Dan Smith, a veteran refrigeration specialist who served the wine industry, founded G&D Chillers in the early 1990s. Enter G&D Chillers G&D Chillers is one of the operations that segued into cannabis from another vertical. From the start, G&D observed a lack of chiller solutions specifically designed to meet cannabis businesses’ needs. Now, businesses that established their reputation in similar industries are developing solutions and entire corporate divisions in the burgeoning cannabis space, a healthy sign the industry is maturing. From established retail design firms offering turnkey dispensary solutions to analytics firms pivoting to offer cannabis consumer data, professionalizing cannabis has become big business.
As cannabis emerged from the shadows into the warm light of legalization, standards improved dramatically across the industry. The transformation was helped, in no small part, by myriad ancillary businesses that emerged to solve the growing pains of a rapidly developing marketplace.
Now, businesses that established their reputation in similar industries are developing solutions and entire corporate divisions in the burgeoning cannabis space, a healthy sign the industry is maturing. From established retail design firms offering turnkey dispensary solutions to analytics firms pivoting to offer cannabis...
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