BEFORE YOU GO
RETAIL RANDOMS
Reefer madness Uber Eats has signed a deal with Canadian “lifestyle brand” Tokyo Smoke that will let its customers in Ontario order cannabis. Yes, really. Recreational reefer use has been legal in Canada since 2018, however getting it delivered to your door by third parties like Uber Eats is not. This means customers still have to nip out to their nearest Tokyo Smoke branch to collect their order which, impressively, will be ready for collection inside an hour. What’s so good about that, you ask? Not much for your average stoner, one imagines. You’d need to be high in the first place to pay a delivery company to not bring something to your house. However, it’s a smart move for Uber Eats. Think about it. Customer orders weed. Customer collects weed (in under an hour). An hour after that customer is back on Uber Eats ordering 17 Mars bars, five share packs of Doritos and a 14-inch pepperoni pizza.
Barking mad
portfolio of “unique spirits”: Chilli
new product innovation is set to dis-
Bacon Vodka. Doghouse says its
rupt the category with “a first-of-itskind chilli and bacon combination”.
The off-trade has done brisk busi-
There’s a reason nobody has
ness during the pandemic, with fla-
thought to imbue perfectly fine alco-
voured spirits in particular proving
hol with the taste of dead pig before:
popular with stay-at-home drink-
it’s disgusting. If you’re of a differ-
ers. This popularity has led to an
ent opinion, good for you. You’ll be
explosion of NPD from producers
pleased to know you can buy some
large and small. We’ve been treated
from Master of Malt, the Whisky
to Smirnoff Mango & Passionfruit
Exchange or the Doghouse website.
Twist, Gordon’s Sicilian Lemon and
If you do, be sure to try out the
Jameson Orange, to name but three.
Chilli Bacon Bloody Mary which,
Now independent, London-based
Doghouse advises, should be gar-
Doghouse Distillery has unleashed
nished with a stick of celery and a
the latest addition to its growing
crispy bacon rasher. Yum.
WEDNESDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2021 / ISSUE 84 / SLRMAG.CO.UK / 35
