The Best Is Yet To Come

“Best is yet to come and babe, won't that be fine?
You think you've seen the sun
But you ain't seen it shine

A wait till the warm-up's underway…
…And wait till you see that sunshine day
You ain't seen nothing yet.”

Good morning family!  I hope everybody has been doing well since we last spoke.  I wanted to start this post off with some lyrics from Ol’ Blue Eyes; no it was not me who wrote that song but the legend himself, Frank Sinatra.  It seemed an appropriate way to start seeing we will have been open for a year on March 5th!!! On one hand, I feel like this year has flown by but on the other, it feels like we have been a part of this community for much longer, and I mean that in the best way possible lol.  Over the past year, we have made THOUSANDS of new friendships with our guests and I love it that we are still getting to know even some of our more frequent guests better every time they walk in.  I have always preached on here that we want you to come by and talk to us; I have never wanted any guest to feel like they are just another sale or just another number.  That being said, I could not be happier with how this year has been overall, I can only hope that there are many many more years to come.  But you know what they say… there is always room for improvement and change is always good.  “Best is yet to come and babe, won’t that be fine? You think you've seen the sun. But you ain't seen it shine.”

Lets just say that Year 2 will be even more interesting that Year 1.  I do not want to give all my secrets away but that will go for everybody involved, from the cultivators (now over 200 in the state!) to us dispensaries to our guests.  Products are getting better but prices are dropping, who doesn’t love that?  Also food trucks, classic car shows, vendor pop-ups, free swag, raffles and that’s just to name a few.  I cannot say enough though about how this industry is changing daily.  Cannot tell you how many times I have heard that somebody went over to the West Coast and observed how they were doing this, that or the other thing and brought it back to the East Coast.  Now whether they actually implemented the idea in their company or not, I have always heard that it either was changed/improved from the original or scrapped because it did not work for us on the East Coast.  Now do not get me wrong, Cresco, out of Colorado, has been doing an amazing job with their Liquid Live Resin cartridges, cannot tell you how much I enjoy them over the traditional cartridge.  If you enjoy smoking flower/carts occasionally and you haven’t yet tried a LLR cartridge, please do, it will change your opinion on cartridges. 

I know I might be a month early on it so you will hear me blabber on about a similar subject next month but I wanted to give away one secret.  There is this day in mid to late April, I think it’s April 20th this year, not sure if you have heard of it, but it’s called 420… it’s kind of a big day in the cannabis world lol.  We are going to make Wednesday April 20th, not your average Wednesday.  At the store, we are going to have bundles offered all day, small to large and everything in between.  We are going to have a food truck, Smoke & Squeal BBQ food truck owned by Millville resident, Adam B. (crazy good BBQ, like holy shit good).  We are going to have prizes being raffled away (starting on April 1st you can enter) like gift cards to local restaurants/stores and swag prizes from our cultivators with all proceeds of the raffle going to the Millville Fire Dept.  Honestly, I hope that is just the start and only hope that it becomes more like an event than just your ‘average Wednesday’.

As always, I hope to see everybody at the store someday soon.  On our birthday, March 5th, we will be having some cool bundles available from Cultivate so come on by, wish us a happy birthday and see what we have to offer. But remember the best is yet to come, I am very excited for our second year with everybody, stay tuned for more exciting things around the store and the industry. “A wait till the warm-up's underway…And wait till you see that sunshine day. You ain't seen nothing yet.”

Steve

“Eat, Drink, and Be Merry.”