Food & Drink Shopify Agency

Food and drink brands have store requirements that almost no generalist agency handles well. Bundles that don’t look like an afterthought. Subscription mechanics customers can actually manage. Age gating for alcohol that doesn’t tank conversion. Zone-based shipping logic that works for perishables. Plus a wholesale side selling into cafes, retailers, or restaurants.

We build Shopify stores for CPG, beverage, specialty food, plus alcohol brands. The work blends the standard Shopify build with category-specific patterns we’ve shipped before.

What Food & Drink Stores Need

Bundles and mix packs. Build-your-own six-pack or a starter bundle priced as a single SKU. Done right, bundles raise AOV by 20 to 40 percent. Done wrong, they break inventory, confuse customers, and create returns headaches.

Subscription mechanics that customers can manage. Recharge or Bold or Skio, configured so customers can swap, skip, plus pause without contacting support. Brands that get this right keep subscribers twice as long as brands that hide self-service.

Age gating for alcohol. Modal age gates aren’t enough. Regional compliance varies. We’ve built age-gated flows that respect Ontario, Quebec, plus US state rules without the conversion penalty of a hostile entry experience.

Shipping logic for perishables. Cold chain handling, transit-time-aware shipping zones, plus blocked weekend cutoffs so customers don’t end up with thawed packages on Mondays. This is custom logic that often needs Shopify Functions on Plus or carrier app integrations on standard.

Wholesale and B2B. Cafes, retailers, restaurants. Linesheets, MOQs, customer-specific pricing, plus net 30 terms. Native B2B on Shopify Plus is the cleanest setup; standard Shopify works with the right app stack.

App Stack for Food & Drink

The working stack varies by sub-category, but most food and drink stores end up running:

• Recharge or Skio for subscriptions
• Klaviyo for email and SMS lifecycle
• Yotpo or Okendo for reviews
• Rebuy or Bold Upsell for bundling and cart upsells
• Shipstation for fulfillment routing
• AgeChecked or custom age gate for alcohol compliance
• Klevu or Searchspring for catalog search on large product ranges

We have opinions on which combinations work and which fight each other.

Related Services

• Shopify web design & development. The core theme build.
• Shopify app development. For custom bundle, subscription, or shipping logic that off-the-shelf apps cannot handle.
• Shopify Plus agency. For brands needing native B2B plus Shopify Functions for shipping logic.

Working With Food & Drink Brands

We work with food and drink brands across Ontario, Toronto, plus across Canada and the US. Most work happens remotely. For brands in southwestern Ontario or the GTA, we’re happy to meet for kickoff or product photoshoots.

Request a proposal for your food or drink Shopify project.