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Cannacurio #42: Cannabis Dispensary & Retailer Leaderboard February 2021

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So far this year, 14 states have added a total of 276 new dispensaries/retailers. Arizona unleashed 102 new retail licenses to existing dispensary license holders while West Virginia published their list of 100 permitted dispensaries. Subscribe to our newsletter to get alerts about new posts, local news, and industry insights.

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Cannacurio: Dispensary & Retailer Leaderboard (2020 Midyear Update)

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Rhode Island announced this week that the state Department of Business Regulation will begin accepting applications Friday from businesses hoping to win a license to operate one of six additional medical marijuana dispensaries. This is big news as there are only 3 dispensaries in the state now. View original article.

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Cannacurio #46: Georgia Announces License Winners

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At long last the Georgia Access to Medical Marijuana Commission chose six companies that will be allowed to grow, manufacture and sell medical marijuana oil capped at 5% THC. FFD GA Holdings (Fine Fettle Dispensary)Theratrue Georgia LLC, Natures GA LLC and Treevana Remedy Inc. Something went wrong while submitting the form.

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Cannacurio: What Happens When an MSO Buys a One State Wonder?

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In the realm of Cannabis M&A activity, Curaleaf’s purchase of the three Arrow Alternative Care (AAC) Dispensaries in Connecticut will not land on any league table or leaderboard for size of deal or industry impact. CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) becomes the Parent Company to the three Arrow Alternative Care Dispensaries.

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The High Cost of Cannabis Licenses in Connecticut

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Existing Dispensaries Adding Adult-Use to Become Hybrid Retailers. $1 1 million fee which can be reduced to $500,000 if they create one “equity joint venture” for an existing medical dispensary facility to also sell adult-use as a hybrid retailer. Dispensary Facility : Dispenses marijuana to patients. 100 application fee.

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Franchising in the Cannabis Industry

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The Peak Dispensary : 6. Bottom-line, franchising makes sense in the cannabis industry, particularly for dispensaries and retailers where the franchise business model has been proven to work across diverse industries since U.S. For franchisors, it’s a solution to accessing the capital and labor needed to expand. Feel State : 2.

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Cannacurio Podcast Episode 19 – Cannabis Software Stack Report

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And some of these other ones where it’s a pretty small market, like I’m based in Connecticut and there’s only 18 dispensaries here, so I think that’s part of how it may play out. It’s not like there were thousands and thousands of, let’s say, dispensaries that were going to benefit from this.