During the time many companies in America froze hiring or cut jobs, immigrant-founded Instacart expanded. Instacart, which provides grocery shopping services, also became a lifeline for many American consumers during the Covid-19 crisis.
On March 23, 2020, Instacart founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta announced, “Today, we have more shoppers on the Instacart platform than ever before. Given the continued customer demand we expect over the coming months, we’ll be bringing on an additional 300,000 full-service shoppers to support cities nationwide.”