FTC: Instacart, deceptive fees and Instacart+ consumer protection case

US Federal Trade Commission · decided Dec 18, 2025 · Settled

The FTC alleged Instacart deceived shoppers about fees and charged for Instacart+ without express informed consent.

The case

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Dec 18, 2025	Decision: FTC: Instacart, deceptive fees and Instacart+	Decision	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Oct 13Notice is hereby given that the Settlement Conference previo in 18dnext date	FTC v. Uber (Uber One subscriptions)Notice is hereby given that the Settlement Conference previoActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Apr 21, 2025
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Sep 10Filed 15d agofiled	Texas AG v. TikTok: deceptive child safety claimsDecidedConsumer protectionTexas Attorney General	Consumer protection	Decided	Sep 10
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Dec 29, 2025Filed 9mo agofiled	Lyons v. OpenAI (Soelberg)ActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Dec 29, 2025

Caption and links

Federal Trade Commission v. Maplebear Inc. (Instacart)