Jenny Craig is one of several well-known diet programs that offer memberships, including through diet centers located throughout the country. Members are encouraged to purchase Jenny Craig meals that are purported to be "specifically designed" to promote weight loss. These meals are not inexpensive, but dieters feel pressured to purchase them in their desperate quest to lose weight.
Recent reports by consumers and several Jenny Craig employees suggest that thousands of dieters are being victimized by a fraudulent scheme which the company is fully aware of and allows to continue because it increases the company’s profitability. According to these individuals, Jenny Craig employees are instructed to target certain individuals, usually minorities and immigrants, and encourage them to pay cash for their memberships and food products. These cash purchases are not recorded in the usual books and records of the company. Instead the cash is used to purchase cheaper foods at local grocery stores, which are then placed in bags and baskets bearing the Jenny Craig logos, and which are then shipped to these customers’ homes. These innocent members believe they are receiving Jenny Craig products which will help them lose weight. To the contrary, not only don’t they lose weight, many gain weight as a direct result of eating the less expensive food products. Jenny Craig pockets the extra cash – the difference between what the company spent on the less expensive food products and what it would have spent in preparing the "specially designed" food products. If these customers complain long enough, their names are eventually placed in the appropriate books and records and they begin to receive the "specially designed" Jenny Craig meals.
If you suspect that you have been the victim of this kind or any other kind of fraud by Jenny Craig, you should contact us to discuss your legal rights and options.