Delta 9 Cannabis Inc has announced the grand opening of its thirteenth retail store, and tenth cannabis store in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which is bordered by Ontario to the east, and Saskatchewan to the west.
The vertically integrated cannabis company’s newest retail store is in the City of Selkirk and is scheduled to open on Thursday.
“I am very proud of the fact that in spite of the pandemic our team has worked hard to continue our pace of growth,” Delta 9 CEO John Arbuthnot said in a statement. “The Delta 9 brand is becoming more familiar in Western Canada and this new store location strengthens our network of stores and enables us to continue to offer the best selection of cannabis products; at the lowest prices, from the most popular cannabis manufacturers in Canada.”
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Established in 1882, the City of Selkirk is 34 kilometres (km) north of Winnipeg, servicing a trade area population of 53,000 people. The new store is in the heart of the downtown core at the Arena Plaza Mall at 379 Main Street. This section of Main Street is the focal point for 100,000-square-feet of retail business making it part of one of the city’s largest shopping destinations.
The tenants within a 3-km radius area include Shoppers Drug Mart, CIBC, Liquor Mart, Walmart Super Center, Dollarama, Staples, Sport Chek, and Home Hardware. The company also noted that their location has “ample parking and easy access” from the street.
“The new store offers customers a modern shopping décor, highly trained staff and a wide range of products including dried cannabis flower, cannabis oil, edibles, drinkables, vape pens, concentrates and more,” said the company.
The firm said it will also provide online and click-and-collect services for the Arena Plaza location.
Delta 9 - one of Canada’s original cannabis companies – sells products through its wholesale and retail sales channels and markets its cannabis ‘Grow Pods’ to other businesses. The firm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Delta 9 Bio-Tech Inc., is a licensed producer of medical and recreational cannabis and operates an 80,000-square-foot production facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Delta 9 owns and operates a chain of retail stores under the Delta 9 Cannabis Store brand.
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