New York (CNN Business) Pizza Hut is leaning into its beer delivery service to get an edge over Domino's.

The pizza chain announced on Monday that it is expanding its beer delivery program to 1,000 locations by the summer.

Beer delivery will be up and running in nearly 300 locations in Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, California and Arizona by mid-January. Pizza Hut is the only national pizza chain that delivers beer.

Delivery has become increasingly important for restaurants trying to reach their customers outside of the store and learn more about their preferences. For pizza chains, the stakes are higher. Unlike other fast food companies, pizza restaurants have been successfully offering delivery for years. To stay competitive, they have to up their game.

Pizza Hut tried out beer delivery for the first time in late 2017 , and rolled the program out to nearly 100 locations in May. The chain has about 7,500 locations in the United States, according to the chain's website.