Having dispensaries is really cool. An entire store devoted to selling products that elicited jail time not too long ago. And not only can a buyer get flowers, they can get a range of other products including capsules, lotions, extracts, concentrates, and edibles. So, what if instead of going to the dispensary, the edibles could be a little more mobile? Well, that’s the new deal in this new 4/20 world. Welcome cannabis food trucks, the moving cannabis food dispensaries that will get you high, and feed your munchies. Can we expect this to be the future of weed?
Cannabis food trucks are coming out, thanks in part to Texas and the use of delta-8 THC. What is delta-8? An alternate form of THC which doesn’t cause quite as much psychoactive high, and which comes with less anxiety, and less couch locking effect, making it preferable for many users. Check out our growing selection of Delta 8, Delta 10 THC, THC-O, THCV, THCP & HHC deals, and pick yourself out the perfect product.
What is a cannabis food truck?
It’s what it sounds like. A food truck that specializes in cannabis infused foods, and/or the array of munchies necessary to feed a weed buzz. Just think of an ice cream truck, but one that sells infused ice cream. Or the selection of trucks that can be found in a place like New York, where hungry lunch-goers scramble to get a helping of their favorite Chinese food dish, or a slice of pizza, or a few hot dogs. Same thing, but with food meant to give you a buzz.
Truth be told, this isn’t exactly a thing just yet. Mainly because of regulations surrounding how cannabis can be sold. But it is a thing. And it is happening. And this indicates that there’s a pretty decent future here. It bodes well to remember that alcohol is highly regulated, yet it pops up nearly everywhere. Alcohol also was at one point completely bound by prohibition laws, much like cannabis still is in many places, yet the last century has seen amazing growth in the alcohol industry, and in regulations for where it can be sold.
Dispensaries have very specific requirements for operation. Some states like California are very particular about where the cannabis products are sold from, down to the layout of the building and the bathrooms within. Realistically, regulations like this make legal cannabis food truck sales impossible at the moment in most places, though it does nothing to rule out the future, or to stop black market operators who are ballsy enough to operate an illegal product outright.
One of the major issues that cannabis food trucks face, is how to handle money. Many dispensaries are still cash business since not all banks will work with federally illegal companies. Dispensaries that operate in this way often use armored vehicles, and move cash around quickly to keep from accumulating too much in the store. A mobile truck would be harder to protect, and easier to rob, especially if all business was done in cash. Explains Heather Despres, the Director of Patient-Focused Certification for Americans for Safe Access,
“Most states require the operator of any cannabis business to be at a fixed and secure location that they can inspect… I’m not aware of any states that permit distribution via food truck, so, if a person is purchasing cannabis or hemp products from a truck, it is likely a purchase from the illicit market, and the consumer runs the risk of purchasing a mislabeled, improperly identified, potentially unsafe product.”
Where have cannabis food trucks popped up so far?
Not everything that starts up, gets very far, and the beginning of an industry can often look like a bunch of small things starting and stopping until something actually catches on, meets all requirements, and hits the right point in social culture. Maybe we’re not quite there yet, but we’re getting there, and the following examples show what the beginning of the world of weed trucks looks like.
One awesome business is Weed World out of Manhattan, New York. While Weed World does seem to be in operation in a brick-and-mortar store, whether the food trucks are still in operation remains to be seen. These businesses don’t like to call a lot of attention to themselves for obvious reasons. Even so, Weed World is known for operating psychedelic-looking trucks complete with a layer of colorful graffiti. Though the trucks are known for selling lollipops in all colors and flavors, the lollipops are only CBD infused, meaning suckers can feel good, without blowing their minds out. The lollipops go for about $5 each, and trucks can be spotted in various parts of the city if they’re still around.
There are other reports of cannabis food trucks that are just as low key, with just as little information on the internet. So whether these operations are still in operation is hard for me to say without being in these locations. But as stated before, how well they do is less relevant to the fact that they’re there at all.
A few more examples of talked about cannabis food trucks, are: The Samich (Savory Accessible Marijuana Infused Culinary Happiness) out of Denver Colorado, which started as a food truck run out of a pink school bus, before graduating to a real store location. The menu includes, among other things: pulled pork, grilled cheese sandwiches, and THC-infused sunbutter and jelly. Then there’s Trippie Treats run out of New Orleans, Louisiana.