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"This is going to be a huge deal, both as a policy matter and a political matter," said Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive economic think tank.
2026 begins where 2025 left off: slower hiring, higher prices, and growing anxiety for working families.
The letter follows a December investigation from Groundwork Collaborative and Consumer Reports that alleged Instacart charged customers different prices for the same groceries.
The latest jobs report shows the United States added 50,000 jobs in December 2025, and prior months revised down by a combined 76,000 jobs.
Labor market data for the past year has shown a stalling economy, and as we ring in the new year — and the newest jobs report — there’s little reason to expect a change in course.
In December, Groundwork Collaborative and Consumer Reports released a detailed study showing Instacart was varying prices for the same product, with some shoppers seeing prices that were up to 23 percent higher for the exact same products in the same store at the same time.
The difference now is that some of the voters who helped Trump win the 2024 election no longer hold him in the same regard — particularly when it comes to the economy. That’s a problem for Republicans and, as Lindsay Owens of Groundwork Collaborative put it, it’s why he’s now “throwing as many policies related to cost-of-living and corporate power out over the transom as possible.”
The letter comes after a report last month from Consumer Reports, think tank Groundwork Collaborative and media outlet More Perfect Union said Instacart had displayed pricing differences of up to 23% for the same items at the same store and at the same time, with an average difference of 13%.
Today, Groundwork Collaborative announced the addition of two Senior Fellows to its policy, advocacy, and research team.
Today, Groundwork Collaborative’s Executive Director, Lindsay Owens, participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by key members of the Senate’s Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.