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> Turns out there is a margin, and it is at least 20%, if not much more. This is not true. In some stores Instacart offers the same as in-store prices, other
by grandalf 10y ago
> Turns out there is a margin, and it is at least 20%, if not much more.
This is not true. In some stores Instacart offers the same as in-store prices, other it does not.
The same is true of anything one buys on Amazon. Low-cost items that ship with Prime shipping are usually marked up a bit, but I order from Amazon (and Instacart) in spite of this because of the convenience offered.
You can pick a basket of goods in Instacart where the percentage is high, but there are many other baskets where the percentage is low.
- enraged_camel 10y agoMaybe it is based on store. I don't know - and that's the problem. Like I said, Instacart (as far as I could tell at a glance) doesn't make the information easily available. That's the problem. I did some casual searching and discovered that they supposedly have page (https://www.instacart.com/store/prices https://www.instacart.com/store/prices) where they list their markups per store, but it doesn't work for me.
- foota 10y agoWhy is this such a big deal? It's not like safeway tells you what markup they are charging.