Ontario Cannabis Store is looking for a courier partner to launch same-day marijuana deliveries

Ontario Cannabis Store plans to launch aforementioned-day marijuana delivery

The OCS is currently searching for a courier partner

The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) is looking for a courier partner to allow the retailer to launch same-day marijuana deliveries in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Following Federal Canadian Cannabis legalization on October 17th, 2018, the OCS' e-commerce platform has experienced loftier demand since it's the just legal way to buy recreational pot in the province.

The OCS is currently going through what information technology describes every bit a "competitive bidding" procedure to notice the best option that works "for the greatest number of customers," according to a statement from OCS spokesperson Amanda Winton cited in a recent The Canadian Printing story.

"Every bit OCRC'due south marketplace evolves, the power for the organization to provide a diverseness of commitment options to run across customers' expectations is imperative to the growth of its eastward-commerce business… Accordingly, the OCRC is looking to add expedited/same-solar day home delivery service," according to a contempo tender call posted online by the OCS.

Early OCS cannabis purchasers experienced significant delays in the delivery of their orders due to a rolling Canada Mail service strike.

The OCS hopes to launch aforementioned-day cannabis delivery in the GTA by March earlier rolling out to other areas of the province in the future. It's unclear what specific courier companies are behest to take on the OCS' aforementioned-24-hour interval delivery services.

Legal Cannabis sales beyond Canada hit a total of $54.iv meg in November, an increase from $43.1 million during the first two weeks of legalization back in Oct.

Various easily attainable black market Marijuana services already offer efficient same-twenty-four hour period delivery services, with some fifty-fifty brazenly advert their products through apps like Weed Maps on iOS and Android.

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario recently held a lottery to distribute the first 25 licenses for recreational cannabis stores that are set up to open up this leap. Taking part in this lottery required a $6,000 CAD not-refundable fee and a $50,000 letter of the alphabet of credit. There are currently 100 applicants on the waiting list.

Ontario's recreational cannabis shop licenses are not transferable nether electric current provincial regulations. Equally a result, companies and investors are scrambling to partner with lottery winners.

Source: Canadian Printing