Shopify agency · Food & drink
A Shopify agency for food and drink brands, built on Plus.
Food and drink sells on trust and repeat purchase: allergen and nutrition information that is actually findable, not buried in a PDF, and product pages that do the job a taste test would. We build subscription-first where the model calls for it, on Shopify Plus where the volume justifies it, and Knack Snacks, The Little Shop of Olive Oils and Caorunn Gin are three of the food and beverage brands we do it for.
01 Why food and drink brands work with us
Repeat purchase is the whole model, not a bonus
Knack Snacks is built subscription-first on Shopify: the offer, the customer portal and the reorder path are the core of the store, timed to when a customer actually runs out rather than a generic monthly cycle. Food is where subscription earns its place more than almost any other category, because consumption itself sets the reorder date.
Allergen and nutrition information that renders properly
A PDF spec sheet is not a product page, and it fails on a phone exactly when a shopper is checking an allergen before buying. We build this information into the page itself, tested on the devices people actually use. What must be disclosed and how it is worded stays the brand’s responsibility; we make sure it is findable and correct on screen.
Photography that sells taste, not just the pack shot
The Little Shop of Olive Oils sells on first-press quality and provenance, which a generic product grid cannot carry. We build product pages around still-life photography and the story behind the bottle, because that is what actually moves a considered food purchase.
A drinks store is gated before it is a store
Age verification, delivery restrictions by destination and duty-inclusive pricing all sit between a spirits shopper and the checkout, and every one of them is somewhere to lose them. Caorunn Gin is a Shopify store we built for that shape of purchase: it opens on an age gate, before anyone reaches a product page. What the law requires of a drinks brand stays the brand’s responsibility; making it read as part of the brand rather than a toll gate is ours.
02 The work
Real food and drink brands we build and grow. Judge them first hand.
03 Food & drink Shopify questions, answered
- Do you handle allergen and nutrition information, or just design around it?
- We build the page so allergen and nutrition information is easy to find and renders correctly on every device, and we test that on real phones rather than assuming a desktop preview is enough. The content itself, and whether it meets labelling law, is the brand’s responsibility; we are not food safety or regulatory consultants.
- Does subscription actually work for food and drink specifically?
- Often better than in most categories, because consumption sets a real reorder point rather than an arbitrary monthly date. Knack Snacks is built subscription-first for exactly that reason: the portal, pause options and reorder timing are built around when a customer actually runs out.
- Can you handle short shelf life or complex shipping?
- We build the storefront and the logic around it: stock, delivery windows, and messaging that sets the right expectation. We do not run fulfilment ourselves, so we would ask what carrier and warehousing setup you already have and build to fit it rather than assume a generic courier will do.
- Do you run marketing for food and drink brands too?
- Yes. We run Knack Snacks’ paid ads, email and support alongside the build, and we run The Little Shop of Olive Oils’ development and consultancy on an ongoing basis. On Caorunn Gin we set up the organic foundations alongside the store itself. The site and the marketing get planned together rather than handed between two suppliers.
- Are you a food and drink shopify plus agency specifically, or do you build on standard Shopify too?
- Both. Food and drink shopify plus agency work makes sense once volume or B2B wholesale justifies the higher plan; most brands in this sector are well served by standard Shopify, and we build whichever the numbers actually support rather than defaulting to the bigger plan.
- What makes a good Shopify agency for food brands?
- Three things that are specific to the category rather than generic build quality. Whether allergen and nutrition information renders properly on a phone, because that is the moment a purchase is won or abandoned. Whether the subscription model is timed to real consumption rather than an arbitrary monthly date. And whether the photography earns a considered food purchase, which a stock product grid never does. Ask to see a store the agency actually runs, not a portfolio screenshot.
- Are you a food and beverage Shopify Plus agency, or do you build on standard Shopify too?
- Both, and the honest answer is that most food and beverage brands do not need Plus on day one. We are a Shopify Plus Partner and a food and drink Shopify Plus agency where the volume, the subscription base or the multi-market setup justifies it. Below that, the money is better spent on the storefront and the reorder path. We will tell you which side of that line you are on before quoting for an upgrade.
Whichever industry, the work is one of three shapes: a new build, a migration, or an ongoing growth partnership.
Also built for: Homeware & interiors · Supplements & nutrition · Activewear & sportswear · Subscription & DTC · B2B & wholesale · Fashion & clothing · Beauty & wellness
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