Sugarmade Rides the Wave of Positive Change in the CA Cannabis
Market
With
Stake in
Budcars
Cannabis Delivery Service
NEW YORK, NY -- February 11, 2020 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- Sugarmade,
Inc. (OTCQB:SGMD)
("Sugarmade", "SGMD", or the "Company"), today announces the
closing of an agreement to acquire a significant stake in
Sacramento-based
Budcars
Cannabis Delivery
Service, owned by Indigo Dye Group Corp. Sugarmade will
acquire 40% of
Budcars
for $700,000 and will be granted an option to purchase an
additional 30% stake, providing
Sugaramade
with a controlling interest in the growing delivery service, which
serves
the greater Sacramento metropolitan area.
"Many of us have seen the multitudes of negative news stories about
problems in California's regulated cannabis industry. While
there certainly are issues, there are also many positive changes
happening as State
regulators fine-tune the system," commented Jimmy Chan, CEO of
Sugarmade. "One of these positive changes is the ongoing
crackdown on illegal
black market
operators, who have made it difficult for licensed operators to
make profits. As illegal operators are
driven out of the market, companies like
Budcars
will have meaningfully improved business fundamentals. While
this was an important consideration relative to our investment, we
are also excited about many other aspects of the
Budcars
business and its future
growth prospects."
Budcars
offers a wide range of cannabis products for delivery to the
greater Sacramento, California metropolitan area. The greater
Sacramento-Roseville-Folson
metropolitan statistical area, according to data from the State of
California,
is California's third-largest consisting of approximately 2.4
million people with growth of approximately 20% over the past
decade. The Sacramento area population is showing growing
acceptance of cannabis usage and delivery and scores above the
50%
percentile in terms of cannabis usage per capita.
Budcar's
pricing philosophy is to price for value via a strategy of directly
acquiring products from farms and processors. By maintaining
its own cars, California licenses, and its own fulfillment
center,
Budcars
is able to maintain tight cost controls allowing some of these
savings to flow to consumers via lower prices.
The $700,000 investment in
Budcars
will be utilized by the firm for service and product improvements
and to expand the number of geographic
areas served. None of the investment is being used to buy out
previous equity stakeholders of
Budcars.
Mr. Chan continued, "Sugarmade is in talks with multiple other
licensed cannabis processors, delivery services and retailers for
similar business
combinations, as part of
our corporate growth initiative. We plan to take advantage of
the many changes in the California marketplace, with
Budcars
being the first of what we expect to be many other growth-oriented
corporate actions."
About Sugarmade, Inc.
Sugarmade, Inc. (OTCQB:
SGMD) is a product and branding marketing company investing in
operations and technologies with disruptive potential. For
more information please reference
www.sugarmade.com
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Corporate Contact:
Jimmy Chan
+1-(888)-982-1628
info@Sugarmade.com