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Drink and Snack Cooler Delivery

Selling pre-packed drink and snack coolers delivered via Uber Connect

Video published Jul 18, 2026 by Diamond Chanel

Startup cost: Low (styrofoam coolers, drinks/snacks/alcohol inventory purchased upfront) (our estimate; the video doesn’t give figures)

Source video

Diamond Chanel · I Found 7 Boring Side Hustles You Can Run From Your Phone, 24/7 (NOT DoorDash or Uber) ↗

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What It Is

Fill styrofoam coolers with ice, drinks, snacks, and (where legal) alcoholic beverages, then use Uber's Connect/Courier feature to have an Uber driver pick up and deliver the packed cooler to a customer, charging for the products, the cooler, convenience, and delivery, without ever leaving home yourself.

The Pitch

The presenter highlights this as especially timely for warm-weather seasons (beach days, holidays, parties) and frames the Uber-delivery mechanic as the key insight that removes the need to personally drop off orders, rating it 4/5 for ease and 3/5 for speed to first dollar since it requires upfront shopping and finding clients.

Who It’s Best For

Someone in a warm climate or event-heavy area willing to do some local marketing/promotion to find customers and comfortable fronting inventory costs.

The Truth (as we see it)

Pre-packed cooler delivery is a real, low-tech local micro-business that several sellers run seasonally around beaches, parks, and events, and using Uber Connect as a logistics workaround is a genuinely clever, low-cost delivery solution. Success depends heavily on local demand and marketing, which the video doesn't cover in detail.

Our assessment, based on the video and what’s typical across similar videos. We don’t independently verify income claims or prices.

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