Stumbled on a stat about grocery delivery fees that floored me

I was reading a breakdown from the Bureau of Labor Statistics yesterday, and it said the average American household spends about $4,500 a year on groceries. But then I saw a separate bit from some consumer report that claimed using delivery apps like Instacart adds roughly 30% to that bill from fees and tips. That means I could be dropping an extra $1,350 annually just for the convenience of not walking through a store. Has anyone else run these numbers and actually switched back to shopping in person?

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haydenj9011d ago

Holy SHIT, 30%? That can't be right, can it? I mean, I knew delivery fees were a racket but that basically means every fourth trip to the store you're paying for nothing but the convenience. I bet half that markup is from those stupid "service fees" that just appear out of nowhere at checkout. Makes me wanna go back to actually pushing a cart around and picking out my own produce, even if it sucks sometimes.

shah.ben11d ago

Wait, isn't it more like 30% extra on the whole order, not just the delivery fee? I mean, Ive seen breakdowns where the service fee, delivery fee, and jacked up item prices all stack up to like 40-50% sometimes. Those "service fees" are the real scam, they just sneak in there and double the total before you even tip the driver. But honestly, you're right about picking your own produce, half the time my avocado shows up looking like it got stepped on by a horse anyway.