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“By 2 p.m., so four hours into our day, we were over $60,000 sales at the till,” he said.

Arbuthnot said restocking deliveries are coming Friday, next Tuesday and a “very large” order is on tap for next Friday to help meet the demand.

If worst comes to worst, Arbuthnot said they may have to limit online sales and how much people can buy in terms of product in their store until they’re restocked at the end of next week.

And the unknown is still to come.

Arbuthnot said some of his staff come from liquor retail and they’ve warned that sales could pick up in a big way come Friday night as people are getting off work.

“We really don’t know,” he said. “We’re really getting through shining the first light on what the demand for cannabis really is here.”

Delta 9’s large shipment of their own product coming by the end of next week also means lower prices for their own branded cannabis.

“We’ll be bringing it down from our average price per gram, which is $12 right now, to $7 or $8 per gram,” he said. “It’s moving stuff in the right direction in terms of being competitive with the black market.”

Meta Cannabis Supply Co. opened their doors at 5 p.m. on Wednesday to lines and when they opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, lines were still formed outside their north Pembina Highway store.

Matt Ryan, vice-president of marketing of META, echoed Arbuthnot saying he’s unsure what the weekend will bring.

“This industry launched on a Wednesday, so all of us were busy yesterday,” Ryan said. “But really, if you’re purchasing something for recreation, like cannabis, if it’s going to follow trends, the weekend is a big time to purchase. We anticipate this weekend is going to be a pretty big time as well.”

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