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by wpeterson 3398 days ago
This may be a confusing thing, I suspect Instacart may get volume discount from stores for bringing the extra business.

So this markup may be based on discounted cost instacart pays, not necessarily what YOU would pay at the store.

Still think it's a crazy premium, but I enjoy grocery shopping.
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brown9-2 3398 days ago
Can you explain further? Because this makes no sense on its face. If they get a discount on what the grocery store charges, then the final price after their markup should be closer to the store's price, not further.
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mikeyouse 3398 days ago
His insinuation is that the "Instacart receipt" that the customer received is the discounted one that reflects the bulk discount. If an individual went to the store and got the same list of items, it would be more expensive, so the markup wasn't $140 - $80 but more like $140 - $100.

I have no idea if that's true or not..

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Nullabillity 3398 days ago
> So this markup may be based on discounted cost instacart pays, not necessarily what YOU would pay at the store.

Doesn't that just make things even worse?

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