Build It Right Before You Open.
Opening a dispensary is one of the most capital-intensive, compliance-heavy, and operationally complex retail launches you can take on. Most new operators have the license, the location, and the capital — but not the operating infrastructure to match.
We change that.
The menu needs to be priced right from day one. The purchasing system needs to be in place before the first order arrives. The staff needs a structure to operate within before they ever touch a register. The financials need to be set up to survive a 280E audit before the first dollar hits the books.
Get these wrong at the start and you spend your first year fixing them. Get them right and you're compounding from day one.
These systems are IRS-audited, CDTFA-tested, and currently running in dispensaries throughout California. They were built over 15 years across two founding-level dispensary roles — not in a boardroom.
The First 90 Days Set the Trajectory.
It's a lot easier to build the right habits before you open than to break the wrong ones after you're buried in operations. We've seen too many dispensaries open without financial controls, without purchasing systems, without staff accountability frameworks — and spend their first year in reactive mode, pouring capital into problems that could have been prevented.
We work with new license holders before opening day to install everything a professional dispensary operation needs to run from day one.
What We Install Before You Open
Financial Infrastructure
GAAP-compliant bookkeeping and accounting systems
280E-compliant tax framework — aggressive, legal, and audit-tested by the IRS and CDTFA
Cash control and reconciliation systems
CDTFA sales tax reporting structure
Labor and wage allocation framework
Banking and cash management setup
Operational Systems
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for every role — opening, closing, daily operations
Inventory receiving, tracking, and reconciliation systems
Purchasing and open-to-buy framework
Vendor management and pricing structure
Sale event and new product launch systems
Sales & Staff Infrastructure
Budtender KPI framework — AOV, UPT, and individual performance tracking
Progressive sales training curriculum
Staff accountability and performance review systems
Daily, weekly, and monthly management reporting cadence
Financial Controls
Pricing architecture and gross margin guardrails
Discount policy and approval structure
Inventory shrink controls and cycle count framework
Merchant processing rate review
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