personal information such as addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and protected health information. Alpha Baking denies the allegations and any wrongdoing.

Sources

Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement — Corrine Crabtree v. Alpha Baking Co., Inc., Case No. 2025-CH-000063 (Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois)
Official settlement website — AlphaBakingSettlement.com