PlantX Announces Authorization of Alcohol License in Chicago and Venice Beach
PlantX Life Inc. has received authorization to sell and distribute alcohol in its retail stores in Chicago, Illinois, and Venice Beach, California. This milestone allows the company to offer a variety of alcoholic beverages, enhancing its e-commerce platform by enabling national delivery and same-day services through partnerships with UberEats and Instacart. The U.S. alcoholic beverages market is valued at $222.6 billion, expected to grow at an annual rate of 7.45% from 2021 to 2025. This move positions PlantX to tap into a lucrative market while catering to consumer preferences for sustainable products.
- Authorization to sell and distribute alcoholic beverages in Chicago and Venice Beach.
- Expansion into the $222.6 billion U.S. alcoholic beverages market.
- Ability to deliver alcoholic beverages nationally and provide same-day delivery.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PlantX Life Inc. (CSE: VEGA) (Frankfurt: WNT1) (OTCQB: PLTXF) ("PlantX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received authorization to sell and distribute alcoholic beverages in its U.S. retail stores in Chicago, Illinois and Venice Beach, California (the "Alcohol License"). This operational milestone offers U.S. customers access to more holistic shopping opportunities that can integrate alcoholic beverage options as part of the Company's one-stop-shop retail and e-commerce experience.
PlantX is now able to offer a wide variety of alcoholic beverages such as wine, beer, cider and liquor by selling these items directly in its retail stores in Chicago, Illinois, and Venice Beach, California. Additionally, the Alcohol License grants PlantX the ability to deliver alcoholic beverages across the U.S. to fulfill orders placed on its U.S. e-commerce platform, while also enabling same-day deliveries of alcoholic items via its partnerships with UberEats and Instacart. As such, due to the new authorization to sell and distribute alcohol, the Company is now poised to tap into the rapidly growing alcoholic beverages market in the U.S., while boosting customer loyalty by fulfilling the demand for alcoholic drinks options in the U.S.
"The new license is a thrilling opportunity for PlantX to tap into a multi-billion industry," said PlantX CEO, Lorne Rapkin. "The alcoholic beverages market reached a volume of
"We are thrilled to share this amazing news with our shareholders, and highlight the potential of the
new license as an immense profitable revenue driver for PlantX," said PlantX Founder, Sean Dollinger. "We are now able to sell and distribute alcoholic items which do not expire and which our customers have shown great interest in as part of their PlantX shopping experience."
As the digital face of the plant-based community, PlantX's platform is the one-stop-shop for everything plant-based. With its fast-growing category verticals, the Company offers customers across North America more than 10,000 plant-based products. In addition to offering meal and indoor plant deliveries, the Company currently has plans underway to expand its product lines to include cosmetics, clothing and its own water brand — but the business is not limited to an e-commerce platform. The Company uses its digital platform to build a community of like-minded consumers, and most importantly, provide education. Its successful enterprise is being built and fortified on partnerships with top nutritionists, chefs and brands. The Company eliminates the barriers to entry for anyone interested in living a plant-based lifestyle and thriving in a longer, healthier and happier life.
The Company website is http://investor.PlantX.com/.
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Additional risk factors can also be found in the Company's continuous disclosure documents which have been filed on SEDAR and can be accessed at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this press release and is based on the beliefs, estimates, expectations and opinions of management on the date such forward-looking information is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.
1. | https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/alcoholic-drinks/united-states |
2. | https://www.theiwsr.com/iwsrs-top-5-global-beverage-trends-for-2020/ |
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