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This article provides an inside look at the busy schedule of Asha Sharma, the COO of Instacart. Sharma's week is filled with cross-country flights, morning meetings, client dinners, and family time. She starts her day early, reviewing key figures for Instacart before going for a run and beginning her workday. Sharma travels frequently for in-person meetings and store tours, utilizing various strategies to minimize time spent at airports. She maintains a routine of morning runs and family calls while on the road and prioritizes time for herself to think and recharge. Despite her demanding schedule, Sharma values her role as a partner and a mom and integrates work and life. On weekends, she spends time with family and friends, engaging in activities like playing games and watching sports. [Extracted from the article]

As supply-chain constraints ease and availability improves, the costs of electronics, appliances, flights, and cars are declining, providing consumers with deals. Prices for durable goods, such as consumer electronics, have fallen on a year-over-year basis for five consecutive months, while grocery and clothing prices continue to rise. Airline-ticket prices have also cooled down as constraints eased, with some carriers offering discounts to fill domestic flights. However, supermarket prices remain high, and while some fresh groceries have returned to typical levels of inflation, many packaged items have not. [Extracted from the article]

WSJ Recipes Macaroni and Cheese Chili Mac and Cheese Bacon-Gruyere Macaroni and Cheese The Best Boxed Mac and Cheese In Rancho Cordova, Calif., Kelsy Watson uses Gruyere and fontina in addition to more standard macaroni accompaniments such as cheddar and Monterey Jack. Keywords: a-hed; wsjcorp; Food/Beverages; Dairy Products; Consumer Goods; Food Products; Organic Food; North America; United States; Florida EN a-hed wsjcorp Food/Beverages Dairy Products Consumer Goods Food Products Organic Food North America United States Florida N.PAG N.PAG 1 09/05/23 20230901 NES 230901 Home chefs put their own spin on the blue-boxed cupboard mainstay Packaged macaroni and cheese became a kitchen staple thanks to speed and simplicity: milk, noodles and blaze-orange cheese powder, ready in under 10 minutes. Whole Foods named "retro remix" as a top 10 food trend for this year, with throwback foods like mac and cheese being reinvented with better ingredients and adjusted for special diets. [Extracted from the article]

Instacart shopper Stephen Delzer was at a New Hampshire grocery store filling an order for a customer when he saw that the variety of pasta sauce the client wanted was out of stock. Instacart relies on more than 600,000 shoppers - all gig workers - and says addressing customer rudeness has been a recent top priority for the company's team overseeing shoppers. [Extracted from the article]

The Trader Joe's Hoarders Have Snagged It All Stockpilers buy up ube mochi, patio chips and mango black tea; "I'll have a stash for like a year if they discontinue anything" Where's All the Pumpkin Ice Cream?. [Extracted from the article]

Tidbits return, putting grocery-store grazers on the hunt; "I stalk the sample person". [Extracted from the article]