{"id":4765,"date":"2022-03-10T14:32:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMic2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmhhcnRmb3JkYnVzaW5lc3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvY3QtbWVkaWNhbC1tYXJpanVhbmEtZGlzcGVuc2FyeS1oYXMtYmlnLXBsYW5zLXRvLWVudGVyLXJlY3JlYXRpb25hbC1tYXJrZXTSAQA"},"modified":"2022-03-10T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T14:32:23","slug":"ct-medical-marijuana-dispensary-has-big-plans-to-enter-recreational-market-hartford-business-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=4765","title":{"rendered":"CT medical marijuana dispensary has big plans to enter recreational market – Hartford Business Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fine Fettle, a growing medical marijuana dispensary, has submitted applications to convert two of its shops into hybrid retail establishments, which would allow it to sell both medical and recreational cannabis, company officials confirmed to Hartford Business Journal.<\/p>\n

According to Fine Fettle\u2019s Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Zachs, hybrid license applications have already been submitted for the company\u2019s Newington and Willimantic locations. The company is still waiting on hybrid zoning approval in Stamford for its newest location, which opened last month, but when that happens the company plans to submit an application there as well.<\/p>\n

Zachs said the state\u2019s regulations on product inventory make it easier for companies like Fine Fettle to convert its facilities compared to other states. Connecticut doesn\u2019t require hybrid dispensaries to have two separate inventories \u2013 one for medical customers and another for retail customers \u2013 which quells supply issues companies have had in other states when converting to a hybrid model.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could be up and running tomorrow,\u201d Zachs said, adding that Fine Fettle has the supply for these hybrid facilities ready to go.<\/p>\n

Late last year the company received approvals from Newington and Windham planning and zoning commissions to convert its two existing dispensaries into a hybrid model.<\/p>\n

Zachs said his company is still finalizing details about potential social equity partnerships but it has a \u201cteam\u201d of social equity applicants it’s planning to work with.<\/p>\n

When converted to a hybrid model, each Fine Fettle dispensary will have between 15 and 25 employees, Zachs said.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 21, Fine Fettle opened its third medical cannabis dispensary in the state, a 5,200-square-foot facility at 12 Research Drive, Stamford. The company was originally awarded a license by the state Department of Consumer Protection for a new dispensary in Storrs, but it requested to change the location to Stamford.<\/p>\n

Fine Fettle owns three of the state\u2019s 18 licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. The company was founded in Connecticut but has since spread to other states, including cultivation, processing and retail businesses in Massachusetts and a processing facility in Rhode Island. Fine Fettle also has acquired a license to operate in Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fine Fettle, a growing medical marijuana dispensary, has submitted applications to convert two of its shops into hybrid retail establishments, which would allow it to sell both medical and recreational cannabis, company officials confirmed to Hartford Business Journal. According to Fine Fettle\u2019s Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Zachs, hybrid license applications have already been submitted for the company\u2019s Newington and Willimantic locations. The company is still waiting on hybrid zoning approval in Stamford for its newest location, which opened last month, but when that happens the company plans to submit an application there as well. Zachs said the state\u2019s regulations on… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ct-medical-marijuana-dispensary-has-big-plans-to-enter-recreational-market-hartford-business-journal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}