Uber cuts off Drizly, the alcohol delivery app it bought for $1.1 billion three years ago

Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery app Drizly, the company confirmed this week, just under three years after acquiring the platform for $1.1 billion. Drizly will officially shut down at the end of March, Uber told The Associated Press. Uber’s senior vice president of delivery Pierre Dimitri Gore-Coty said the company has decided to focus on its core Uber Eats strategy of helping consumers get almost everything — including alcohol — on a single platform. Uber purchased Drizly in a cash-and-stock deal back in 2021. The Boston-based subsidiary continued to operate as a standalone app, with its marketplace also integrated into the Uber Eats platform.