Lower commission
More revenue per order stays with you.
Vancouver Island · For Businesses
Sell local.
Keep local.
Grow local.
Local Pass gives every kind of Vancouver Island food business — restaurants, grocers, butchers, bakeries, caterers, farms and one-person kitchens — a direct channel to local customers, at a lower commission than the big apps.
Find your kind of business
Scale is not a barrier. One person selling one thing they make in a licensed kitchen gets the same storefront, the same checkout and the same tools as a grocery store with a thousand products.
- Restaurants & cafes Delivery, pickup and catering from your own restaurant page.
- Grocers & food shops Your shop online, with delivery, shipping and pickup.
- Bakeries Your bakes online, for pickup and delivery.
- Butchers & delis Sell by weight — customers pay for what you actually pack.
- Farms & producers Produce, meat and eggs, to Island customers and restaurants.
- Catering Catering orders, with automated invoicing.
Something else? Tell us what you make
Permits, bylaws and rule changes, in one place.
We built this portal to help Vancouver Island food businesses — new and established — find their way through the permits, licences, municipal bylaws and rule changes that apply to them. It sets out what you need and in what order, what you can sell and where, and what’s about to change, with every answer linked to the document it comes from.
It’s free, needs no account, and is open to every business, whether or not you sell on Local Pass.
What you need, by business The permits and licences for your kind of business, in the order you need them.Permits & licences Island Health, provincial, federal and municipal — what each costs and how long it takes.Local bylaws Business licences, home-business rules and markets in 12 Island municipalities.What’s changing New bylaws, rules, taxes and fees coming for restaurants and farms — with dates.Can I sell it? A yes or no for over 100 foods — at markets, online, from home or to shops.Your checklist Answer a few questions and get every step for your business, to print or share.
What we're building
A platform that puts Island businesses first.
We live in Victoria and we love Vancouver Island. We created Local Pass for Vancouver Island food businesses of every kind — the grocery store, the butcher, the fish shop, the bakery, the caterer, the farm, the restaurant, and the person selling one thing they make themselves. Customers come here specifically to find and buy local, not to scroll past corporate chains.
That means a direct line to the people in your community who already want what you make.
Your own storefront
A web page customers find and order from — optimized for Google and AI search, no extra cost.
Powerful tools
Orders, sales, delivery, and analytics in one dashboard.
Live support
A real local team, reachable when it matters.
What Local Pass does for you.
Get found and ordered from
Your own restaurant page or shop storefront, built to be found on Google, with ordering built in.
Deliver without a fleet
Local Pass drivers or your own, plus pickup — and shipping for shops. Customers follow restaurant orders live.
Take catering orders
Catering orders, with automated Pay Later invoicing for the customers who need it.
Learn moreSell wholesale to restaurants
Bulk prices and a shareable wholesale order sheet on the same stock; buyers send quote requests to your inbox.
Run orders from the counter
Orders arrive live on a tablet we provide at no charge and go straight into Square; restaurants can print tickets in the kitchen.
Sell surplus, don’t bin it
Mark items Soon to Go: a discount, a clearance badge and boosted placement.
Get paid every day
Earnings go to your bank automatically every day, with statements and a sales-tax report to download.
Promote with us
Discounts, buy-one-get-one deals and money off the order — plus the campaigns we run with our vendors.
Common questions
Straightforward answers — no marketing language.
Have a question? Just ask.
Whether you are ready to sign up or just exploring — we are happy to talk through how Local Pass works for your business.
Or email us directly at vendors@imlocal.ca