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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

Shoppers discover Instacart is charging them different prices for the same item in the same store

Instacart is charging customers different prices for the same items in the same stores, even at the same time, a new study has found, threatening to “blow a hole” in consumers’ wallets.

Almost 75 percent of grocery items in the experiment, conducted by Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union, were offered to shoppers at multiple price points on Instacart.

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