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Instacart: Groceries & Food
Shop Grocery Delivery Services
Instead of schlepping to the grocery store, why not use Instacart? The app partners with grocers around the country (Publix in the South, Wegmans in the Northeast, Safeway on the West Coast, and others) to offer same-day and one-hour delivery.
What we love: Instacart monitors your local store’s inventory so you can select exactly the items you want. After you place an order (checkout is quick with Apple Pay), a personal shopper heads to the aisles on your behalf. If something you need is sold out, they’ll let you know in real time via notifications and in-app chat. Once your groceries are bagged, a driver will bring them to you during your assigned delivery window.
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Quick tip: Look for Instacart’s post-checkout option to immediately place another order from a different retailer withoutpaying an additional delivery fee.
Meet the creator: Instacart was founded by Apoorva Mehta in 2012 to ensure everyone has access to the food they love—and more time to enjoy it together. The food that users love most is bananas—more than 782 million of them have been purchased through Instacart since the service launched. Fidji Simo, Instacart’s current CEO, joined in 2021 and is focused on doing everything she can to help grocers of all sizes grow and thrive.