A Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative investigation found that Instacart prices for identical grocery items varied by up to 23% between customers at retailers including Costco Wholesale, ...
Instacart said Monday that it’s ending a program where some customers saw different prices for the same product ordered at the same time from the same store when using the delivery company’s service.
Corporations are using digital price tags, data collection, and artificial intelligence to extract more profit from us.
Whole Foods cashier Jason Ellsworth rings up groceries as Instacart shopper Kara Pete double-checks her smartphone for items ordered by a customer. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The grocery ...
New York Attorney General Letitia James is demanding more information about Instacart’s recent and highly controversial price tests, and suggesting that the scheme—which saw customers charged notably ...
New York (CNN) — Online grocery delivery service Instacart used AI to charge different prices for the same item, up to 20% more for different shoppers, a new report says. CNN — New York (CNN) — Online ...
Instacart announced Monday it would be ending price testing on its platform, which has been available to retailers since 2023. The program was meant to help retailers learn more about what kinds of ...