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They always have way too many employees in this place too. You can go in off hours and there are like 10 people standing around asking you how they can help.
It's really amazing that weed dealers ever managed to make a profit without touchscreens and faux Nordic decor in the past. >

This is what happens when politicians and businesses try to get involved with things they can never fathom. We don't want Walmarts with pot, not McPuffnalds or Buzzazon corporate dealers and their current trend and overhead up pricing. We don't want to be bled dry yet again for the sake of stock holder demands.
All we ever wanted was to walk out of Dirtbag Mike's front door without getting raked across the coals by the court system.
Edit add: Thought of another. Dunkin Doobies >

You missed Bong John Silver's >

White widow castle >

Cannabist Buy >

Bed, Bud & Beyond >

Puffalow High Things >

In and edibles right next to puff bell >

I prefer High Guys >

Dank in the Box >

I went to the location in downtown LA, and despite it being located in a grimy part of the city. it did feel like the store was trying way too hard to appeal to the "Apple" crowd. 
All their items are on display cases like an Apple Store to them being seriously overpriced, compared to other shops.
The only difference that Medmen had was that you can reserve stuff online for pickup, but all that did was save a few minutes because you still had to complete your purchase in-store. >

I go to the one in Tustin because it's close by and they give me a %15 Veteran discount, paired with the $5 I get back every other visit for my membership. Seems like a pretty good deal for me in OC at least. >

People want weed, not a haute shopping experience. Make your business more like 7-11 and less like Saks and you might do better. >

The place I get it from is pretty nice but it's not like a fucking bougie ass Apple Store. It's nice enough to look at and not feel skeevy but fast service and very "here's your shit, see ya" and that's all I ever want from buying weed. >

I'd say most dispensaries I've been to are also this way. I've run into the occasional "am I actually in a strip club?" type of place but it's not common >

There was one here in Denver owned by a strip club sharing the same parking lot.  Really deflating that it went out of business >

At least you had some good mammaries from the place. >


The retail chain called itself the “Apple Store of weed”

Well... if anything could make me laugh at their failure... that's it.
I'm the Brad Pitt of men who aren't Brad Pitt. >

They walked by an Apple store, saw masses of people, and thought to themselves “wow, people really love that store layout.” >

All I can think of when I hear "Apple Store of Weed" is the same weed sold everywhere else for $18 wrapped up in a pretty package and pretentious attitude  selling for $120.
I guess they didn't realize you need a Jobsian Cult of clueless sycophants to pull that off. >

Nothing like going into a ritzy weed shop and paying a 75% markup just for the privilege of shopping there. >

I’ve always heard it called the emerald triangle, even when I lived in arcata. >

My perfect store is if it had a drive thru or if I never had to interact with a person >

They should use the bank style drive thru tubes >

They have those here in Colorado >

I hate shopping for weed in places like this tbh >

Can’t remember the name of the business but I stopped at a dispensary like this in Illinois once. When you got in past the security guy you were immediately greeted by a salesperson with an iPad and you’d have to describe what you were looking for and then they’d recommend product. You could also browse around but it was ridiculous how limited the selection was given the square footage. Who comes up with this kinda shit >

As an Illinois resident our dispensaries are awful and so pricy, and it doesn’t have to be this way. Michigan’s a short drive away and at least when I was there last summer shit was CHEAP. >

A dispensary in Bloomington-Normal wanted to charge me $264 for gummies that cost $40 from my dude back home >

You can't even buy more than 100mg of gummies in one container in IL.  What the hell dispensary is charging even $40 for 100mg let alone $254? >

There was that too but I didn't want to type out a whole detailed rant. Just point out one absurdity quickly. >

Kirkland Signature Stash >

MedMen, California's 'Apple Store of weed,' is about to fail 
Lester Black February 6, 2023
MedMen was the hottest cannabis store in California when the state’s recreational pot market opened in 2018.
The retail chain called itself the “Apple Store of weed” and national media outlets, from Esquire to Vanity Fair, hailed this California pot company as the upscale future of legal pot. Before long, MedMen had opened locations in seven states and even expanded to Manhattan.
But now MedMen’s empire is on the verge of financial failure.
The company has over $137 million more in debt than assets with only $15 million of cash on hand, according to a financial disclosure released last week. MedMen said in its disclosure that there was “substantial doubt” as to whether it can pay its bills for the next year.
MedMen has more than 700 employees and is headquartered near Los Angeles, according to its annual filing last year. It has 23 stores across the country in six states (it withdrew from Florida last August), and three locations in the Bay Area, in San Jose, San Francisco and Emeryville. The company did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment.
MedMen went public on the Canadian stock exchange in 2018, raising $110 million at an evaluation of $1.65 billion. The stock was trading at more than $6 a share in 2018, but it’s now worth less than $0.04.
Priya Sopori, a cannabis attorney based in Los Angeles, said MedMen’s value as a business has been “hotly disputed” for many years.
“I think there was significant disagreement as to whether or not MedMen was worth what MedMen said it was worth,” Sopori told SFGATE. “In many ways I think we’re seeing the consequences of those valuations from years ago.”
MedMen’s financial disclosure is only the latest warning sign that California’s cannabis economy is struggling, with many companies close to out of business. Expensive regulations and high taxes are combining with crashing wholesale prices to make it almost impossible to make a profit in the legal industry.
Debt has become a particularly big problem for the state’s industry. California law allows distributors and retailers to buy cannabis on credit with an agreement to pay the supplier back in the future. But many retailers are not paying these debts, according to Brett Gelfand, the managing partner of CannaBiz Collects, a cannabis-focused debt collection agency.
“We’re seeing the same debtors over and over again. Sometimes we have 20 different clients submitting their claims against the same debtor, so the debtor is drowning in debt,” Gelfand said. MedMen has expanded to six states and is listed on the Canadian stock exchange.
Gelfand estimated that 80% of his business comes from California and “the last 6 to 9 months are the busiest times ever we’ve seen” in the state. He said it can be almost impossible for companies to get fully repaid by retailers who have run up high levels of debt, whom he called “problem children.”
“In California, with the problem children, getting paid in full has become uncommon, very rare,” Gelfand said. “They're probably going to go out of business, they have big egos, and they’re not going to pay their bills. Those are the debtors that are going to get weeded out this year, they’re going out of business all the time.”
One insider told Green Market Report that he estimated that half of California’s cannabis retailers will go out of business this year because of debt problems. Gelfand said he was actually optimistic about 2023, because now most of the bad operators have already gone under or others are teetering on the verge of a collapse. >

