Instacart joins Uber and Lyft in adding fuel surcharges to customer orders to offset higher gas prices

• Instacart is the latest platform to add a temporary fuel surcharge to customers' orders.
• The grocery delivery company $4 that orders would cost an extra 40 cents.

Grocery delivery company Instacart has joined $4 in adding a temporary fuel surcharge to customers' orders to help cover the skyrocketing gas prices its drivers are paying.

$4, Instacart wrote: "We're implementing a temporary surcharge on customer orders to help offset the increased cost of gas over the next month."

It added: "This surcharge will add an additional $.40 on customer orders across our marketplace, with a clear indication of the fuel surcharge on the batch before you accept it."

Gas prices have reached record highs after the $4 in a retaliatory move against the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Insider's Dominick Reuter reported that the US is likely to see $4 before prices start to come back down.

To aid transparency, Instacart said that customers will be able to see the fuel surcharge on their order.

"In a time of increased fuel costs across North America, we know that every cent counts, and we're hopeful this temporary fuel assistance will help offset some of the near-term challenges that shoppers are facing," said Tom Maguire, vice president of operations and care at Instacart.

Recently, $4 that riders would pay a surcharge of up to 55 cents for each ride and that the fees would go to drivers. $4 orders would cost an additional 35 or 45 cents, the company said.