As the holiday season kicks into high gear, people are filled with excitement to see family and friends, and kitchens begin to buzz with the familiar aroma of festive dishes.

Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries to its customers.

Asian shares are lower, tracking a slump on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought.

Instacart delivered in its stock market debut.

Instacart has priced its initial public offering of stock at $30 a share, raising $660 million for the grocery delivery company.

A Florida man who opened fire on Instacart shoppers who went to the wrong home.

Masks had started to disappear from store shelves but they may be front and center again.

Instead of teachers going inside shopping for their own supplies, it organized a curbside pickup to limit contact. The non-profit organization said there has been a 65% reduction in the number of companies running back-to-school supply drives. Drives they depend on to support teachers, many who pay out of pocket for supplies their students need to succeed. She said every dollar donated to the organization, is converted to $10 worth of school supplies distributed throughout the community. News 6 is hosting a phone bank next Aug. 27 between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to help support A Gift for Teaching.

I started to juggle three apps to make ends meet, said Okawa, who recently reduced her work hours after receiving unemployment benefits. She said she enjoys the flexibility of choosing her own hours but hopes not to have to turn to gig work in the future. Gig workers are also jockeying for those jobs from all fronts. DoorDash launched an initiative to help out-of-work restaurant workers sign up for delivery work. But that $600 benefit will expire at the end of July, and the $2 trillion government relief package that extended unemployment benefits to gig workers expires at the end of the year.

Are you a Sam’s Club member who might have been frustrated in the past about not being able to include alcohol on grocery-delivery orders? Sam’s Club officials have announced that shoppers using Instacart for delivery of groceries and other household items to their door can now get same-day alcohol. The service will be available in 215 clubs throughout 11 states, so call your neighborhood Sam’s Club to make sure this is available in your area before getting TOO excited. Sam’s Cub officials said the service is expected to be added to more locations in the coming months. Customers ordering alcohol via Instacart must be 21 or older and are required to enter their date of birth at checkout and present a valid government ID at the time of delivery.