European alternatives to Instacart

US grocery delivery platform that shops your supermarket order for you.

Maplebear Inc. · Outside Europe

About Instacart

Company: Maplebear Inc.
HQ: United States
Zone: Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act

Picnic

86 · Strongly European

Netherlands · Food delivery

Dutch online supermarket delivering groceries by electric van to customers in the Netherlands, Germany, and France. Founded in 2015, Picnic uses fixed delivery routes and a warehouse-to-door model to offer free delivery.

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Free · from Free Free tier 🇪🇺 EU

HelloFresh

65 · Mostly European

Germany · Food delivery

Berlin-founded meal kit company operating in 18 countries. Delivers pre-portioned fresh ingredients with recipes directly to customers. Founded in 2011, listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. €7.5B revenue. German alternative to US food delivery platforms.

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Paid · from €7/meal 🇪🇺 EU

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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.

Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.

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