This story was originally published on June 5, 2018.

(CNN Business) Forget your sunscreen on the way to the beach? Your Uber ride could save you a trip to the drugstore.

Cargo, a New York-based company founded in 2016, equips ride-hailing drivers with boxes of snacks, drinks and beauty products to offer to passengers.

On Monday, it announced a partnership with Grab, southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing firm, to roll out the service in Singapore. Grab made headlines in March when it bought Uber's business in the region.

About 1,000 Grab drivers in Singapore will receive Cargo's boxes starting this week, a service the companies say will eventually expand to other countries in the region.

"All of us spend so much time in ride-share vehicles that it felt like there should be a way to innovate on that experience," Cargo CEO Jeff Cripe told CNNMoney.

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