Cannabis shops in Canada lucky to be in business amid competition, advertising rules and THC limits

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Across the country, a patchwork of laws and regulations created inconsistencies, which has produced two tiers of cannabis shops, the executive director of the Retail Cannabis Council of B.C. said

Sean Kady spent most of his 20s toting around a teal tackle box that once belonged to his roommate’s grandfather. Occasionally, people would spot the box and ask to borrow a wrench, but it didn’t contain tools or bait.Kady has since gone legit, having opened Toronto pot shop Cosmic Charlies with his brother in 2021. But the money was so good in his tackle box days, he sometimes wonders if he had the right idea even though he was on the wrong side of the law.

Over the last five years, she’s seen Ontario flip-flop on the store licensing process, faced rivals trying to steal business by opening nearby and survived six weeks of shipping delays after a cyberattack at Ontario’s cannabis distributor. “There are people who have finally … found their strides in the legal market despite the fact that there are a myriad restrictions and challenges,” she said.

While Kady said his business has picked up substantially in the last year, there were days when he second-guessed the decision to set up shop. Take General Admission’s distillate infused pre-rolls. Without even looking at the box, Sean Kady can tell you they’re flavoured with fake terpenes and emit such a strong candy aroma, Charlie Kady calls them “the White Claw of cannabis” in a reference to the popular fruit-flavoured alcoholic seltzers.“Everybody’s trying to emulate them or seems to be. Everyone’s chasing those dollars.”

She believes customers should be able to buy larger packages and portion out what they want to consume each time, similar to buying a large bottle of distilled liquor.

 

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