Eric Gardner
Business reporter at More Perfect Union and former management consultant in the grocery pricing industry, with expertise in retailer/manufacturer pricing systems and investigations into dynamic pricing practices.
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Mar 16, 2026 • 1h 5min
Surveillance Pricing
Eric Gardner, former grocery pricing consultant turned business reporter, and Justin Brookman, Consumer Reports marketplace policy director, dig into surveillance pricing on apps like Instacart. They describe how researchers tested price variation, the tech and patents behind targeted experiments, legal and regulatory pushback, and what shoppers can do to spot and respond to hidden price differences.
