Instacart tried to adapt to the pandemic by adding 300K shoppers in eight weeks and says it has had its first-ever monthly profit in April of $10M
Bloomberg : Tweets: @josheidelson , @josheidelson , @bw , @bw , and @laura_nelson Tweets: Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson : “the company said its procurement team had secured a supply of hand sanitizer from a manufacturer... Lévêque ordered a 6-oz. bottle, but it took 2 weeks to arrive, and by then had popped open and leaked into its cardboard box.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... @ellenhuet @lizette_chapman Josh Eidelson / @josheidelson : “I don't think there's any argument Instacart can make with a straight face that these people are not employees,” San Diego city attorney @MaraWElliott tells me https://www.bloomberg.com/... @BW @bw : NEW COVER: Between service issues and tensions with its contract shoppers, Instacart wasn't ready to become an essential service overnight https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... @bw : Instacart added 300,000 workers in eight weeks, but Covid-19 is still overtaking it in more ways than one https://www.bloomberg.com/... Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson : New: California has sued Uber and Lyft, saying their drivers are employees, not independent contractors. The lawsuit could have wide-reaching effects for the gig economy. https://www.latimes.com/...