Instacart responds to new report on grocery store price experiments

Instacart's AI pricing can vary by user and bump up your grocery costs, study finds

At one Washington, D.C., grocery store, a dozen eggs added to virtual #Instacart orders at the same time rang up at five different prices, according to Consumer Reports, ranging from $3.99 to $4.79. The investigation, a collaboration between Consumer Reports and progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, found that Instacart is charging customers different prices on the same items. Instacart said the price variations are not a result of dynamic pricing, adding that “prices never change in