You're kind of making my point- demand is meaningless if you don't also account for supply. Also demand for the service correlates to instacarts demand for shop

You're kind of making my point- demand is meaningless if you don't also account for supply. Also demand for the service correlates to instacarts demand for shoppers, but they're not exactly the same thing. As long as supply of workers is bigger than demand of workers, overall demand for the service is basically irrelevant with respect to shoppers pay. I'm not saying they should or shouldn't be paid more. I'm saying that at a time when you're easily replaceable isn't the time to be a difficult employee/contractor. As far as charging more, in many/most states it's now a moot point, as emergency declarations means no price increases because of gouging laws. I don't agree with it, but that's where we are. Yet another case of regulations having unintended consequences.