The pandemic forced many people to change their way of life. One change was the way Americans grocery shop. Online shopping and delivery were trending upward before COVID, but it really took off during the shutdown. Many of these online shoppers are using grocery delivery services. But who are these delivery services? What are their…

SAN DIEGO—More than $46 million that grocery delivery company Instacart agreed to pay as part of a settlement with the city of San Diego is ready to be distributed, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office said May 11. The settlement stems from a lawsuit the city filed in 2019, which alleged Instacart improperly classified workers…

NEW YORK, NY—Grocery delivery services Instacart and Target Corp.’s Shipt said on Wednesday they will expand their payment methods for low-income U.S. shoppers in line with the White House’s efforts to ramp up healthy eating and curtail diet-related diseases. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced plans to end hunger in the country and increase healthy…

Instacart Inc. on late Thursday cut its valuation by nearly 40 percent to about $24 billion due to recent market turbulence, in an unusual move that shows how public market volatility affects high-flying private companies. The new valuation marks a substantial drop from last March, when the grocery delivery firm was valued at $39 billion…

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Instacart was founded in 2012 with a simple mission—to become the Amazon Prime of grocery delivery. In 2021, the company boasts nearly 10 million active users and over 500,000 “shoppers,” Instacart’s term for its delivery drivers. It finally turned in its first profitable month during the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020. The thing is, though,…