The three key elements of retail sales ae location, location and location. From the Detroit Free Press:
Girl Scouts suspend sales outside marijuana dispensary after misunderstanding
A Walled Lake marijuana dispensary seemed like an ideal place to sell Girl Scout cookies after some local troops set up shop outside the facility and sold 1000 boxes last weekend.
At least that was the case until the Girl Scouts of the United States of America got wind and frowned upon the idea — setting off a storm on social media and leaving scout leaders scrambling to smooth over the hubbub, calling it a “misunderstanding.”
After arranging to go back this Friday and Saturday, local Girl Scout members and families were told not to sell cookies in a "facility where they're not allowed to shop," said Jerry Millen, the owner of Greenhouse of Walled Lake. "I understand that, that's fine ... but they were set up on a public corner, in wildlife."
Seems to me that that would be a perfect location. Sad that the Girl Scout bureaucracy did not let them have some fun. The pot shop owner stepped up to the plate:
Legally in Michigan, dispensaries are not allowed to sell food or drinks inside the facility, so Millen took it upon himself to buy 301 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies from the girls who were going to sell outside his shop today, to pass out for free tomorrow "just to prove a point."
And it is not that this is without precedent - I wrote this in 2014: Great business location - Girl Scout Cookies
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