Uber To Acquire Alcohol Delivery Service Drizly For $1.1 Billion

Good news for everyone who uses the Uber Eats app for at-home food deliveries. The company announced Tuesday it is acquiring alcohol-delivery service Drizly for $1.1bln in stock and cash. Once the transaction is complete, Drizly will be integrated into the Uber Eats app. Drizly is an on-demand alcohol delivery service available in 1,400 cities across the US.  Uber Eats …

Tech industry weighs in on eatery delivery fee cap

Tech companies are reaching out to the state Liquor Authority in advance of a hearing on a proposal that would prohibit food-delivery companies like Grubhub from charging restaurants a fee of more than 10 percent of each order total. The regulatory change would be a sharp drop from the 25 percent to more than 30 …