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Ending Item Price Tests on Instacart

Over the past couple weeks, there’s been a lot written about Instacart and how pricing works on our platform . Some of that coverage raised fair questions. Much of it included misconceptions and misinformation about what we do – and don’t do – when it comes to prices. But here’s one fact we want to be clear about: Our customers have high expectations for Instacart....

Dec 22, 2025

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Company Updates

Ending Item Price Tests on Instacart

Over the past couple weeks, there’s been a lot written about Instacart and how pricing works on our platform . Some of that coverage raised fair questions. Much of it included misconceptions and misinformation about...

Dec 22, 2025

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The Truth About Pricing Tests on Instacart

Over the last week, an investigation by Consumer Reports into why people were being charged different prices for the same items on Instacart has garnered a lot of attention. Understandably so. With families everywhere trying...

Dec 18, 2025

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A Retailer’s Guide to AI Grocery Retail Media Networks

Competitive advertising in connected ecosystems From personalized product recommendations to CPG promotion software , AI has become an integral tool for modern grocers of all sizes. Despite initial concerns around AI — regarding how it...

Oct 24, 2024

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New Omnichannel and AI Solutions to Help Grocery Thrive

At Instacart, we’ve long believed that the future of grocery – and commerce in general – isn’t online or in-store. It’s both. And now more than ever, it’s being supercharged with AI. Omnichannel customers are...

Oct 20, 2023

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Instacart 2022: A Feast of Grocery Innovations and Upgrades 

Imagine that you’re grocery shopping. Now imagine being able to shop 24/7, selecting from one billion items, and being able to access inventory that updates 3,000 times per second– and checking out alongside millions of...

Oct 20, 2023

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Introducing Connected Stores: Making Shopping Seamless

For the last decade, we’ve worked with grocers to bring their businesses online, and helped people find their favorite foods and get them delivered to their door in just a few clicks. While there’s a...

Oct 24, 2023

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4 Online Grocery Technology Methods to Future-Proof Your Operations

Fast, scalable grocery fulfillment has become the norm, exponentially accelerated over the past few years by the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers’ increasing need for convenience. Whether in-store shopping or grocery ordering, seamless experiences are the...

Oct 20, 2023

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The Complete Guide to Driving Growth with Grocery E-Commerce

In the next five years, some grocery executives believe that e-commerce penetration will increase to as high as 35%. While grocery e-commerce and fulfillment leaders have spent years integrating technology to offer essentials to the...

Oct 20, 2023

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Instacart Ads

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Drive efficiencies and engagement with smart budgeting technology

Drive efficiencies and engagement with smart budgeting technology We're excited to announce smart budgeting, a new feature that better aligns when your ads serve with when consumers are shopping for products like yours, so you're...

Nov 24, 2025

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More Than Delivery: How Instacart Powers Local Economies

When you order on Instacart, your focus is likely on the fresh fruit, pantry staples, and everyday essentials that show up at your door, seemingly like magic. But you may not realize the powerful economic...

Nov 13, 2025

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From Food Access to Food as Medicine: A Policy Path Forward

At Instacart, we believe everyone should have access to healthy, nutritious food — every person, every family, every community. But today, far too many Americans still struggle to put good food on the table. According...

Oct 27, 2025

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Providing a more straightforward replacements experience

We’re always seeking ways to improve your experience and to better support you to deliver shopping excellence. We’ve heard from shoppers that making carefully considered replacements that customers appreciate takes a lot of thought and...

Oct 16, 2025

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Data & Trends

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‘Tis the Season: What’s Cooking this Christmas

As we trade turkey and cranberry sauce for candy canes and twinkling lights, households across the country are gearing up for another food-centric celebration: Christmas ! Using Instacart data from 2024, we explored the festive...

Dec 4, 2025

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Life at Instacart

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Life at Instacart

Building Bridges this Pride Month with Rainbow Carrots

Happy Pride Month ! This month, our Rainbow Carrots Employee Resource Group (ERG) proudly led this year's festivities, featuring both virtual and in-person events designed to celebrate Instacart’s diverse identities and make room for positive...

Jun 28, 2024

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Tech & Innovation

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Simplifying Large-Scale LLM Processing across Instacart with Maple

Author: Paul Baranowski At Instacart, we’re powering a grocery platform that cuts across millions of items, customers, and deliveries thanks to the application of LLMs at scale. In this post, we’ll detail how LLMs are...

Aug 27, 2025

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Small Business Spotlight

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