Convenience

Mr. Nice Guy has announced a partnership with locally owned company CBD Kratom to move into a newly constructed building next door to its previous location in St. Charles, Mo. The fully remodeled location is now a CBD Kratom featuring Mr. Nice Guy. A grand opening celebration took place on Aug. 18 with a ribbon…

Convenience store operators across the U.S. increasingly are stocking cannabidiol (CBD) products on their shelves. These businesses are tapping into this market to boost revenues and attract canna-curious customers — an effective strategy in the short and medium term as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to drag its feet on any meaningful regulatory…

Hemper released its first product able to be sold in convenience stores — the Quick Hitter. This is a flavored, multi-use, disposable one-hitter made for on-the-go use without sacrificing the customer smoking experience. Available in packs of two and retailing at just $2.99, Quick Hitters come in five flavors: mango, raspberry, watermelon, banana and blueberry, in…

  Hemp-derived CBD brand Elixinol launched two new innovative CBD products focused on supporting sleep. Elixinol’s Sleep Rapid Rest Liposome and Sleep Gummies are unique, melatonin-free options for consumers to support optimal sleep. Both products include CBN, marking a first for the brand to include a minor cannabinoid into product formulations. The new product additions…

  Maker of hemp-derived cannabinoid and health and wellness products Global Widget will showcase its newest product and brand offerings at the 2022 Convenience Distribution Marketplace, to be held Feb. 7-9, at the JW Marriott Tampa, in Tampa, Fla. According to the Convenience Distribution Association (CDA), Convenience Distribution Marketplace is the only national conference and…

Imbue Botanicals, Perio Protect and QNT Anderson released their new CBD mint toothpaste and CBD mint oral rinse, the first two products in a new oral care line. The new brand is a collaborative effort between leaders in the periodontal and compounding pharmacy space that have for years been formulating products that make a positive…

Biopharmaceutical company Avicanna Inc. announced the U.S. brand launch and commercialization of its proprietary and clinically backed cannabidiol (CBD) derma-cosmetics brand, Pura H&W, through its exclusive partnership with Red White and Bloom. The U.S. market is the fourth nation in which Avicanna’s derma-cosmetic products branded as Pura H&W or Pura Earth have commercialized, including Colombia…

Diversified life sciences company Tauriga Sciences’ Tauri-Gum product line this week received approval from the state of Alaska to do business in that state after being granted a Product Endorsement Approval Notice from the Alaska Division of Agriculture (Industrial Hemp Program). Tauriga manufactures and distributes several proprietary retail products and product lines, mainly focused on…

Retailers see big potential for cannabis-infused products. That’s according to alcohol e-commerce and on-demand delivery platform Drizly‘s just released third annual “BevAlc Insights by Drizly Retail Report,” culled from a nationwide survey of over 500 alcohol retailers during November 2021. According to the report, retailers are very bullish about cannabis- and CBD-infused products. In a…

Due to the increasing adoption of cannabidiol-based products to treat ailments, the global cannabidiol (CBD) market is anticipated to grow at a lucrative rate over the next several years, according to the “Cannabidiol Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report” from Grand View Research published earlier this year. The report estimated that the global cannabidiol…

A lot of Americans still aren’t sure exactly what CBD is or what it can do for them. Worse, a lot of convenience store operators still aren’t sure who their CBD customers are – the very first thing they need to know in order to capitalize on the trend. So – who is buying CBD…