Schumer Slams Alleged Instacart Artificial Intelligence-Powered Price Changes

Schumer slams alleged Instacart artificial intelligence-powered price changes

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is accusing Instacart of ripping off consumers by charging different prices for the same product to different customers. “This is jacking up grocery costs across New York City, Long Island, and across the nation,” Schumer said Sunday. He claims the pricing tactics could cost certain families as much as $1,200 more per year. Schumer cited...

Investigation reveals Instacart prices differ for same product in the same store

Almost 75% of grocery items in the experiment were offered to shoppers at multiple price points on Instacart

Instacart charges shoppers different prices for same items, report says

An investigation by a group of consumer groups has found that Instacart grocery items simultaneously checked at the same store can vary by 23%.

FTC urged to address Instacart “price discrimination”

Instacart may be engaging in “unfair methods of competition” by using algorithms to experiment with charging higher prices, according to three advocacy groups, igniting a debate among competition experts about antitrust liability for pricing practices. 

Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

A study this week has found that shoppers using Instacart are often charged different prices for identical products at the same store at the same time, even when selecting in-store pickup rather than delivery. The Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive policy group, and Consumer Reports organized nearly 200 volunteers across four cities to simultaneously check prices on 20 grocery items. Price differences appeared on nearly three-quarters of th…