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Delta cannabis greenhouse to stock product for major retailers

A huge East Delta greenhouse operation that’s making the switch to cannabis has inked a major deal to supply Canadian big box retailers. AgraFlora Organics International Inc.
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AgraFlora says its strategy is centred on delivery of CBD-based products 'to already primed targeted audiences.'

A huge East Delta greenhouse operation that’s making the switch to cannabis has inked a major deal to supply Canadian big box retailers.

AgraFlora Organics International Inc. has a partnership with the huge Houweling Nurseries complex on 64th Street, a 2.2-million-square-foot facility called the Delta Greenhouse Complex.

AgraFlora, which also has a 51,500-square-foot edibles manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, this week announced it has entered into a preferred supply agreement with Canadian consumer packaged goods broker and wholesaler Red Phoenix International Trading Ltd.

Under the terms of the supply agreement, Red Phoenix International Trading will distribute AgraFlora’s portfolio of organic cannabis sativa seed oil infused consumer packaged goods including its Whole Hemp Health organic lip balm, as well as its edibles and infusions hemp-derived gummy stock to domestic big box food retailers.

 

AgraFlora notes that Red Phoenix International Trading boasts wholesale distribution agreements with such retailers as Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, The North West Company and Giant Tiger Stores Ltd.

Brandon Boddy, chairman and CEO of AgraFlora, in a news release stated they remain optimistic that Health Canada's anticipated cannabidiol regulations will classify CBD as a natural health product, enabling widespread proliferation across Canada and unlocking hidden value within AgraFlora's cannabis value chain.

“Upon enactment of these anticipated CBD regulations, we will look to introduce CBD-infused varieties of our existing SKUs (stock-keeping units) into our already mature distribution channels. Our product strategy is centred on the delivery of CBD-based solutions to already primed targeted audiences, which are both known and trusted across our entire distribution footprint. As CBD continues its ubiquitous permeation of CPGs, we remain well equipped to capitalize on a shifting regulatory environment, while capturing material market share of Canada's adult-use arena,” he said.