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    An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt

    https://www.businessinsider.com/instacart-shoppers-forbidden-from-giving-customers-paper-receipts-2023-8 An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt Alex Bitter Aug 16, 2023, 11:52 AM EDT Instacart...
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    My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy

    Pablo Avendano was struck and killed on his bicycle in Philadelphia while working for the San Francisco–based food-delivery startup Caviar. Within a few short days of his death, a banner appeared near the scene at 10th and Spring Garden reading simply, “The Gig Economy Killed Pablo.” This wasn’t...
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