How to Add Delivery to Your Alberta Liquor Store
Alberta liquor retailers can offer delivery under their AGLC licence through an authorized delivery agent. Here's what the setup looks like on BuzzBasket.
Sell and deliver on BuzzBasket
Your own menu and prices, local drivers, and published per-order pricing.
If you run an AGLC-licensed liquor store in Alberta, you can already offer delivery — your retail licence covers it, as long as delivery is handled by an authorized delivery agent and age is verified at handoff. The question isn't legality; it's whether you build the operation yourself or plug into one.
What AGLC expects
- The sale originates from your licensed store — you're the retailer of record, not the platform or the driver.
- Delivery is carried out by your authorized delivery agent.
- ID is verified in person at the door. Orders can't be left unattended, and drivers must refuse delivery to anyone underage or intoxicated.
BuzzBasket's model fits that framework directly: your store stays the seller, BuzzBasket drivers act as your delivery agent, and the ID check is built into the handoff. More detail in how BuzzBasket keeps delivery AGLC-compliant.
What you control on BuzzBasket
- Your catalog and prices — you list your real inventory at your prices; the platform doesn't mark it up.
- Your hours — orders pause when you're closed; nothing queues overnight without your acceptance.
- Order acceptance — every order sits at pending until someone at your store confirms it.
- Your delivery area — coverage follows your store, not a generic city map.
What it costs
Merchant pricing is published on the site: 5% per order plus card processing. No flat monthly fee, no exclusivity requirement — it's another channel alongside your own pickup and walk-in business.
Getting started
The merchant page at buzzbasket.ca/for-stores covers onboarding. If you're weighing whether delivery is worth it versus staying pickup-only, why independent liquor stores benefit from owning their delivery channel lays out the economics.