Uber to shut down booze app Drizly after acquiring it 3 years ago for $1.1B

Uber is shutting down its alcohol delivery app Drizly just three years after buying it for $1.1 billion.The service boomed during the pandemic, seeing 300% year-over-year growth at the time San Francisco-based Uber inked the multibillion-dollar deal with Drizly in 2021, agreeing to operate it as a standalone app and within the Uber Eats interface to deliver beer, wine and booze to customers’ doorsteps in more than 1,400 cities. However, the app is now taking last calls, with plans to shutter come March 202 ...