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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]

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]