Instacart (coming soon)
Where Instacart fits in the Forkless roadmap and what to do in the meantime if your store isn't a Kroger banner.
What you’ll learn
Section titled “What you’ll learn”Where Instacart fits in the Forkless roadmap and what to do in the meantime if your store isn’t a Kroger banner.
The short version
Section titled “The short version”Instacart support is on the way. It’s the next major addition to the cart handoff after Kroger, and it’ll dramatically widen the set of stores Forkless can send a cart to.
We’re not going to put a date on it yet. The integration is real work and we’d rather ship it well than ship it on a marketing schedule.
Why Instacart is next
Section titled “Why Instacart is next”Kroger’s banners cover a meaningful slice of the US — strong in the South, Midwest, parts of the West Coast, and pockets of the Mid-Atlantic. They don’t reach every zip code, and a lot of households’ nearest store is a different chain entirely.
The Instacart Developer Platform reaches 85,000+ retailers across the US. Connecting Forkless to Instacart means the same one-tap cart handoff works for nearly any US household, regardless of which grocery store is closest.
What it’ll feel like when it lands
Section titled “What it’ll feel like when it lands”The same as Kroger, in the parts that matter:
- Connect your Instacart account once, the same way you’d connect Kroger.
- Pick the store you want this week’s cart sent to.
- Tap “Send to Instacart.” Items land in your cart. You check out on Instacart’s side.
The meal plan and grocery list don’t change based on which retailer you send to — those are built from your profile and your week, not from any one store’s catalog.
What to do until it ships
Section titled “What to do until it ships”If you’re outside Kroger’s footprint, the grocery-list export is your friend right now. Every Forkless grocery list can be exported as a clean, sectioned list — printable, copyable, shareable. Use it directly in your store, in whichever grocery app you already use, or paste it into a delivery service. The aggregation, the pantry exclusion, the section grouping — that all still works. Only the one-tap cart handoff is gated until Instacart lands.
If you’re inside Kroger’s footprint, Connecting your Kroger account is your fastest path to the full experience.
What’s next
Section titled “What’s next”- Curious where Kroger does and doesn’t reach? Choosing your store and pickup vs. delivery.