Instacart Was Charging Wildly Diverging Prices for Different Shoppers, an Investigation Found—So I Checked My Costco Orders [Yahoo! Finance]
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items varied by up to 23% between customers at retailers including Costco Wholesale, Kroger, Safeway and Target. My own receipts showed similar double-digit swings, and prices shifted down to the penny, with staples like eggs, butter and olive oil costing wildly different amounts from one order to the next, far beyond normal grocery inflation or what's seen in consumer apps tracking Costco prices over time. The U.S. government may have minted the last penny last month , but Instacart's algorithms are still fighting for every last cent. While shoppers have grown accustomed to prices ending in .99—a psychological trick as old as the cash register—Instacart ( CART ) users like me see something different: $4.17 for eggs, $17.37 for Nature Valley bars, $11.43 for basil pesto. The company's pricing shifts seemingly every time you log in, with price changes down to the penny. A major investigation published this week suggests just how far Instacart's pricing precision has been taken.
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- Women's fashion chain to close all stores, farewell sale begins [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
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- Costco's Business Has Been Booming. But Its Stock Has Lagged the Market in 2025. [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cowen Inc.MarketBeat
- Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.MarketBeat
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- 12/11/25 - Beat
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- 12/11/25 - Form 8-K
- 12/4/25 - Form DEFA14A
- 12/4/25 - Form DEF
- COST's page on the SEC website