FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Instacart - Caught on Camera

DoorDash offers $17 billion to buy Instacart after adding 2,700 Kroger stores to its app. Then the CEO reveals how they plan to compete with Walmart

Another consolidation.

We Got This Covered · 2h ago

Congress looks at banning delivery apps from listing restaurants without permission

The bipartisan legislation would give the Federal Trade Commission enforcement power by classifying unapproved restaurant listings as unfair or deceptive trade practices

The Independent UK · 2h ago

DoorDash acquiring Instacart could be bad for customers, analyst warns

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The Independent UK · 18h ago

What a DoorDash-Instacart Deal Could Mean for Grocery Delivery Fees, Memberships and Shoppers Who Use Both Apps

DoorDash is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Instacart for about $17 billion, but no deal has been announced and regulatory review could take months.

Medical Daily · Oct 29

FTC orders Walmart, Delta and others to share how they use personal data to set prices and pay

"We intend to scrutinize the opaque methodology that some companies in these industries may be using to determine how much consumers pay or how much gig workers are paid for the same product or service," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in a statement.

The Economic Times · Oct 29

Huge, Unusual Call Options Volume with DoorDash Ahead of Earnings - Is DASH Undervalued?

DoorDash is showing unusually large volume in out-of-the-money call options today. This follows reports that DoorDash could be interested in buying Instacart (CART). Is DASH undervalued here?

Barchart · Oct 28

Why women dread male Instacart shoppers

Behind the jokes about grocery substitutions is a familiar frustration: paying for help and still doing the work

Salon · Oct 25

Instacart to pay $5 million after being accused of discriminating against American workers

Trump has sought to crack down on what he says are widespread abuses of foreign worker visa programs

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Green Card jobs: Food delivery company Instacart agrees to pay $5 million penalty for discriminating against Americans

Instacart Green Card Jobs: Department of Justice said its investigation revealed that Instacart asked US workers to physically mail their applications for PER jobs while for visa holders, electronic applications were accepted. DOJ concluded that it was a discrimination against US workers and creating a burden on them.

The Times of India · Oct 20

Zuckerberg spent years building on Apple’s terms. His $100-billion-plus AI bet is about owning everything

Zuckerberg and chief AI officer Alexandr Wang want Meta’s Muse agents to shop for you. That could disrupt the ad machine paying for it all.

Fortune · Oct 20