Adult-use dispensaries continue to pop up across the Berkshires, tussling for market share to an increasingly savvy body of consumers. Here's info on the four newest additions to the recreational cannabis landscape.
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PITTSFIELD â After quietly opening its doors to cannabis consumers in mid-November, Pittsfieldâs newest pot shop has rolled out pandemic-friendly curbside pickup.
âThings have been tailored to the current conditions with COVID,â said Jack Carney, the manager of Colonial Cannabis Co., the cityâs fourth adult-use dispensary.
The shop, at 1021 South St., just across from Guidoâs Fresh Marketplace, held a âsoft openingâ Nov. 16, Carney said, and has ramped up staffing levels to about 15 employees offering customers an array of flower, concentrates, edibles and vaporizers.
Jack Carney, manager at Colonial Cannabis Co. in Pittsfield, said that, despite opening the dispensary in the middle of surging coronavirus infections in Berkshire County, he hopes that ramping up curbside pickup will ease any nerves that customers might be feeling about in-store shopping during the pandemic.