Back in 2021, Uber purchased Drizly for $1.1 billion shortly after it reported that its food delivery segment kept its losses manageable during the pandemic. Three years later, the company is shutting down the US-based alcohol delivery service, Axios has reported. Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, Uber’s SVP of delivery, told the publication that the company has decided to close the business and to focus on its “core Uber Eats strategy.”

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    The article ends with:

    Either way, Drizly is gone, but Uber seems to intend to continue delivering alcohol to its customers.

    Which makes this feel more like consolidation than a shut down

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      11 months ago

      Yeah I’m looking at the app (Uber Eats) right now. Alcohol delivery is an option.

      At least in my area.