I thought I’d dig through the Liquor Control Board’s sales data again, this time looking at what grower/processors made (meaning companies that have both licenses and sell as processors).

It would take some time to dig through all of them, so I settled on four to start: Vancouver’s Cannaman Farms, because it’s local, and three larger growers that we’ve seen in Vancouver stores – Buddy Boy Farms, Farmer J’s and Cannasol Farms. I can also look up others if anybody is after specifics.

Of the four, Farmer J’s had the top sales numbers in both July and September and generally high numbers overall. Cannasol Farms also had relatively high sales figures over the time period (which spans from July 8 to October 6).

The top sales in August (and for any month) went to BMF Washington (which sells under the name Liberty Reach), netting a whopping $820,373 in sales and $205,093 in excise tax.

In the first week of October, the top seller was CPNL (in Seattle), which netted $104,626 in sales and $26,157 in excise tax.

The big outdoor grows mostly started harvesting in the past month, so we’ll probably see even higher numbers as that comes in.

But if you’re looking for who made the most during the shortage months, well, now you have your answers.

Here’s the rest of the sales breakdown for the four I looked up:

CannaMan Farms (T1 – smallest grower license)
July: Sales = $26,764; Excise tax = $6,691
Aug: Sales = $67,361; Excise tax = $16,840
Sept: Sales = $43,854; Excise tax = $10,963
First week of Oct: Sales = $12,054; Excise tax = $3,014
Total: Sales = $150,033; Excise tax = $37,535

Cannasol Farms (T3 – largest grower license)
July: Sales = $127,939; Excise tax = $31,985
Aug: Sales = $64,145; Excise tax = $16,036
Sept: Sales = $259,228; Excise tax = $64,807
First week of Oct: Sales = $0; Excise tax = $0
Total: Sales = $451,312; Excise tax = $112,828

Farmer J’s (T3)
July: Sales = $354,857; Excise tax = $88,714
Aug: Sales = $291,414; Excise tax = $72,854
Sept: Sales = $285,544; Excise tax = $71,386
First week of Oct: Sales = $4,546; Excise tax = $1,137
Total: Sales = $936,361; Excise tax = $234,091

Buddy Boy Farms (T3)
July: Sales = $103,367; Excise tax = $25,842
Aug: Sales = $89,931; Excise tax = $22,483
Sept: Sales = $76,893; Excise tax = $19,223
First week of Oct: Sales = $50,181; Excise tax = $12,545
Total: Sales = $320,372; Excise tax = $80,103

All Processors:
July: Sales = $1,311,151; Excise tax = $327,838
Aug: Sales = $2,412,992; Excise tax = $603,248
Sept: Sales = $2,727,362; Excise tax = $681,840
First week of Oct: Sales = $997,888; Excise tax = $249,472
Total: Sales = $7,449,592; Excise tax = $1,862,398

Last week, I looked at store sales, which you can find in this post: Numbers from Vancouver pot shops.

See any interesting trends or have any comments? I’d love to hear them!

Cheers,
-SueVo (sue.vorenberg@columbian.com)