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What is Instacart really charging? the breakdown

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Re: What is Instacart really charging? the breakdown

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I think the reason why people are outraged is because Instacart already has a service and delivery fee. You would assume that the fees is where they're making the money.

In grocery stores, etc. there isn't a service fee, so it's expected that the prices are marked up. In Instacart, there is already a service fee, but the prices are also marked up.

Re: What is Instacart really charging? the breakdown

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you expect a restaurant to give you the ingredient cost and labour cost of your meal on your bill, so you can tell how much the privilege of having somebody cook for you was?

I've thought of that before, and think it would be really great to know. I love to know which restaurant is simply reheating Sysco pre-prepared foods, and which ones are spending extra on organic free trade ingredients. If the food tastes delicious but the chef is underpaid because they're buying more expensive ingredients relative to the less tasty restaurant which buys cheaper ingredients with a larger markup. Thou…

> reverse BlueApron service

Like a cooking class, but without any lab work?

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