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Instacart Investor Slashes Grocery Deliverer’s Valuation to $14.7B
Instacart Investor Slashes Grocery Deliverer’s Valuation to $14.7B
July 18, 2022  |  Delivery

Capital Group, an Instacart investor, has slashed the delivery firm’s valuation back to $14.7 billion, a big drop from Instacart’s own calculation of $24 billion,...

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Grocery Roundup: DoorDash Onboards New Supermarkets; Instacart Reevaluates Future
Grocery Roundup: DoorDash Onboards New Supermarkets; Instacart Reevaluates Future
July 14, 2022  |  Commerce

As aggregators look to improve the economics of the model by getting more value out of their existing driver networks, DoorDash is going all in...

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Instacart, Uber, Others Turn to Driver Perks to Combat Capacity Constraints
Instacart, Uber, Others Turn to Driver Perks to Combat Capacity Constraints
July 11, 2022  |  Delivery

As driver labor challenges persist, delivery services are challenged to work harder to attract and retain the gig workers that make their model possible, or...

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Today in Food Commerce: Toast Acquires Sling; Grocers Seek Direct Delivery Options
Today in Food Commerce: Toast Acquires Sling; Grocers Seek Direct Delivery Options
July 07, 2022  |  Commerce

Today in food commerce, restaurant technology company Toast acquires employee management solutions provider Sling, and supermarkets turn to white-label alternatives to third-party aggregators. Plus, Instacart...

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Grocery Roundup: Instacart Launches New Gig Worker Rewards Program; Food Prices Rise
Grocery Roundup: Instacart Launches New Gig Worker Rewards Program; Food Prices Rise
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

As the grocery industry struggles with labor shortages, especially when it comes to meeting delivery demand, leading third-party aggregator Instacart has been rolling out a...

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Grocers Turn to White-Label Solutions to Capture Instacart’s Wallet Share
Grocers Turn to White-Label Solutions to Capture Instacart’s Wallet Share
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

There was a time when grocers hoping to make their offerings available online, especially those without the resources to build out an entire in-house delivery...

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Instacart Pulls Ahead, Deliveroo Falls Behind in Latest Aggregator Ranking
Instacart Pulls Ahead, Deliveroo Falls Behind in Latest Aggregator Ranking
July 05, 2022  |  Aggregators

This month in restaurant aggregators, Instacart gained steam, while Deliveroo took a tumble. Using a proprietary combination of publicly available information plus app usage data...

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Fourth of July Cookouts Get Automated Assist From Robots
Fourth of July Cookouts Get Automated Assist From Robots
July 04, 2022  |  Innovation

The days of major national events causing backlogs in commercial foodservice establishments and absolute messes in consumers’ home kitchens may soon be behind us. As...

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Grocers Expand Direct Delivery to Cut Out Last-Mile Middlemen
Grocers Expand Direct Delivery to Cut Out Last-Mile Middlemen
June 27, 2022  |  Delivery

As grocers continue to seek out ways to codify their eCommerce success of the past few years into long-term eGrocery businesses, many are developing their...

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