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Happy 4/20! In today’s podcast we go over
a few public company announcements, retail cannabis in Ontario and UberEats in
B.C.,
Fire
& Flower Holdings Corp. (TSX: FAF) (OTCQX: FFLWF), a leading cannabis consumer
retail and technology platform announced advancements in the relationship
between the Company's strategic partner, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and Fire
& Flower through the completion of a Master Licence Agreement with MC
Cannabis Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Couche-Tard.
Overview of the Master Licensing Agreement
●
Fire & Flower will
have the exclusive right of first opportunity to negotiate with Couche-Tard
with respect to entering new retail cannabis businesses and franchise
arrangements in Canada, as well a potential retail expansion to additional
legal cannabis markets outside of Canada.
●
Couche-Tard has
exclusively committed to developing Fire & Flower branded retail cannabis
stores in Ontario under the Master Licensing Agreement.
●
The first five Fire &
Flower branded retail cannabis stores will be recently opened co-located
stores, adjacent to Circle K convenience stores in the Greater Toronto Area
that are currently operating as MC Cannabis Inc. and will be re-branded to Fire
& Flower.
Benefits of the Master Licensing Agreement
●
Leverages Couche-Tard real
estate footprint and resources to develop licensee stores.
●
Gives Fire & Flower
the opportunity to expand its system sales, brand presence and the Hifyre™
digital retail platform in Canada and, through the exclusive right of first
opportunity, to participate alongside Couche-Tard in a potential expansion to
additional legal cannabis markets outside of Canada.
●
Expands reach of the Spark
Perks™ membership program and industry-first Spark Marketplace App.
"With the signing of this agreement,
we have achieved another important step forward with our strategic partner,
Couche-Tard. We continue to work closely together to build a sustainable growth
engine, leveraging Couche-Tard's high quality real estate assets, retail
operations expertise and capital, accelerating our path to profitability and
goal of free cash flow," shared Stéphane Trudel, Chief Executive Officer
of Fire & Flower. "Successful retail is built on delighting our
customers with great locations, people and products. Today, we have expanded
our ability to grow the Fire & Flower network in Canada and other international
legal cannabis markets by adding this scalable building block that we can
further refine together in the first federally legal cannabis market in the
world."
"Couche-Tard is pleased to have
entered into a Master License Agreement with Fire & Flower. The Hifyre
digital retail platform, including the Spark Perks membership program and the
Spark Marketplace app, will bring a distinct competitive advantage to our
cannabis stores. The current co-located cannabis stores adjacent to Circle K
locations and anchored by convenience stores, fuel and car wash offerings are
showing growth and we look forward to combining this with the recognized Fire
& Flower brand and technology-enabled shopping experience to make it easy
for customers," shared Steve Pitts, Vice-President of Operations, Central
Canada, of Couche-Tard.
"As we look to markets opening in the
United States and Europe, we will work alongside our strategic partner to
expand Fire & Flower to international markets," shared Stéphane
Trudel, Chief Executive Officer of Fire & Flower.
Curaleaf
Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) announced that as of Monday, April 17th, the
Board of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory (CRC) reversed itself and voted to
approve Curaleaf's adult-use cannabis licences.
The CRC Board's decision came after first
voting to vacate their decision from Thursday, April 13th, when they attempted
to deny Curaleaf's adult use licence renewals.
Said Curaleaf CEO Matt Darin, "Today's
decision by the CRC Board to vacate their unprecedented action last week is an
incredible victory for our 500 NJ team members and vindication for what we knew
all along: Curaleaf is in good standing with the CRC and has fulfilled every
requirement necessary for the renewal of our licences. I am incredibly proud of
and grateful to every one of the hundreds of dedicated team members who showed
up today, not just for their jobs and livelihoods, but for a better, safer
cannabis industry in New Jersey."
In previously attempting not to renew
Curaleaf's adult use licences, the CRC Board had disregarded the Commission's
staff recommendation to renew Curaleaf's adult use licences and the fact that
the company has no pending violations.
