Amid fears of the coronavirus, a growing number of food and grocery delivery services in the US are giving customers the option to have their orders left at their doorstep to avoid human interaction. Grocery delivery platform Instacart will give workers who take time off to get a COVID-19 vaccine $25, the company announced Thursday. Shift leads, in-store shoppers and full-service shoppers (who shop in-store and deliver groceries) will be eligible for the stipend. Instacart is one of … Instacart will give its shoppers — the workers who pick and fill grocery store orders for customers — a $25 stipend for the time they take off to get a coronavirus … Instacart shoppers are set to have a nationwide walk off Monday over the grocery delivery service's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Grocery delivery company Instacart says it will provide a $25 stipend to its workers who take time off to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in the U.S. and Canada starting on February.Why it matters: Some companies in retail and services are beginning to announce incentives to get their workforces vaccinated sooner rather than later—both for the workers' safety and the … Scoop: During the coronavirus pandemic, business has been booming for the grocery delivery … Instacart's COVID-19 warning to some workers: You might've been exposed. Instacart’s aggressive hiring spree is continuing due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Demand for grocery delivery has exploded in recent weeks as millions try to avoid going outside amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Instacart is a service that allows customers to order groceries from stores for delivery. A group of Instacart shoppers are planning a nationwide strike on Monday to protest the grocery delivery app's response to the coronavirus outbreak. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of the entire Instacart community has been our top priority. Pandemic lockdowns sparked demand almost overnight. Some of its workers are employees and are stationed within participating stores, where they fulfill orders. Covid Brought Booze to Your Door—and Made Delivery Worth Billions Prohibition-era regulations stifled liquor e-commerce in the U.S. for decades. In the past year, more than 500,000 Instacart … Instacart and DoorDash have announced that they will now offer up to two weeks of pay for workers who are diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.