San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc. and Drizly, Boston, announced that they have reached an agreement for Uber to acquire Drizly for approximately $1.1 billion in stock and cash. After the completion of the transaction, Drizly will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Uber. Drizly’s marketplace will eventually be integrated with the Uber Eats app, while also maintaining a separate Drizly app.

According to a study released by Oracle Food and Beverage, consumers are hopeful about visiting restaurants again, but these visits might require more efforts from operators.

GrapeStars launched its online marketplace app where celebrities can directly promote their wine and spirits brands to fans.

As part of Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin's ongoing efforts to protect customers and restaurant employees in light of the COVID-19 health crisis, all U.S. restaurants are limiting service to drive-thru ordering, carryout, and delivery only. These restrictions took effect March 17.   

For the 16th consecutive year, United States convenience stores have experienced record in-store sales in 2018.

Designed for all sizes of businesses, the Advanced Checkmate Mobile application increases accuracy, productivity and speed because it records inventory from receiving through storage and shipping and is able to count inventory and print discrepancy reports, the company says.

As the winter months approach, beverage brands have announced marketing campaigns to reach consumers where they are, whether that's on-premise, on their phones or in the car.

Heading into fall, beverage brands are announcing new marketing campaigns, several benefiting from sports marketing efforts.

Beverage brands are becoming more adapt to digial marketing. For example, 19 Crimes released an augmented reality app allowing consumers to learn about the characters on the wine's packaging. Additionally, Barbadillo announced that its consumers can interact with its packaging through near-field communication enabled neck collars.

Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. is celebrating its 90th birthday on 7-Eleven Day (July 11).To celebrate its milestone birthday, 7-Eleven is inviting millions to enjoy a free Slurpee party, continuing the tradition that started on the retailer's 75th birthday in 2002.