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Shopper Community

Protecting the Platform: An Update from Instacart

Our top priority is to ensure the safety and security of the entire Instacart community. As part of this commitment, we have dedicated teams perform routine audits and investigations to ensure the integrity of the...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

New Updates and Support for the Shopper Community

The last few weeks have been some of the busiest in Instacart’s history, and we’re immensely grateful to the shopper community for stepping up as household heroes during this time. Our teams have been working...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

A Thank You from Apoorva Mehta, Instacart CEO

To our valued shopper community, I want to share my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for the hard work that you’re doing to support communities throughout North America during this uncertain time. The last...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

Shopper Health & Safety Update

Communities across North America are facing challenges brought by this uncertain time, and we’re immensely grateful for all that you do to support families and people in need by delivering their groceries and everyday goods....

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

Introducing a More Flexible On-Demand Experience

Each time we survey shoppers, we hear again and again that the flexibility of Instacart is what draws you to the service. Whether it’s shopping a quick batch after dropping the kids off at school,...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

An Update on the Vaccine Support Stipend for Shoppers

As more than 500,000 Instacart shoppers have supported their communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve made the health and safety of the entire shopper community our top priority. At the onset of the pandemic last...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

Supporting Shoppers Throughout the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

As states, provinces, and territories across the US and Canada begin their phased COVID-19 vaccine rollout, we want to support shoppers in navigating this process. To further support the health and safety of our shopper...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

On-Demand Everywhere: More Flexibility for all Shoppers

Over the past year, we’ve been piloting On-Demand, a new, more flexible way to shop. Shoppers consistently tell us that flexibility is the number one reason that draws you to shopping with Instacart. As shoppers,...

Aug 18, 2021

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Shopper Community

10 Items or Less: Providing an Essential Service

The Instacart shopper community is as diverse as the items in the grocery store — every day, tens of thousands of individuals shop, deliver, and become an extension of people’s households. We want to share...

Aug 18, 2021

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