DISPENSARY NEWS

International cannabis provider Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. just opened a new medical cannabis dispensary in St. Augustine, Florida.

Curaleaf St. Augustine, located at 1280 Ponce De Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, FL 32084, officially opened its doors to medical patients on August 1. This expansion marks the company’ s 68th store in Florida, bringing its nationwide store count to 154 stores.

Conveniently located on Ponce de Leon Boulevard just outside the city’ s historic district, Curaleaf St. Augustine carries a broad portfolio of medical cannabis products, including Curaleaf’ s new Grassroots Dark Heart Collection, Select brand vapes and edibles, Florida-exclusive flower brand Reef, Anthem pre-rolls, and others, according to the company.

“ Our cultivation team has been

Curaleaf’ s St. Augustine, Florida dispensary is now open to medical cannabis patients. hard at work developing significant innovations to enhance the flower quality across our brands. I’ m thrilled for medical patients in St. Augustine to have access our new flower from Reef, Grassroots and Anthem, that surpasses anything we’ ve seen in the Florida market,” said Curaleaf chairman and CEO Boris Jordan in a news release.

“ As a vertically integrated, medical-only state, we know it’ s critical to our patients that everything in our cultivation facilities is done with intention across the board,” he continued.“ I can proudly say that we’ re truly delivering craft quality flower at Curaleaf scale, backed by a no-risk guarantee. With our 68th store in the Sunshine State, we are expanding patient access to these trusted, effective products.”

Curaleaf Florida has also introduced a 72−hour Flower Satisfaction Guarantee for premium eighths. It’ s available exclusively to Florida patients who purchase Grassroots and Reef flower eighths. If an eighth of flower purchased from does not meet expectations, patients may return it within 72 hours to the original Curaleaf location for store credit or an exchange.

The store operates from 9:00 A. M. to 8:30 P. M. ET, Monday through Saturday, and 10:00 A. M. to 6 P. M. ET on Sundays.

Multi-state cannabis company Verano Holdings Corp. recently unveiled a new dispensary format.

The new bodega-style model – located at Verano’ s Zen Leaf Phoenix-Cave Creek(“ Cave Creek”) dispensary( 12401 N Cave Creek Rd) in Phoenix, Arizona – provides visitors with a unique opportunity to browse, interact with and choose their favorite items throughout the store.

Verano welcomed guests to experience the new bodega-style dispensary during a grand re-opening, which featured giveaways, meet-and-greets with rap icons Dizzy Wright and Devin the Dude, product deals and discounts, DJs spinning tunes, local artisan pop-ups, food trucks and more.

Zen Leaf Cave Creek is open every day from 8:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. m., local time.

THE BODEGA-STYLE EXPERIENCE

Zen Leaf Cave Creek’ s transformation offers customers the freedom to choose their desired shopping experience. Customers who prefer to shop via the new bodega-style format can hand-select their favorite items from category-specific shelves including“ Flower,”“ Vapes,”“ Edibles,”“ Best Sellers,”“ Accessories,” and more, with Zen Leaf employees available to offer guidance along the way.

“ The dynamic cannabis landscape requires constant innovation and differentiation to push the boundaries of possibility, and today’ s unveiling of a completely new dispensary shopping experience at Zen Leaf Cave Creek delivers on that mission,” said Robert Cohen, Verano executive vice president

Inside Verano’ s new bodega-style dispensary, customers can now hand-select items to purchase instead of needing an employee to grab a product for them.

of retail strategy, in a news release.

“ I’ m proud of our team for bringing forth a vision that has the potential to create an entirely new paradigm for cannabis retail offering unrivaled convenience and consumer choice, and we look forward to welcoming Zen Leaf guests to browse our selection of legal cannabis,” he added. www. stateways. com Fall 2025 • StateWays 33