This take is
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Instacart may well be purchased by some company with too much money but in the long run, what Instacart does will not work.
It's terrible logistics propped up by too much vc money.
https://www.freshdirect.com/ is the future where there is density to support it.https://twitter.com/ryan_caldbeck/status/1038932784067145728 …
That said, it doesn't work in all markets. NYC is unique. The more car-oriented transport is, the less dense, the cheaper land is, the fewer rich people (salaries must be many times greater than deliverers), the less well this model works, today.pic.twitter.com/FqCJcsFaNs