I undoubtedly thought that the COVID pandemic would be the end of our business.
I had been building up our purchaser base for over various years, & finally seemed like I would start turning a healthy profit, when the lockdown hit… For a few weeks things were shaky, I had no idea how I could survive in such an economic climate. Thankfully, our loyal buyers were all reaching out to me, asking myself and others to find a way to stay open. I am not the only cannabis dispensary in town, however for a lot of people I am their first & only choice. One of our buyers absolutely gave myself and others the idea to start a cannabis delivery service, & to offer curbside pickup. I ran with the idea, & the next week I started hiring a series of weed delivery drivers to labor for me, then all of our weed delivery team were strictly required to wear masks & gloves while the two of us were in deliveries, & to of course abstain from using any of the weed products, no one had a problem with the safety protocols, however more than a few drivers ended up getting fired for sampling the cannabis products while at work. Once I had a superb weed delivery team in site, company picked up like never before. Now that the two of us are open for company like normal again, the weed delivery side of things has still not slowed down. It seems that a lot of our customers got used to having their cannabis delivered to their front door, so weed delivery is a permanent part of our company model.