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Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, Shipt Employees Plan May 1 Strike

April 30, 2020

Workers at Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Instacart, and Shipt are planning a May Day walkout/sickout to protest their employers’ continuing failure to provide adequate protections in the workplace, according to a statement from the strike’s organizers. This is, the statement notes, a matter of life or death. The statement cites...

Sprouts to Expand Grocery Pickup Service

April 16, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Phoenix, AZ—Sprouts Farmers Market has announced that it will expand its grocery pickup service with Instacart to all of its stores by early May, according to a company press release. The expansion is rolling out first to 25 Central California locations from Los Angeles to Fresno. This added service allows...

COVID-19 Concerns Spark Talks of Strikes Over Pay, Protection

March 30, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

As COVID-19 drives consumers to online shopping and grocery delivery, workers who help provide those services are asking for better protections and pay. Today (March 30, 2020) some employees at two major companies—Amazon and Instacart—have announced plans to walk off the job. Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island...

COVID-19 Safety Concerns Spark Worker Strikes

March 30, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

As COVID-19 drives consumers to online shopping and grocery delivery, workers who help provide those services are asking for better protections and pay. Today (March 30, 2020) some employees at two major companies--Amazon and Instacart--have announced plans to walk off the job. Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island...

Sprouts Expands Grocery Delivery with Instacart

March 4, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Phoenix, AZ-- Sprouts Farmers Market expands their grocery delivery with Instacart to Southeastern markets, according to a press release. The release states that starting on March 5, residents in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina will be able to order organic groceries and household essentials via Instacart and...

Whole Foods Market Ends Partnership with Instacart

December 17, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Austin, TX--Whole Foods Market will no longer be working with Instacart, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Forbes says that the partnership had been on shaky ground since Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017. In 2016, Whole Foods and Instacart had announced a five-year delivery partnership, but Amazon has...

Instacart Delivery Workers Protest Low Wages

December 11, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Francisco, CA—Instacart delivery workers are protesting a change in pricing structure, which, they say, is drastically cutting their wages, reports the Chicago Tribune. Buzzfeed News reported in November that, two weeks after Instacart had begun to roll out their pricing change, workers had begun a “soft strike” to demand...

Instacart Going National with Click-and-Collect Service

November 13, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Francisco, CA—Instacart is about to launch curbside pickup nationally, according to Supermarket News. Instacart Pickup is a click-and-collect service in which customers either go to Instacart.com or use the mobile app, choose their city and store, add groceries to their cart, and select a pickup time window before checking...

Sprouts Reports Strong Third Quarter

November 2, 2018

Ryan Stiesi

Phoenix, AZ -- Sprouts Farmers Market reported $38 million in net income, a 19% increase from the same period in 2017, in its third quarter 2018 earnings report. Other financials saw increases, too. The company reported net sales of $1.3 billion, a 10% increase, driven by comparable store sales growth...

Aldi Goes National with Ad Campaign and Instacart

September 18, 2018

Julia Peterman

German grocer Aldi is expanding its U.S. presence with a remodeling scheme, a new advertising campaign, and a national rollout of its delivery partnership with Instacart. The grocer plans to spend $5 billion to go from 1,800 to 2,500 stores, reports MediaPost, while remodeling existing stores and expanding fresh food...