A delivery of instacart containing $100+ in groceries is different from the average food delivery since the food delivery personnel will very likely be delivering more orders per hour compared to the instacart workers; the $5 extra per delivery might end up meaning more to the food delivery workers than instacart, making it a pretty impossible demand if they want universal integration. Something like "hourly pay increase of $20" would be better.

I also think instacart workers might be at higher risk of virus exposure because, as I understand it, they need to go into the store and pick out groceries - while food delivery workers only really interact with the food bag at the counter. I'm also not sure how often the different contactless delivery options are chosen, but instacart would include more exposure if you needed to hand every grocery bag to the customer compared to one or two food bags.

They charge large delivery fees now, a $100 order will have about a $10-20 fee added. I’m not sure where that goes though.

Aren't they dropping off the products in cardboard boxes without ever coming near another human?

They're also spending half their time in grocery stores.

Aren't the people who prepare the order different than the people that deliver it? The preparers are the ones who need the hazard pay and protections imo.

Not always and I'd suspect that being a "Full-Service Shopper" (vs "In-Store Shopper") pays better so a large percentage are likely both preparer and deliverer.

Source: https://shoppers.instacart.com/

FSS are paid by the order–you see a preview of how much you'll make before accepting an order (broken down into IC pay, mileage pay, and customer tip). ISS are paid by the hour and sign on with an hourly wage agreement.

Haven't worked as an ISS, but I presume that they have no say in their orders as they aren't paid per order. I actually have no idea if they even get a portion of tips.

source: have run for Instacart before.

Both of the instacart orders I've gotten since LA shut down did both parts.