Crisman White shared on TikTok just how much his Instacart grocery order increased over the years.Crisman WhiteE-receipts from apps like Instacart give a highly personal view of the effects of inflation.Shoppers using "reorder items" on years-old orders can see exactly how much prices have increased.In some cases, baskets have seen price hikes exceed the overall official rate of inflation.Paper receipts are fast becoming a relic of a bygone era at the grocery store, especially as app-based ordering and tracking have become more popular.And while few shoppers would save their old grocery receipts, apps like Instacart can keep their order histories for years.Now, some customers are using those past orders to discover inflation's highly personal impact on them.For Crisman White, a 33-year-old escape-room installer from Virginia, the price of a basket of groceries from his local Publix has nearly doubled since October 2019.In 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.
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