From Monday 17th OctoberUber eats ABOVE will begin shipping cannabis in Toronto, the company announced on Sunday.
In partnership with Cannabis website Leafly LFLYthis will be the for the first time in the world that cannabis delivery is available on a major third-party platform.
UberEats will start delivering to customers in Toronto from three retailers — Hidden Leaf Cannabis, Minerva Cannabis and Shivaa’s Rose.
“We are working with industry leaders like Leafly to help retailers provide safe and convenient options for people in Toronto to purchase legal cannabis for home delivery, which will help fight the illicit market and reduce disruption to driving “, he said Lola KasimCEO of Uber Eats Canada, reported GlobalNewsCa.
Uber isn’t entirely new to the cannabis business. Uber Eats users could order cannabis products for pickup Tokyo Smoke Stores since November 2021, but the partnership allowed no deliveries.
Uber Eats app
Of course, customers must be at least 19 years old to order through the UberEats app There they can select the category “Cannabis” or search for one of the participating cannabis dealers. When the delivery arrives, the age of the customer is checked again, in addition to sobriety.
Leafly has it all
“Leafly has been empowering the cannabis market in Canada for over four years and we support more than 200 cannabis retailers in the GTA. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Uber Eats to help licensed retailers bring safe, legal cannabis to people across the city,” he said Yoko MiyashitaCEO of Leafly.
Weed shipments became a thing in 2020 during the pandemic when Ontario temporarily allowed cannabis stores – which are closed to the public – to ship orders to customers’ homes. That policy was made permanent in March, albeit with stipulations from the Ontario Alcohol and Gambling Commission (AGCO), which oversees the province’s cannabis regulations.
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