Uber Eats and Circle K Are Making Cannabis More Convenient
NEW YORK, TORONTO, and FLORIDA – International convenience brands Uber Eats and Circle K announced separate partnership deals this week with Leafly and Green Thumb Industries Inc. (GTI), respectively, paving the way for qualified shoppers in Toronto and Florida to purchase cannabis more easily. The Leafly-Uber partnership marks the first time cannabis will be via a major third-party delivery platform. Torontonians 19+ may place delivery orders through the Uber Eats app through a newly added cannabis category from the first three Toronto dispensaries to participate: Hidden Leaf Cannabis , Minerva Cannabis , and Shivaa’s Rose . According to Leafly, menu data is passed from Leafly to Uber via a custom API integration. Customers will need to be within the delivery radius of the licensed cannabis retailer to place their order. “We are partnering with industry leaders like Leafly to help retailers offer safe, convenient options for people in Toronto to purchase legal cannabis for deliver...