As part of the approval, Curaleaf will be
providing the Commission with additional information regarding its labour
practices and confirm its ongoing compliance with New Jersey law.
Said Curaleaf Chairman Boris Jordan,
"This decision by the Board is a victory for Curaleaf, a company that has
proudly generated tens of millions of tax dollars for the State, invested
upwards of $75M more to support its cannabis industry, and supplied cannabis
products to nearly all of New Jersey's licensed dispensaries, including social
equity licence holders. Curaleaf remains open for business and will continue
working collaboratively with the CRC Board and its staff to ensure our good
standing in the State of New Jersey."
In recent news, Ontario’s largest city which had
banned retail cannabis stores up until this point, voted this Wednesday to opt
in.
Mississauga, Ont., was one of dozens of
municipalities to ban retail cannabis stores from their communities when
cannabis legislation came into effect in 2018.
The city council voted Wednesday 8-4 to opt
in.
Mayor Bonnie Crombie spoke in favour,
saying she had supported opting out in 2018, hoping the province would give
municipalities greater control over location of stores. The Alcohol and Gaming
Commission of Ontario is responsible for issuing licences and in municipalities
that have opted in, one of the only restrictions on location is that stores
must be at least 150 metres away from a school. Now after five years, it’s
clear the province will not be granting any additional oversight powers to
municipalities, Crombie said.
“I’ve watched and observed the experience
in other municipalities and it does seem to sort itself out,” she said.
“There hasn’t been the clustering that we
have been concerned about … All I have observed over the past five years is the
proliferation of illegal stores and I don’t want that here. We can’t close them
down. We don’t have the ability to close them down and if we’re going to have a
product for sale in Mississauga, let’s make it a safe product for goodness
sake.”
Coun. Dipika Damerla put forward the
motion, saying that opting out of the legal framework has allowed illegal
stores to flourish in the city, including one in her ward that police have
unsuccessfully tried six times to shut down.
“So the goal today here is not a choice
between no stores and legal stores,” she said. “The choice today is illegal
stores, the profits of which are going to create more illegal activity, or
legal stores.”
“According to the OCS, Mississauga
continues to be disproportionately served by the illegal market, compared to
communities that have ‘opted in,'” the Mississauga staff report says.
In a statement, representatives for OCS
said they support Mississauga's decision to lift the ban, saying the choice
"marks a major step forward as the cannabis industry continues to evolve
within the legal framework."
In other news, Uber Eats is now offering cannabis
deliveries in British Columbia.
The tech company has partnered with
cannabis company Leafly to offer the service, which became available as of
Tuesday. The two companies have already been offering cannabis deliveries in
Ontario since October 2022.
Those over 19 years of age will be able to
place cannabis orders through their UberEats app and have them delivered by
provincially certified staff. The app will now feature a “recreational
cannabis” category, and ask for age verification.
"More British Columbians are accessing
legal cannabis than ever before. We are partnering with industry leaders like
Leafly to help retailers offer safe, convenient options for people in British
Columbia to purchase legal cannabis for delivery directly to their homes. This
will help reduce impaired driving and improve road safety," said Klaas
Knieriem, General Manager of New Verticals for Uber Eats Canada.
"Over the last few years, we have
invested heavily in our delivery offering and selection has expanded
tremendously. Uber Eats has grown quickly to become a versatile platform usable
by diverse businesses large and small."
"Leafly has been empowering the
cannabis marketplace in Canada for more than four years and we support more
than 850 cannabis retailers in British Columbia. We are thrilled to work with
Uber Eats to help licensed retailers bring safe, legal cannabis to people
across the province," said Yoko Miyashita, CEO of Leafly.
There will be 13 cannabis stores in B.C.
that will be available to deliver through Uber Eats to start. Ten of those
dispensaries are located in Vancouver, along with two in Victoria, and one in
New Westminster.
Cannabis deliveries in B.C. are not
anything new however, as home delivery for non-medicinal cannabis has been
allowed in B.C. since July 2021 and has also been available through Canada Post
since July 2022.
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