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Seattle's Instacart shoppers are having to go miles out of their way because of the new gig worker pay law
Instacart is adding miles to some Seattle deliveries to avoid stores within city limits — which wou…
Alex Bitter
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Why is your grocery delivery taking so long? Your driver has 2 other deliveries.
Bundling orders weighs on gig workers' earnings and frustrates some customers on platforms like Wal…
Alex Bitter
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I'm a Gen X Instacart delivery worker in Las Vegas. Here are my 6 tips for maximizing what you earn on the app
A Las Vegas-based Instacart shopper shares her best tips for making the most money on the platform …
Alex Bitter
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It's increasingly unlikely Amazon will ever catch up to Walmart in online groceries
Walmart's share of online grocery sales is rising, while Amazon's is falling despite several years …
Alex Bitter
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A viral video appears to show Walmart Spark shoppers with perishable groceries waiting for a ride in the Arizona sun
Individuals who appear to be Walmart Spark contractors used questionable methods of handling fresh …
Alex Bitter,Dominick Reuter
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I'm a grocery checkout worker. People say the customer is always right, but we say 'buyers are liars.'
"When the pandemic began, people were saying, 'We appreciate y'all; you're great,'" a grocery worke…
Elle Hardy
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This indoor farming company is trying to win workers over to agriculture — through desk-job benefits
Eden Green is changing how staples like lettuce are grown. And unlike many farm jobs, it offers wor…
Tim Paradis
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Walmart workers reveal the best and worst parts of working the holiday season
The holiday season is a busy time at America's largest retailer, and that comes with some perks, so…
Dominick Reuter,Alex Bitter
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Kroger workers say grocery chain is pocketing their paychecks in new lawsuit: 'This is wage theft, plain and simple'
Kroger staffers claim the grocery giant has garnished paychecks and failed to pay wages since a new…
Aidan Pollard
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A grocery store chain is limiting how many items you can buy at its self-checkouts as concerns over theft mount
Schnucks customers will be limited to 10 items at its self-checkout. "We do expect there to be some…
Grace Dean
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A grocery store security guard filmed three men stealing $500 worth of detergent. He's yet another worker who got fired after confronting shoplifters.
King Soopers' parent company, Kroger, is among many retailers that forbid employees from intervenin…
Dominick Reuter
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The golden age of working for Instacart, DoorDash, and other delivery apps is over, workers say
Workers for Instacart, DoorDash, Grubhub, Walmart Spark and other apps say delivery gigs got harder…
Alex Bitter
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How to change your tip on Instacart, even after your order arrives
You can change your tip on Instacart for up to a day after the order is delivered using the mobile …
William Antonelli
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Get ready to spend more on milk, eggs, cheese, and meat as Omicron wreaks havoc on supply chains, experts warn
"It's much worse than 2020," a longtime retail and supply chain analyst told Insider. He warned sho…
Mary Hanbury
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A grocery chain is offering free coffee to cops in an attempt to deter shoplifters
Uniformed officers can get free hot drinks from Waitrose and subsidized meals from the John Lewis s…
Grace Dean
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Whole Foods says its First Amendment rights will be violated if it's forced to allow employees to wear Black Lives Matter insignia
Whole Foods was responding to the National Labor Relations Board's claims that it illegally stopped…
Mary Hanbury
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I'm a 24-year-old who lives in Medora, North Dakota, which has a population of less than 150 people. We don't have a grocery store in town but we do have the Northern Lights.
Madi Lee, 24, lives and works in Medora, North Dakota, which has a year-round population of less th…
Erin Snodgrass
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A Michigan man beat a grocery store worker with a frozen fish because he was furious the counter closed early for Ramadan, prosecutors allege
"I never thought I'd have to say this, but if you assault someone with a fish in our county you wil…
Chris Panella
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Kroger's new payroll system resulted in workers receiving less pay than owed or no paycheck at all according to 4 lawsuits filed against the grocery chain
Workers at Kroger and Fred Meyer stores were underpaid after the grocer started using a new payroll…
Alex Bitter
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A delivery contractor serving companies like Walmart says it never stopped paying out all tips to workers after an app change prompted confusion
The company says a change in how it communicates pay to drivers caused confusion.