No Trick, Just Treats: Halloween Parties Power Record Weekend For Drizly Alcohol Delivery

Company smashes single-day, weekend and weekly records for order demand

Most popular brands ordered included Budweiser, Tito's Vodka and Fireball Whisky

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Nov 04, 2014, 11:30 ET

BOSTON, Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Drizly, the technology company powering fast, convenient beer, wine and liquor delivery for consumers and businesses across the U.S., today is reporting demand throughout Halloween weekend.

Drizly is a smartphone app for fast, convenient alcohol delivery. The company today announced expansion into the city of Chicago, in addition to its service in NYC, Brooklyn and Boston.

Drizly is the smartphone app for fast, convenient alcohol delivery.

On Friday, Drizly set a single-day record with order demand that was 56-percent higher than the previous record, set earlier in the fall. That helped power a record weekend of orders that were also 56-percent higher than Drizly's prior high. For the whole of Halloween week, orders through Drizly were 48-percent greater than its prior weekly record, also set earlier in the fall. Drizly mobile apps accounted for 84 percent of all demand.

NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON D.C ESPECIALLY THIRSTY

On Halloween night, New York City led all Drizly markets in terms order volume. The Big Apple saw 115 percent more orders than on an average Friday. Washington, D.C. narrowly edged Boston for the largest average order size. The Nation's Capital saw a 20-percent increase in basket size versus its Friday average, which represents a 370-percent increase over the average order size at a physical retail liquor store location. Denver and Austin narrowly trailed Boston.

BEER AND VODKA BRANDS MOST ORDERED ON HALLOWEEN

The most popular brands ordered through Drizly on Halloween included:

Budweiser
Tito's Vodka
Harpoon
Angry Orchard
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
Shipyard
Grey Goose
Absolut
Stella Artois
Bud Light
Smirnoff
Johnnie Walker
Mionetto
Dogfish Head
Blue Moon
Pabst
Svedka
Ketel One
Cisco
Barefoot

ABOUT DRIZLY

Drizly is a technology company powering fast, convenient delivery of beer, wine and liquor to consumers across the United States. With a free mobile lifestyle app for iOS and Android, and an e-commerce Web site, consumers of legal drinking age simply log in, and with a few clicks, their favorite beer, wine or liquor is on its way. Delivery drivers authenticate and validate IDs upon arrival using proprietary Drizly technology. Backed by a world-class group of angel and institutional investors, the company has raised $4.8 million to become the premier alcohol delivery service in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington D.C., and other cities across the United States. For more info, please visit www.drizly.com.

AVAILABLE ON iPHONE, ANDROID AND WEB

HOW DRIZLY WORKS

Download Drizly to your iPhone or Android phone, or log on to Drizly.com.
Sign up and add your favorite beer, wine and liquor to your cart.
Check out, enter discount codes, pay and tip your driver, all right from Drizly.
In less than one hour, your alcohol will be delivered.

CONTACT:

Kerry McGovern, Sr. Director of Communications & Media, Drizly Inc. 
347.853.6009, [email protected]

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SOURCE Drizly