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Meadow and Treez logos side by side with a versus mark, social share image for a comparison of the two cannabis dispensary POS platforms.

Meadow vs Treez: 2026 Dispensary POS Comparison

Meadow vs Treez compared for 2026: daily speed, delivery, Metrc compliance, hardware, support, and total cost, plus what operators who ran both platforms chose.
Two California operators ran both systems. Here is what they found.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis RetailCannabis Delivery
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Budtender Bingo: A Free Dispensary Sales Contest Kit

Free budtender bingo kit: pick specific sales and store goals, print shuffled cards, and run a month-long dispensary sales contest your whole team can win.
One sales target rewards one person. A bingo card gives everyone a way to win.
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Lauren Sutton
Senior Client Success
Cannabis Industry Leadership
Dispensary customer smelling a cannabis flower sample at the retail counter while holding a jar of product

Use Your Dispensary Data To Level Up Loyalty

How to build a dispensary loyalty program that works: the three structures, segmentation with your POS data, what breaks programs, and how to measure it.
Most dispensaries run a loyalty program. Far fewer can say what it changed.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis MarketingCannabis Retail
A smiling customer and a friendly budtender complete a cashless transaction inside a modern dispensary. The budtender, wearing a dark green "Green Earth Co." hoodie, hands a small product to the customer, who is dressed in a black faux fur coat. They engage in a warm, casual interaction at a sleek wooden checkout counter, where a tablet-based point-of-sale system is visible. In the background, a vibrant green plant wall features a neon sign reading "Inhale, Exhale" with a lit joint illustration. The dispensary has a clean, welcoming ambiance with framed certificates on the walls, potted plants, and natural lighting.

How to Accept Cashless Payments at Your Dispensary

How dispensaries accept payment in 2026: PIN debit, ACH, dual pricing, and where cashless ATMs fit. What rescheduling did and did not change.
Some payment workarounds are compliant. Others close your account overnight.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis ComplianceCannabis Retail
Blog header graphic split into two panels. The left panel is a light overlay over a blurred dispensary interior, with gray text reading "Dispensary Reviews: How to Turn Every Sale into Five Stars" above a purple accent rule and the Edge logo (black lowercase wordmark with a blue angled accent on the "e"). The right panel shows a smiling woman with long dark hair in a black faux-fur coat standing at a wood-and-glass display counter, looking off to the side. Hanging greenery, white retail shelving, a green exit sign, and a security guard in the background fill the store behind her.

Dispensary Reviews: How to Turn Every Sale Into Five Stars

ow dispensaries earn Google reviews at scale: four plays, current 2026 review data, Google's new request rules, and the Meadow x Edge integration.
74% of shoppers only care about reviews from the last three months.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
IntegrationsCannabis MarketingCannabis Retail
A customer receives a sealed cannabis delivery order in a paper bag from a delivery driver. Image Text reads "Cannabis Delivery: The Complete Operator's Guide for 2026"

Cannabis Delivery: The Complete Operator's Guide for 2026

Complete guide to cannabis delivery for licensed retailers: the three delivery models, unit economics, state compliance variables, staffing, and software.
Most operators cannot say what a delivery actually costs them. Here is the math.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis DeliveryCannabis ComplianceCannabis Retail
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How to Open a Dispensary in Michigan

How to open a dispensary in Michigan in 2026: CRA licensing, the municipal opt-in, costs, the 24% wholesale tax, deli-style pricing, Metrc, and delivery.
Michigan flower hit $58 an ounce. Then came a 24% wholesale tax. Here's the plan.
A smiling woman with fair skin and long dark highlighted hair.
Lauren Sutton
Senior Client Success
Cannabis RetailDispensary Inventory ManagementCannabis ComplianceCannabis MarketingCannabis Delivery
Blog header graphic split into two panels. The left panel is a light overlay over a blurred dispensary shelf, with gray and black text reading "Cannabis Market Intelligence: A Data Guide for Dispensaries" above a purple accent rule and the Headset logo (multicolor gradient hexagon mark next to black "HEADSET" wordmark). The right panel shows a budtender in a red sweater and glasses, hair pulled back, looking down at a green cannabis product package she's holding at the counter. Behind her are backlit black display shelves of packaged products and a vase of sunflowers.

Cannabis Market Intelligence: A Data Guide for Dispensaries

How dispensaries use cannabis market intelligence to benchmark against the market, buy what is about to sell, price with context, and automate reordering.
Your register already knows what sold. It cannot tell you whether that was good.
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David Hua
CEO and Co-Founder
Cannabis RetailDispensary Inventory ManagementIntegrations
Boston skyline at sunset with the Massachusetts state seal, on a graphic titled "How to Open a Dispensary in Massachusetts, 2026 Guide" from Meadow.

How to Open a Dispensary in Massachusetts

Complete 2026 guide to opening a Massachusetts dispensary: Host Community Agreements, CCC licensing, costs, 280E, Metrc, delivery, and common mistakes.
The state issues the license. The town decides whether you ever open the doors.
A smiling woman with fair skin and long dark highlighted hair.
Lauren Sutton
Senior Client Success
Cannabis RetailDispensary Inventory ManagementCannabis ComplianceCannabis DeliveryCannabis Marketing
The image shows a smiling woman in sunglasses and a denim jacket receiving a brown paper bag from a mobile dispensary driver. The setting appears to be a sunny suburban neighborhood, with trees and a house in the background. Overlaid on the right side of the image is a translucent gradient with the following text: HOW TO LAUNCH A MOBILE DISPENSARY A Step-by-Step Guide to Ice Cream Truck Delivery The design conveys approachability, professionalism, and clarity—suitable for a cannabis business guide or educational resource on mobile dispensary operations.

How to Launch a Mobile Dispensary: Step-by-Step Guide to Ice Cream Truck Delivery

How to launch a mobile cannabis dispensary: a step-by-step guide to the Ice Cream Truck delivery model — permits, vehicles, routing, and compliance.
Discover how Ice Cream Truck cannabis delivery works—and how Mobile Dispensaries can help you serve more customers, faster
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis DeliveryCannabis ComplianceCannabis Retail