I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.

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A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car.
Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.

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Kroger brings back humans at Texas store after getting 'customer feedback' on self-checkout

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Kroger CFO Gary Millerchip described digital grocery as "becoming less of a headwind" — indicating that investments are still outweighing profits.

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Amazon delivered a box of cookies by drone to someone 15 minutes and 29 seconds after they ordered

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An Amazon delivery drone is on display at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022

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Instacart wants to turn grocery shopping into 'Pokémon GO' to get you to buy more using smart carts

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The screen of an Instacart Caper cart shows cleaning products that a customer can purchase, as well as two items already in the customer's cart. A smartphone sits in a holder to the left of the screen.

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Why is your grocery delivery taking so long? Your driver has 2 other deliveries.

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A shopper wearing a baseball cap loads several cases of bottled water onto an orange flat-bed cart at a Costco store.
Shoppers for Instacart, Walmart Spark, and other gig delivery services say batching orders weighs down their earnings.

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A viral video appears to show Walmart Spark shoppers with perishable groceries waiting for a ride in the Arizona sun

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A recent Youtube video shows delivery workers waiting in the parking lot of an Arizona Walmart with perishable foods sitting in the sun.
A recent YouTube video appears to show delivery workers waiting in the parking lot of an Arizona Walmart with perishable foods sitting in the sun.

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About 60 cities and towns have restricted dollar store openings since 2018, a new report says

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A black-and-yellow Dollar General sign hangs above a store in Maryland as seen from between yellow shopping carts in the parking lot.
Dollar General and Dollar Tree have faced opposition to new stores in several dozen communities.

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A $9 bottle of wine is going viral on X because its name is 'Josh'

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A selection of bottles of wine from Josh Cellars, including red, white, and roses, sits on a wooden-top table with two glasses of red wine and a corkscrew. In the background, a black-and-white photo of Josh, Joseph Carr's father, hangs on a wooden wall.
Josh Cellars's red wine has gotten attention on X, formerly Twitter.

Josh Cellars

Walmart wants to use AI to restock your fridge automatically

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A Walmart cart in a parking lot
Walmart is rolling out an AI-aided replenishment tool for InHome deliveries.

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Smart shopping carts with customized ads are the future of grocery shopping, according to Instacart

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A customer pushes a Caper smart shopping cart filled with groceries. A screen, displaying an ad for Annie's mac and cheese, is seen just above the handle, and there's a payment terminal on the left side of the cart.
Instacart is launching ads on its Caper smart shopping carts.

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