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In the US, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the company's new delivery battleground is grocery and its main rival is Instacart.

Some Instacart shoppers are reportedly claiming their accounts were terminated unfairly by the company. The shoppers appeared to be the victims of phishing scams, a growing trend among gig workers.

For Rachael Freedman, shopping for on-demand grocery delivery startup Instacart felt like something of a dream job.

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Uber Grocery's strategy is the same as Uber Eats. It wants to dominate in cities it serves. Uber joins a field dominated by Instacart and DoorDash.

Farmstead is a 'ghost grocer' created by an ex-Yahoo engineer, doing what Instacart can't do: no replacements, and "a perfect order every time."

After inking a deal to work together almost three years ago, U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and U.K. online grocer Ocado today took the wraps off the first major product of that deal. Kroger has launched a new Ocado-powered customer fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, a gigantic warehouse covering 375,000 square feet and [...]

After inking a deal to work together almost three years ago, U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and U.K. online grocer Ocado today took the wraps off the first major product of that deal. Kroger has launched a new Ocado-powered customer fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, a gigantic warehouse covering 375,000 square feet and [...]

Instacart remains the dominant player in the multibillion-dollar online-grocery market, but newcomers are entering the rapidly growing space.

The pandemic upended the way people shop for their everyday needs, including groceries. Online grocery sales in the U.S. are expected to reach 21.5% of the total grocery sales by 2025, after leaping from 3.4% pre-pandemic to 10.2% as of 2020. One business riding this wave is Mercato, an online grocery platform that helps smaller [...]

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One-fifth of Instacart orders were filled through Costco in 2020. Analysts say it shows how Instacart should go beyond grocery.

Instacart will put its funding toward increasing corporate headcount and scaling its business, which may position it for post-pandemic growth.

Instacart went in for a surprise round of funding as it prepares for IPO, but the money comes just as one new rival nips at its heels: DoorDash.

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On-demand grocery delivery platform Instacart has raises a $265 million funding ground from existing investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, D1 Capital Partners and others. The new funding, which, like its past few rounds, isn't assigned a Series alphabetical designation, pushes the company's valuation to $39 billion - more than double its $17.7 billion valuation [...]

Advertisers say that they want ways to buy ads across multiple retailers and more data about what people buy.