by fishpen0 on 1/16/24, 8:31 PM
It always seemed like they were buying them for their existing vendor contracts and already done legal legwork to operate a business that was actually illegally operating in MA (where it was founded) for years while they did all the lobbying to make it less illegal. Uber was probably keeping them around as a legal patsy incase they caught flack as they rolled out their internal atlernative.
Sucks for Bostonians though, another tech-ish company gone from the downtown roster
by marssaxman on 1/16/24, 8:35 PM
Bummer - I rather liked Drizly; though I suppose I liked
knowing that it existed more than I actually liked to use it.
It was nice ordering liquor to a hotel room on a road trip in an unfamiliar city after a long day's drive when I didn't want to go back out again. I think that's the only time I've ordered from Drizly in the past year.
by dudeinjapan on 1/16/24, 8:23 PM
In Japan we have an alcohol delivery service Kakuyasu which is known for their pink mini-trucks cruising around Tokyo. Think it was founded in the 80’s. I see them listed on UberEats and Wolt here.
by Animats on 1/16/24, 8:21 PM
That makes sense. Why have separate services for food and alcohol?
by pxeger1 on 1/16/24, 8:25 PM
1.1 billion seems like an absurd amount of money.
by smoorman1024 on 1/17/24, 1:22 AM
> At the time of the acquisition Uber planned to integrate Drizly into Uber Eats, but never came did.
"but never came did" Is this a grammar mistake or am I reading it incorrectly? Am I going out on a limb thinking that Techcrunch might be leaning into LLMs and reducing their editor's oversight.
by evtothedev on 1/16/24, 8:17 PM
I am really bummed by this. It's the best way to send alcohol across state lines (i.e. gifts for clients).
by ChrisArchitect on 1/16/24, 9:33 PM
by frantic2821 on 1/16/24, 9:49 PM
Was this just a US service? Never heard of Drizly before and where I am, alcohol was always delivered under UberEats
by swozey on 1/16/24, 8:49 PM
I wonder what sort of interactions you have with people potentially so drunk that they possibly needed a re-up
by nerdo on 1/16/24, 8:12 PM