cannabis delivery

On-demand delivery app Waitr adds 700 7-Eleven stores

Waitr food delivery app

Waitr has long been in the shadows of giants.

The forgotten sibling of Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 2013 before spreading quickly across the American South. But with less than a 1% share of the U.S. food delivery market today, Waitr (NASDAQ: WTRH) is looking to ditch restaurant deliveries in favor of non-restaurant verticals — like convenience stores.

This week, Waitr announced that it would be delivering items from over 700 7-Eleven stores across the...

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High Tide rolls out on-demand cannabis delivery service

Cannabis retailer High Tide adds an on-demand delivery option for users in 3 Canadian provinces

In the latest disruption to the cannabis delivery space, High Tide Inc., a Canadian company that makes retail CBD products, announced this week that it will begin offering on-demand delivery out of select Canna Cabana dispensaries across Canada. Canna Cabana is one of the Calgary, Alberta-based company’s banner stores, with 111 locations across the country.

Under the new program, dubbed Delivery on Demand, customers can order online and have their CBD products delivered within two hours, or...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/high-tide-rolls-out-on-demand-cannabis-delivery-service

Delivery sweetening the pot for recreational cannabis businesses

Recreational cannabis delivery same-day on-demand direct-to-consumer

Americans can have just about anything delivered to their front doors, whether it’s a pizza or a bag of groceries or a shiny new SUV. But it has long been taboo – under the law, at least – to deliver recreational cannabis. People have been getting their weed delivered through a massive black market for years, but outside of the safe haven of California, marijuana users can’t legally order a bag of pot to be dropped off at their homes.

Until now, that is. Times are changing for the cannabis...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delivery-sweetening-the-pot-for-recreational-cannabis-businesses

The Parent Company expanding into San Diego area

The Parent Company expands to new San Diego hub for cannabis delivery

Cannabis provider The Parent Company announced Friday its expansion into the greater San Diego area via its new Chula Vista delivery hub. The new hub will utilize The Parent Company subsidiary Caliva’s on-demand, direct-to-consumer platform, servicing 3.3 million additional residents and expanding The Parent Company’s coverage to 60% of California’s population.

Caliva’s platform is servicing 20% more consumers than it was at this time last year, owing to The Parent Company’s continued growth....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-parent-company-expanding-into-san-diego-area

Cannabis logistics is smokin’ hot

The stories behind how April 20 became known as “weed day” around the world are as varied as the cannabis products now available. According to Time magazine, the most credible story is that a group of teenagers in 1971 used to meet at 4:20 p.m. after school to smoke pot – 420 became their code word for the meetup.

Today, smoking in a lot behind the school is not necessary in many states, with 16 states and Washington, D.C., making marijuana legal for adults over the age of 21. A total of 36...

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BLAZE raises $8M, enables cashless transactions

BLAZE, an enterprise resource of legal cannabis vendors, has closed on its Series A funding round for $8 million. Delta Emerald Ventures led the round, which included a past investor, Act One Ventures, and new investor, SOJE Capital. The company has raised a total of $9.5 million since 2019.

“We’re thrilled to have such a great group of investors to help grow our platform and company to the next level,” said Chris Violas, co-founder and chief executive officer of BLAZE, in a release. “Cannabis...

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