Online marijuana platform Leafly has partnered with delivery service Uber Eats to offer cannabis delivery orders through the high-profile Uber Eats smartphone app in Toronto, the most-populous city in Canada.
The delivery ordering service, which began Monday, is the latest example of a cannabis play by a mainstream business such as Uber.
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Any expansion plans into other parts of Ontario “will be based on how things go” with the initial group of participating Toronto retailers, an Uber Canada spokesperson told MJBizDaily.
“We want to get the experience right for the consumer and the retailer and ensure it all happens compliantly,” the spokesperson noted in an emailed statement.
The deal will allow Uber Eats users to place cannabis delivery orders through the app, but those deliveries can’t be fulfilled by Uber Eats couriers: Per Ontario regulations, they must be delivered by the cannabis store’s own staff.
Those drivers will
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