Publix, the Save Mart Cos. and Price Chopper/Market 32 are joining other food retailers teaming up with Instacart to increase Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment integration for online grocery delivery and pickup.

Grocery delivery service Instacart announced Thursday it is expanding its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) online payment system, increasing the number of stores that offer the service to more than 4,000.

Some Instacart shoppers claim that the company has wrongfully terminated their accounts in response to fraudulent activity, locking them out of future earnings until they get reactivated, CNN Business reports.

Coming off the past year, there’s no shortage of compelling narratives about and from essential workers. Instacart is sharing some of them in a new campaign, "Beyond the Cart: A Year of Essential Stories."

Uber announced Wednesday it is adding a Pickup and Go feature to its app that allows rides passengers to order and pick up meals and groceries while en route to their destination. The platform will also allow users to pre-order when a store or restaurant is closed, as well as create multiple orders from different stores and restaurants at the same time.

The online grocer said early results in Charlotte, North Carolina, support its mid-market approach and have helped lay down a blueprint for its rapid expansion this year.

Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, at better prices than local supermarkets, announced today its fifth major city: Austin, Texas. Farmstead will bring its online grocery service to the area by mid-2021.

Online grocer Farmstead has hired Paul Johnson as head of operations excellence and member of its executive team. In his new role, Johnson will help scale Farmstead’s pioneering online grocery software operations into a world-class system to accommodate the company’s rapid U.S. expansion.

Big Y Foods is ushering in a new e-commerce platform with the launch of Big Y myPicks online ordering.

Starship Technologies has launched a robot food delivery service in Tempe, Ariz., as part of the autonomous delivery startup’s expansion plans following a $40 million funding round announced last August.

Eight Co-op stores in Milton Keynes already use the autonomous vehicles in partnership with Starship Technologies.

It’s long been rumored that Tata is stepping up to the e-commerce challenge and building a super app for every offering that it provides. This is being seen as an attempt to compete with players like Amazon and Flipkart, along with long time rival Reliance, which recently launched a slew of new offerings, including JioMart.

Instant grocery services have become the newest growth market for popular delivery apps, as the coronavirus pandemic has made Hongkongers seek the convenience of shopping at their fingertips.

The largest retailers are racing to quickly fulfill online orders using micro fulfillment, and now numerous regional players are joining them.