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Move comes as Instacart scales back its in-store shopper services

Instacart’s insane valuation growth $265M funding round more than doubles company’s valuation from last October 257 3 minutes read Instacart has announced a new funding round of $265 million, increasing its valuation to $39 billion. (Photo: Instacart) Instacart has announced a $265 million venture fundraising round, putting the total value of the company at $39 billion — more than double what it was just six months ago. The round involved existing investors Andreessen Horowitz,...

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Update Featured pages Opinion Featured pages Instacart plans to lay off nearly 2,000 of its workers, including the 10 workers from the Kroger-owned Mariano’s who unionized early last year... Instacart notified the union of the planned changes earlier this week. In the letter, Instacart said it planned to stop using in-store shoppers at Kroger-owned stores... Instacart s...

Amazon Files Motion to Halt Union Election Over Mail-in Votes © AP Photo / Ted S. Warren, File https://sputniknews.com/us/202101231081854143-amazon-files-motion-to-halt-union-election-over-mail-in-votes/ Amazons Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse is slated to begin issuing mail-in ballots on February 8 for an election that would put it closer to becoming the first Amazon location to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Amazon has ...

Move comes as it begins to equip store employees with technology to fulfill orders 564 2 minutes read Instacart is cutting approximately 1,800 in-store shoppers nationwide as it moves to a technology-focused “Partner Pick” model. (Photo: Instacart) Instacart is laying off approximately 1,800 employees as it transitions to a “Partner Pick” model for grocery services. The company made the acknowledgement in a Medium blog post on Tuesday, noting, “we’ll be winding down our i...

Instacart will begin offering its retail partners a new Partner Pick model, which will allow stores to rely on their own employees to utilize Instacarts technology and fulfill orders for customers. "As a result of some grocers transitioning to a Partner Pick model, we’ll be winding down our in-store operations at select retailer locations over the coming months," an Instacart spokesperson told FOX Business in a statement Thursday. "We know this is an incredibly challenging time for many...

Instacart to let go of hundreds of its shopper employees -- including those who unionized CNN 1/21/2021 By Sara Ashley OBrien, CNN Business © Michael Loccisano/Getty Images WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 26: Clark resident Jen Valencia still works part time for Instacart at Wegmans market on August 26, 2020 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The pandemic has prompted a major spike in on-demand grocery shopping and delivery, making Instacart profitable for the first time since its ...

Instacart said in the letter it plans to "transition" how it works with Kroger "no sooner than mid-March."

Labor advocates called on Instacart to reverse a decision to lay off hundreds of employees, including the companys only workers to belong to a union.

Instacart is cutting more than 1,800 jobs, including its only unionized workers Last February, a group of Instacart employees who worked as in-store shoppers at a Mariano’s grocery store in Skokie, Illinois, voted to unionize in a historic moment for the gig economy. Nearly one year later, those workers have been informed that their jobs are being cut as part of a broader change to how Instacart does business with some grocers, including Kroger and Kroger-owned Mariano’s stores. Instacart h...