CHICAGO – In hundreds of cities across the globe, you can press a button and get a ride in minutes. Now, through UberRUSH, business owners can use that same technology to get customers pretty much anything in minutes, according to a company statement.

UberRUSH is partnering with local businesses to simplify the delivery process and make it easier for customers to get what they want when they want it. This week, UberRUSH debuted in San Francisco, New York City and Chicago.

Already hundreds of local merchants, including San & Lex, Indie Fresh and Blockheads, have teamed up to have UberRUSH provide delivery of their goods. Platform partners Clover, Shopify, ChowNow, Bigcommerce and BloomNet, as well as local on-demand ordering platforms like delivery.com, are working together to make the order and delivery of goods seamless.

UberRUSH helps retailers:

• Order and track deliveries instantly. Ken and Don Sofer, owners of NYC burrito favorite Blockheads, use UberRUSH to follow thousands of lunch and dinner orders from kitchen to customer every day. “It allows us to do what we do best. Before we even make the food, the UberRUSH guys are sitting here with a backpack on, ready to take it.”
• Expand delivery zones. Healthy food spot Indie Fresh delivers nutritious, chef-prepared meals on demand and maintains product quality while serving all of Manhattan from one brick-and-mortar location. CEO Shom Chowdhury has been able to expand business “without the cost and infrastructure needed to grow it.”
• Integrate with existing tools and platforms. Sister-owned boutique Sam & Lex uses Shopify to process online orders and UberRUSH to deliver them. The sisters say their clients are “obsessed with UberRUSH” because they are able to see an item online and “try it on at home 20 minutes later.”