It seems pretty clear the motivation here is that Instacart doesn't need/can't afford the workforce and is instead probably finding that store employees are abl

It seems pretty clear the motivation here is that Instacart doesn't need/can't afford the workforce and is instead probably finding that store employees are able to fill the orders via some partnership with the big chains for a cut that is more margin efficient than hiring their own "shoppers" to do so. Also just generally this makes sense... a Safeway/Shoprite/Whole Foods employee can probably navigate and fill a cart faster than a random shopper who might not be as familiar with every store's layout. For Instacart this is a huge win, faster fulfillment and probably even higher accuracy of fulfilled orders. For chains this is also a great win since they can utilize their employees more, make a little extra off Instacart, and potentially even optimize their store layouts better to cater to this new style of shopping. Also the headline is quite misleading given that there are only TEN union workers... so "all of its union roles" is misrepresenting the whole thing a bit.