Cookies partners with Good Day Farm to open the company’s first Arkansas dispensary

One of the most well-known cannabis brands in the world is partnering with the largest medical cannabis producer in the southern United States. your goal? Chenal, Arkansas. This will be the location of Berner’s By Good Day Farm, a new medicinal cannabis dispensary from Good Day Farm and Cookies.

With more than 4,000 square feet of retail space in Chenal, a suburb of the capital Little Rock, the store “represents Cookies’ entry into the Arkansas medical cannabis market and will offer the state’s patients an expanded line of curated cannabis products and exclusive merchandise.” the companies said in an announcement on Tuesday.

The store is slated to have its grand opening on Friday, which will include groceries, freebies and an appearance from Cookies founder and CEO Berner.

“I never would have guessed that our first store down south would be in Arkansas. I actually never imagined opening a store in the south in general,” Berner said in Tuesday’s statement. “We are extremely excited about our partnership with Good Day Farm and look forward to offering real menus and a curated customer journey to those in Arkansas, especially those who have never experienced cannabis before. The last time I was in Little Rock I toured with Snoop and we had a great time. I look forward to leading the way with Good Day Farm and giving Arkansas a taste of California.”

Just two years after its inception, Good Day Farm bills itself as “the largest licensed medical cannabis producer in the South, supplying the region with a rich selection of cannabis products in a variety of formats including premium flower, edibles, vapes and concentrates, Injectables, tinctures, and topical creams.”

Cookies, on the other hand, was founded more than a decade ago and has grown into one of the most well-known cannabis companies in the world with thousands of products and retail locations in four different countries.

Both companies view cannabis as more than just a business. Good Day Farm says it is “proud to be an ambassador for this medicinal plant in the South, where the company strives relentlessly every day to grow, nurture and share really good cannabis” while Cookies has actively worked to ” to enrich communities disproportionately affected by the War on Drugs through advocacy and social justice initiatives.”

The companies said that Berner’s By Good Day Farm “will carry products from both Cookies and Good Day Farm, including exclusive merchandise like custom skateboards and clothing designed in the spirit of Little Rock.”

“As an ambassador for cannabis in the South, it’s an honor to be the first cannabis company to bring Arkansas patients the legendary Cookies brand,” said Laurie Gregory, chief marketing officer at Good Day Farm, in the announcement. “Our new dispensary will offer the best of both brands, with more than 30 new strains and all the products that Good Day Farm customers know and love, from honey, gummies, chocolate and vapes to our newly launched live resin -Collection. This store is the first of many planned collaborations between Good Day Farm and Cookies in the South, a partner who shares our commitment to helping good people and providing good cannabis.”

Arkansas voters approved a measure to legalize medicinal cannabis in 2016. Sales began three years later.

The state said it sold $264.9 million worth of medicinal cannabis last year, bringing total sales to more than $500 million since the dispensaries opened in 2019.

And there’s reason to believe Arkansans would be receptive to more than just medicinal cannabis.

A poll earlier this year found that 53% of voters in the state believe weed should be legal for adults 21 and older.