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 has seen increasing volumes during the pandemic. 

"During this time our delivery business has been growing at extraordinary rates," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC on Tuesday.

Merchants on Drizly will be able to benefit from Uber's top-notch technology and massive customer base. Drizly plans to keep a standalone app. 

"Wherever you want to go and whatever you need to get, our goal at Uber is to make people's lives a little bit easier. That's why we've been branching into new categories like groceries, prescriptions and, now, alcohol. Cory and his amazing team have built Drizly into an incredible success story, profitably growing gross bookings more than 300 percent year-over-year. By bringing Drizly into the Uber family, we can accelerate that trajectory by exposing Drizly to the Uber audience and expanding its geographic presence into our global footprint in the years ahead," said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.