Tom Mills (CEO of HS Brands) does not have an account here, but he asked me to post this on his behalf:
Hello Shoppers,
I’ve already received thousands of responses, which is great!
Thought it would be best to address some comments/questions in this "group" manner.
Shipt is only working in the US right now. We had a little miscommunication in our haste to get this out quickly. Sorry for all of you Canadian Shoppers we sent this to.
I don’t know any more about this service than most of you. I know they are one of the biggest three in this space and they serve a great purpose at a time like this. I don’t know how they pay, what the pay is, how much work they have, where they have it, etc. I have nothing to do with Shipt. I just wanted to alert the shopper community of this opportunity and maybe get a few of you some extra money at a time like this. If you have an issue signing up or dealing with them in any way, it’s best to go to their help section.
I want to make sure everyone is clear on the motivation here…neither HSB, nor SASSIE nor KSS Int’l will make any money from this. This was an idea I had a few days ago, I reached out to Instacart, Shipt and Postmates and Shipt responded. They were appreciative that we would help them find IC’s since they currently have 25 full-time people doing this because of the high demand for their service. I know we had a bumpy road in 2019 with shopper pay, so this was a small attempt at saying thank you.
Conversely, depending upon the size of the response, I am going to ask Shipt to make a donation to a charity of my choosing (COVID related) as a thank you for our help. We’ll see.
We are not encouraging or suggesting that people go into an environment where they think they will be susceptible to COVID-19. Everyone will make their own decisions for their own reasons. If I can think of a way to create work for everyone without leaving the house, I will! The reality is people still need groceries and will be going to the supermarket. If only delivery services were allowed to go to the markets, we would all be safer.
If you are mistreated in any way and need to get to someone high up on the food chain, then reach out to me and I’ll see if I can help.
I am still trying to fully understand the stimulus package for my business, so I don’t want anyone to think I understand the bill from your “the gig worker” perspective. I have heard there are good options, but again this is not my expertise.
Last, I just want to thank all of you that sent over the nice, thankful comments. I really appreciate it. Anything positive right now goes a long way…
We (wife and twin girls) have been in quarantine for 15 days. So I have had lots of time to think!
I really hope this helps some of you quickly.
Good luck.
Stay healthy!
T