Alcohol e-commerce delivery platform Drizly is partnering with convenience giant 7-Eleven, allowing consumers to order alcohol delivery from more than 1,200 stores across 11 states.
Drizly will offer 60-minutes-or-fewer delivery of alcoholic beverages from 7-Eleven stores throughout Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington via the Drizly app or website. The partnership increases Drizly’s retailer count to 5,500 locations across more than 1,600 cities nationwide.
The announcement comes after a pilot program in 190 7-Eleven stores. The two companies plan to expand the partnership to 2,000 stores nationwide “in the coming months.” 7-Eleven operates 77,000 stores in 19 countries and regions, including 16,000 in North America.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with the nation’s leading convenience retailer to further our mission of being the go-to place for people to shop alcohol,” Cathy Lewenberg, Drizly chief operating officer, said in a press release. “Drizly offers customers the most convenient way to browse and buy the best selection of beer, wine and spirits online, and collaborating with 7-Eleven expands the ease of our on-demand alcohol delivery to new markets and regions across North America.”
This is not the first alcohol delivery partnership for 7-Eleven. In August, the convenience chain announced a pilot partnership with the alcohol delivery platform Minibar Delivery across 600 stores in Florida, Texas and Virginia. Initial stores centered around cities such as Orlando, Tampa, Miami, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Virginia Beach and Richmond, with expansion into additional markets planned for later this year, according to a press release.
E-commerce luxury spirits platform ReserveBar announced this month that it will acquire Minibar. In October, Uber completed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Drizly.