And while few shoppers would save their old grocery receipts, using apps like Instacart keep your order history for years.
Now, some customers are using those past orders to discover inflation's highly personal impact on them.
AdvertisementIn a video on TikTok, White shared his experience using Instacart's "reorder items" function, explaining how a $35 order skyrocketed to more than $62 in the past five years.
(Several commenters suggested this was due to the app replacing some out-of-stock items with more expensive offerings from third-party sellers.)
White told BI the response to his video, which has nearly a million views, has been very polarized.
Persons:
—, White, Manhattan —, It's, Andy Kiersz
Organizations:
Service, Business, Walmart, Pepsi
Locations:
Virginia, Los Angeles and New York City, Gelson's, LA, Wegman's, Manhattan