A high-profile cannabis industry trial is set to begin Tuesday in a California state court, with a buttoned-down corporate executive suing multistate operator MedMen Enterprises and the company’s co-founders, Adam Bierman and Andrew Modlin.
Wine and weed seem like a fine pairing in California, but the two agricultural industries can’t always find common ground.
Multistate operators have made a flurry of acquisitions in Florida totaling more than $500 million over the past year, aiming to make inroads into Trulieve Cannabis’ domination of a medical marijuana market where annual sales top $1 billion.
Ontario plans to permanently enable cannabis stores to offer delivery and curbside-pickup services, the Canadian province announced Thursday, a move that likely would provide a major boost for many of the province’s pandemic-hit, adult-use marijuana retailers.
Cannabis edible manufacturers are becoming more sophisticated by simplifying their labeling in a bid to woo customers and boost sales.
When the CEO of a California marijuana retail chain sued the state in September over so-called “burner distribution licenses,” he focused a spotlight on an issue that many in the state’s cannabis industry are loathe to acknowledge:
Many of the state’s licensed marijuana businesses are bending or breaking the rules – and have been since California’s legal adult-use market launched in 2018 – because there’s so little profit to be had by operating lawfully.
Finding the right employees is one of the toughest tasks for any business owner, especially now that potential workers are hard to come by.
