1. Channel: Delivery

Costco asks Instacart shoppers to wait for orders offsite

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Some Costco stores have started asking Instacart shoppers to wait for orders offsite, according to interviews with shoppers and a review of Reddit posts and discussions on the policy. Instacart does not require shoppers to wait in a store’s parking lot to be eligible for an order, but it does tell its contractors that they…

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