Uber Technologies, Inc. announced its new partnership with Smart & Final Stores, Inc., the smaller, faster grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, to expand their on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery to customers across the West Coast. As of now, 173 Smart & Final stores across Arizona, California and Nevada are available to shop through Uber and Uber Eats, with plans to onboard all of Smart & Final's 254 locations. Smart & Final is the first major grocery US partner to offer alcohol to customers through Uber Eats.

Alcohol is now available for delivery in California with plans to expand the offering to Arizona and Nevada later this year. Since launching in July 2020, Uber has seen consistent growth in the U.S. for its grocery category. In the U.S. and around the world, Uber is uniquely poised to meet consumers' growing desire to get the things they need from grocery stores and other merchants in an on-demand fashion within hours—if not minutes—rather than days.