Instacart

Instacart Releases New “Plant Power” Trends Report Examining The Mainstream Consumer Migration to Plant-Based Products

June 1, 2021 Instacart

According to Instacart sales data, one in three Instacart customers has purchased a plant-based meat or milk product. Further, according to a recent Instacart survey conducted by The Harris Poll, when asked about the grocery and food habits adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic that they’ll keep for the long term, 30% of survey respondents said they plan to continue eating healthier by preparing lighter, plant-based meals. …

Instacart Launches “Priority Delivery” & Introduces 30-Minute Grocery Delivery

May 28, 2021 Instacart

Instacart, the leading online grocery platform in North America, today introduced “Priority Delivery,” a new experience that unlocks faster grocery delivery for customers across the U.S. and Canada. As part of this launch, customers in some of the largest cities in the U.S. will now have access to grocery delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. …

Amazon Was Supposed To Kill Instacart. Instead Instacart Became a Mini-Amazon

March 30, 2021 Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN

Instacart increasingly resembles Amazon, with hundreds of thousands of workers, deliveries that range from food to office supplies, and reported interest in building high-tech warehouses. …

Instacart Appoints Operations and Product Leader Asha Sharma as Chief Operating Officer

February 9, 2021 Instacart

Instacart, the leading online grocery platform in North America, today announced it has appointed Asha Sharma as Chief Operating Officer. Sharma joins the company in mid-February and will report directly to Instacart Founder and Chief Executive Officer Apoorva Mehta. …

Instacart Will Lay Off All of Its Unionized Workers

January 22, 2021 Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice

The termination of the only unionized Instacart workers in the United States is part of larger layoffs at the company. …