High Item Count Instacart Orders: Get Your Hustle On

Are you trying to gauge the actual physical labor required for grocery delivery, or are you looking to study the worst Instacart batches based on sheer volume? Welcome to the data archive built to expose how the algorithm functions when dealing with massive shopping lists.

Experienced full-service shoppers know there is a massive difference between items and units when analyzing an upfront offer screen. A single order might display a low item count but actually contain dozens of heavy units, like bulk cases of water or soda packs.

When baseline Instacart batch earnings fail to adequately compensate you for the intense physical toll of filling multiple shopping carts and loading your vehicle, accepting these orders destroys your hourly wage. Browse the Instacart offers below to see the extremely high-volume offers that smart contractors decline instantly.

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Archive Of High Item Count Instacart Orders

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High Item Count Instacart Order FAQ

1. What is considered a high item count Instacart order?

A high-item-count Instacart order is different for everyone. For example, to be honest, I hate shopping, so anything over about 20 items is not worth it to me unless the money is excellent. Some people consider 40 to 60 items a large batch. I think the largest batch I have completed before was a 2-shop and paid $96.00, and it was almost 60 items. That is the second-largest order I have ever seen show up on my screen in the market I live in. Most of the orders around here are trash compared to that.

2. How do you manage a high-item-count order in a single grocery cart?

This is another reason I don’t take high-count orders. If it’s more than one order in a batch, it can be complicated to split them up and remember what is what. To me, three orders are pretty much impossible. I always make sure to check the list of items before I accept an order to be sure it will fit in a cart. If it’s like 10 cases of soda, I wouldn’t consider it. I will not use 2 carts like some people will. I’m pretty clumsy, and when I am pushing one cart and pulling another, I constantly ram the back cart into my heels. It’s just not worth it to me.

3. How do you handle high unit counts of heavy items like cases of water?

The short answer to this is, I won’t. I might take one case of water if I am for certain that it isn’t a multi-floor apartment complex. But other than that, if I see a case of water, it is an instant decline. I am not trying to break my back for a couple of bucks.