Canada’s cannabis shortage is so severe retailers watch 24/7 for chance to scoop up fresh supply

gb123

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tryng to make up excuse as to why..... THERE ARE ZERO SALES ..lmao
a shortage is the LAST IDEA Id try knowing full wlll there is ALREADY A MAREKT GOING STRING OURS TEE HEE..lol hahaha........................CAUSE THERE ARE NO SHORTAGES :)

They are scrambling to say anything.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they have five yers worth of shit stored
like they sold all of that did they?:lol::spew::finger:
Not a fucking chance in hell ROTFLMAO HA HA
This is aweome shit. :)
TOLD YA ARESHOLES!! :)


National Access Cannabis, country's largest private marijuana retailer, has a team of five people watching for new inventory from Alberta's provincial regulator



Desperate times call for desperate measures in Canada’s supply-constrained pot industry.

National Access Cannabis Corp., the country’s largest private marijuana retailer with 17 stores, has a team of five people watching 24/7 for new inventory from Alberta’s provincial regulator, which controls wholesale pot distribution.

“At 3:30 in the morning all of a sudden $4,000 worth of inventory is made available yet in seven minutes it’s drawn down, meaning that other big competitors are doing the same thing,” Mark Goliger, chief executive officer of Ottawa-based NAC, said in a phone interview Friday.

It’s evidence of the severity of the supply shortages that have plagued Canadian cannabis retailers since legalization on Oct. 17. Quebec’s government-controlled retailer has restricted its operating hours to four days a week, while Alberta has temporarily halted the issuance of new retail licenses due to lack of product.

This will affect NAC’s plans to have 50 stores open nationally by the end of the year and may result in “cash flow constraints” depending how long the ban lasts, Goliger said. NAC, which operates the Meta and NewLeaf banners, has 13 stores in Alberta and was aiming for 25 by the first quarter of 2019.

“We have employees that were set to open those stores, so we have HR costs, and then carrying costs of leases, where stores are going to be sitting dark although the construction is complete and they could be making revenue,” he said.


Supply shortages have plagued Canadian cannabis retailers since legalization on Oct. 17. Martin Ouellet-Diotte/AFP/Getty Images
NAC has a joint venture with Second Cup Ltd., which is planning to convert two of its Alberta coffee shops into cannabis stores and has identified more than 20 locations in Ontario, where the government will start accepting retail applications in December. For now, marijuana sales in Canada’s most populous province are limited to a government-run website, with the first stores expected to open in April.

Ontario has restricted licensed producers and their affiliates to just one store each, but NAC is not a licensed producer so it’s free to open as many as 75, the cap for individual retailers. Goliger said NAC plans to hit the 75-store threshold but isn’t sure yet what the breakdown will be between Second Cup locations and new locations.

Shares in NAC have dropped almost 50 per cent from a peak in July, giving it a market value of about $107 million (US$81 million).
 

CalyxCrusher

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The biggest lie aside from almost the entire article is the waiting on a FRESH supply part. Lol priceless. They're artificially creating demand. All you have to do is check their quarterly reports. They have thousands of kilos in storage. They're most likely waiting to offload it in the form of edibles and topicals. They saved the good stuff for Oct 17.........lol
 
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