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Instacart expands its EBT SNAP payments program to include new retailers and offerings
Online grocery platform Instacart is expanding its Electronic Benefits Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) payments integration. The company launched EBT SNAP payments in November 2020 and has since expanded the program to include over 40 retailers. Instacart’s newest partners that accept EBT SNAP payments include Fairplay Foods, PAQ Inc (Food 4 Less […]
Tiggy ready to take on Canadian food delivery incumbents with 15-minute option
Employing a dark store model is “virtually non-existent in Canada,” according to the company.
Soveren launches from stealth with $6.5M seed funding to automate GDPR compliance
Soveren, a London-based startup that automates the detection of privacy risks to help organizations comply with GDPR and CCPA, has launched out of stealth with $6.5 million in seed funding. The company analyzes real-time data flows inside an organizations’ infrastructure to discover personal data and detect privacy risks to make it easier for CTOs and […]
TechCrunch+ roundup: 5 pitch deck slides to fix, initial viable product, MLOps acceleration
This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch deck.
Are rivals snacking on Instacart’s core grocery delivery market?
Instacart’s growth rate is plateauing. What’s going on?
Former head of Facebook app Fidji Simo defends company following whistleblower testimony
The former head of the Facebook app, who reported directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Fidji Simo, defended the social network at the start of an interview at the WSJ Tech Live event this afternoon. The exec was there to discuss her new role as Instacart CEO and her vision for the future of food delivery, […]
Instacart is acquiring catering software company FoodStorm
On-demand grocery delivery platform Instacart announced this morning that it’s acquiring FoodStorm, a SaaS order management system (OMS) that powers end-to-end order-ahead and catering for grocery retailers. The companies have not disclosed the financial details of the deal, but as part of the acquisition, Instacart will integrate FoodStorm’s technology into its suite of enterprise grocery […]
NYC passes bills to improve conditions of app-based delivery workers
The New York City Council passed bills today that will set minimum pay and improve working conditions for gig workers making deliveries for apps like Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats. More specifically, the bills allow delivery workers to use restaurant bathrooms, limit how far they can be asked to deliver, set minimum payments per trip […]
#deleteinstacart
Instacart workers have organized a national boycott ahead of a rumored IPO.
An open letter from Instacart Workers. They’re asking all customers to delete the app until it improves dismal working conditions and reinstates a 10% tip and commission p…