Honestly since delivery I don't go in store anymore, I'm in NV though. I feel you gotta spend money on a) the product, b) the pricing, and c)the logistics. I don't really care how fancy the brick and mortar store is at that point. I do order from p13 because their deals are great, I went in once to register my stuff and I was kinda overwhelmed to be honest. I just do delivery from them now and haven't been physically inside a dispensary since.  I order about twice a week, so it was great to cut out a drive. I've been to a lot dispensaries the last 9 years and that's what I'm basing my opinion on. I mainly want a good product for a good price, after that I might be turned off by a weird atmosphere or confusing layout. After that really slow and disorganized staff that know less about weed than I do. >

how's delivery? is there a minimal amount to buy? i assume you have to tip? i've only gone to brick and mortar locations. >

There is delivery in my State also. You don't have to tip the driver, but is nice to do. Most places the delivery is free, and minimum of 75 dollars. >

Some of the places in Washington I go to look pretty nice but it’s always a bare bones operation. The store I go to is tribal owned and have 30% off something on the daily. There’s a happy medium between boutique and bodega that will still make money without draining your customers bank account. >

Not sure where you’re at in WA, but speaking of tribal owned shops, the one in Marysville by the huge Walmart shopping center is legit. And they have a HUGE selection. >

If it’s like where I’m at, licenses were handed out to people with money.  They are the best at taking more than they deserve.  Regulation benefited only those that could benefit those that regulate. >

Big city im close to tried something to combat that. Residents of the city get first dibs at licensing.. they got sued over it. And it was a slow roll out too, so while there were grow houses in the city, and medical dispensaries existed on the border of the suburbs... they slow rolled the licensing and as a result, the suburbs got built up with dispensaries. In my little town of less than 3 sq miles, bordering the city, we have 5 recreational dispensaries, 6 if you include the "tobacco" pipe shop that is now selling... while there is barely any in the city proper. >

Need to simplify their business model.  Only supply one product, delivered is small plastic bags, and have a schedule of what street corners you will be at like a food truck....or literally operate a munchies truck. >

Unusual to see a newer episode of Simpsons predicting stuff. >

We never needed “apple stores” we only need a legitimate place to buy, why are weed stores more equipped with so much technology and glitz ? >

Yeah, people used to buying their weed in a Taco Bell parking lot aren't looking for a lot opulence. >

This was a trash company and will always be >

Medmen? More like mids, man. >

Lmao.  Gotta find a niche and turns out nobody likes the "apple experience" when it comes to weed.
I had an experience with a local dispensary in my hometown that looked like I walked into a high end spa or salon and I did not go back because it was so weird.  Probably thought they would cater to the demographic that didn't do the "bruh cultuŕe" as a stoner.  But as a Canadian, we tend to be more relaxed about cannabis .. >

My office number is one digit off of one of their locations. 
I have a 50/50 chance that anyone calling my office line is actual business, or Someone too stoned to hit the right number and call for their weed. >

The jokes you could play... >

Oh no, the market moved on without them. Now let big banks a car manufacturers fail please. >

I need a store set up like a back ally. Two guys sleeping on the floor or a fake house set up with a creepy guy in a white beater sitting on a dilapidated couch watching Bad Boys. Would make me feel more comfortable. >

Looks cringingly bad in there. Like you wouldnt bother cos you can see the extra costs being tagged on before you even walk in >

King's Crew in Long Beach is almost like an Apple store. Decor is more like a jewelry store that sublets a 711. There are tablets, but that's for the employees to make sure they are helping the right customers. >

Who would have guessed that having ten times more space than you need would be a bad thing? >

I don’t get why so many of these type of weed stores have to model themselves after apple. >

When weed was legalized in Canada, I paid Motley Fool for advice on which marijuana businesses to invest in.  I lost money. >

Motley fool is staffed by people that weren't good enough to work for actual wall Street (i.e. land good offers)
Aka serial bullshitters >

I went to their spot in WeHo once. One time. There's plenty of better options around. >

I thought these stores were annoying in the way they operate. A bit clunky and end up standing around waiting for someone to help you, a regular line is much better. >

I've bought legal weed in CA, CO, NJ and NV. Probably the best ease of experience was in CO, just go in show id, tell them what you want and you're in and out. NJ let me use my debit card, which was awesome because I was just short on cash. All other states make you use cash. All the ones in NV seemed way too over the top for me. >

That is my experience in Los Angeles. Show ID, pay with credit card. Or even better, order+pay in app and have it delivered. >

Place is the worst. Went too one about 5 years ago and never went back. Overpriced dry af herb >

I used to frequent Med Men.  I noticed a lot of staff turnover. Their prices were high.  There's so much competition now and lots of brick and mortar stores with better deals and lower prices. >

They overcharge tremendously