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The lottery drawing for the 334 retail shops is on the 25th and they will announce to the public by May 2nd according to the LCB emails.
If your buddies would like a little inside info they can get in touch with me.....seriously really happy to help:) It is nice for most people going through this to talk with someone that has gotten to the end of the goofy process just to alleviate some of their worries if nothing else but I already understand their traceability and exactly what they are looking for in the documents that had to be submitted and at their inspection so give them my email and it would be no problem to give them the details. inthegorge@gmail.com.....of course:)
whatever you do, don't print on the paper that the herb is rolled in. Please, nobody wants to smoke ink...Packaging is a big part of the game here Mr. Whistle....so much so that I think it will be as critical at first at least as having a premium product because no one will ever know how good your product is if you can't "entice" them to buy it. Some of our ideas are:
1. A pretty similar pouch thing that is clear on one side and the label on the other side with a graphic of our logo visible as the background of the clear side and amounts from single grams up to ozs
2. Pre-rolled J's with W.O.W. Weed printed on the outer edge of the paper so it shows down the length of the doobie in singles, packages of 5, 3 with each one a different strain and full pack with our own "packs" with our logo and personal label printed on it
3. Sampler packs with 2, 3 or 4 different strains, a "trip-in" package with pre-grounded herb, papers, crutches, a sticker and a lighter with our logo
4. Metal tins with clear tops
5. Oriental take out foil lined containers
6. Colorful plastic reusable containers and every thing else I can figure out.
So far WA does not have any rules about child resistant packaging. If anyone else has any unique packaging ideas I would love to hear them:) Branding is going to be huge especially at first...when there are not a lot of players in the game...and we have a great opportunity to really make our name remembered....sought after even. It is possible. It is my goal. How it all plays out is yet to be determined:) We are putting together a facebook page and a website. I want to pimp out my gorgeous daughters to give out pinner joints at Sasquatch...but it can't be of our own weed unfortunately which is of course not that cool.....but still....we give out pinner's because that is not illegal here, and the only catch is to like our facebook page or post something on our website or what the heck ever....I don't even know what, but I do know that social medial is an amazing tool.
We cannot afford to do edibles yet due to insurance costs (an additional $4500 per year minimum) and county regulatory costs to install and manage all the permits for a "commercial" kitchen but we do hope to in the future and we had a specific room wired with 220 and adequate outlets to put in a kitchen hopefully, maybe even after the first harvest, so we are poised to deal with all the volume of our outdoor summer crop. It will probably cost another $25,000 to do that and we just do not have enough in our budget to accomplish that yet. Everything I read about the legal market in CO says that edibles are a big deal and we cannot compete in that market at first but we will for sure be there sooner than later. I would love to do extracts, tinctures, oils, soaps, even concentrates...everything that can be done with this lovely plant that we can, but that will be down the line....one step at a time:)
Packages will have to be "child proof/resistant" like prescription medicine bottles are with the push down and twist lids...don't waste one second looking at anything else...foil packs will not qualify at all as child proof/resistant..look in your medicine cabinet at your last script for Augmenten or any other giant ass pills, that is what you will need and it will need to be opaque, transparent ones will not work...even if it is not specifically in the requirements yet..it will be.. so get ahead of the game and don't waste valuable time and money. Look to Colorado on this one and you'll save yourself alot of headache...pre-printed stickers in rolls is your way to make them unique to your store or grow, not the actual container itself
what does W.O.W. stand for? I'm not a gamer but all I think when I see it is world of warcraft and this picture pops into my head....We of course have already procured the snap lid containers but so far there are no child resistant container requirements here. I have addressed the LCB on the issue repeatedly and they do not have those requirements...... but I think the key word here is YET. To be safe we got as many as we could early in the game but it remains to be seen how it plays out here. The LCB is famous for changing the rules mid way through. Packaging is huge, in time, cost and in getting people to buy the product since it is not on display in large amounts for the consumer to look at. No big jars of herb to look at before you buy....just pre-packaged items in sealed tamper proof containers. Our labels have to have a bunch of data on them as well as marketing info so there is much to consider and of course we are trying to do as much considering as we can:) We hope to include a W.O.W. Weed sticker in each package no matter if it is a gram or an oz just to get them out there but our logo will be on our label as well as all the other stuff required by the LCB. I have spent countless late nights searching the web for appropriate packaging because this is a crucial part of the puzzle but still know there are things I have not thought of and if I could afford it I would hire a specialist in this field but alas...that is not the case and I will just have to keep trying to figure it all out.....modify as we go along seeing what works, what doesn't, and roll with the punches as the LCB changes thing mid game as they are so likely to do:-/
You may not need child proof packaging as beer isn't child proofed beyond the Identification process during purchase. Being sealed is a tough one though as people love to smell herb before buying it and even the med clubs cater to this...We of course have already procured the snap lid containers but so far there are no child resistant container requirements here. I have addressed the LCB on the issue repeatedly and they do not have those requirements...... but I think the key word here is YET. To be safe we got as many as we could early in the game but it remains to be seen how it plays out here. The LCB is famous for changing the rules mid way through. Packaging is huge, in time, cost and in getting people to buy the product since it is not on display in large amounts for the consumer to look at. No big jars of herb to look at before you buy....just pre-packaged items in sealed tamper proof containers. Our labels have to have a bunch of data on them as well as marketing info so there is much to consider and of course we are trying to do as much considering as we can:) We hope to include a W.O.W. Weed sticker in each package no matter if it is a gram or an oz just to get them out there but our logo will be on our label as well as all the other stuff required by the LCB. I have spent countless late nights searching the web for appropriate packaging because this is a crucial part of the puzzle but still know there are things I have not thought of and if I could afford it I would hire a specialist in this field but alas...that is not the case and I will just have to keep trying to figure it all out.....modify as we go along seeing what works, what doesn't, and roll with the punches as the LCB changes thing mid game as they are so likely to do:-/
Just wanted to say, overall I'm happy for you and am stoked you have come this far. Getting through the first harvest will IMO be your toughest task yet, but it will be awesome to see your hard work on the shelf in a store and rewarding after all you've been through:DWe of course have already procured the snap lid containers but so far there are no child resistant container requirements here. I have addressed the LCB on the issue repeatedly and they do not have those requirements...... but I think the key word here is YET. To be safe we got as many as we could early in the game but it remains to be seen how it plays out here. The LCB is famous for changing the rules mid way through. Packaging is huge, in time, cost and in getting people to buy the product since it is not on display in large amounts for the consumer to look at. No big jars of herb to look at before you buy....just pre-packaged items in sealed tamper proof containers. Our labels have to have a bunch of data on them as well as marketing info so there is much to consider and of course we are trying to do as much considering as we can:) We hope to include a W.O.W. Weed sticker in each package no matter if it is a gram or an oz just to get them out there but our logo will be on our label as well as all the other stuff required by the LCB. I have spent countless late nights searching the web for appropriate packaging because this is a crucial part of the puzzle but still know there are things I have not thought of and if I could afford it I would hire a specialist in this field but alas...that is not the case and I will just have to keep trying to figure it all out.....modify as we go along seeing what works, what doesn't, and roll with the punches as the LCB changes thing mid game as they are so likely to do:-/
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