After the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2019, dispensaries have been popping up all across Canada, let alone every corner of Toronto. Gone are the days when you need to be buzzed into a back door, or on a street corner, to purchase your bud. Legal stores are thankfully becoming more and more common, where shopping is not only informative, but actually pleasant! Places like Bloor West’s newest addition, Seven Points Cannabis (“Seven Points”), takes it to a whole level.
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The effects of COVID-19 have been felt across every industry, and retail cannabis is no exception to that. Like many others, cannabis stores had to quickly pivot to offering delivery in order to keep their businesses afloat. Seven Points Cannabis did just that–just days after having even opened their doors.
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The Seven Points Cannabis brand
Partners, Gus and Vivian Polymeros opened the first two locations of Seven Points Cannabis — Brantford and Sault St. Marie — in June 2020. In Brantford, Seven Points was the very first legal cannabis store and the 7th store to open, post-lottery, in Ontario under the new regulations.
“It was through mutual friends and family I strategically found two locations which didn’t have cannabis stores, Brantford and Sault St. Marie.”
Gus Polymeros, partner of seven points cannabis
Vivian, having over 16-years of experience as a Creative Director in Pharma & Consumer Advertising, was extremely well-versed in all the Canadian regulations. An expert problem-solver when it came to advertising and promotion. Vivian’s first task: developing the Seven Points Cannabis brand.
Seven Point Cannabis is built around the concept of creating a modern icon around the 7 points of a male dominant cannabis leaf.
“It’s a modern icon that has a balance between the holistic wellness side, but also paid tribute to it’s original canna tributes.”
Vivian Polymeros, partner
The same relaxed and zen wellness approach is taken throughout the design of their stores, with education at the forefront.
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Seven Points Cannabis’ Expansion into Toronto
On the grand opening of Seven Points Cannabis in June 2020, Matty Tsoumaris aka. Matty Uniq — co-owner of Honeycomb Hospitality, which runs restaurants like Baro, Dasha, The Citizen and others — entered the store, loved the concept and said, “You should open one of these in Toronto.” Gus, having worked with Matty as a restaurant equipment supplier in the past, jumped at the chance to team up with this hospitality/entertainment entrepreneurial genius. After bringing Phil de Baros, Foti Polymeros and Tsoumaris on board, Gus and Vivian worked with them to open their Bloor St. West shop.
Located halfway between High Park and Bloor West Village, this new location is 1900 sqft. with beautiful 18′ ceilings. This boutique is a space that caters to everyone carrying a wide range of products including: flower, extracts, edibles, creams and accessories. With security of employees and customers at the top of mind, they equipped the entire store with a state of the art security system that runs 24/7.
An Education Focused Brand
Seven Points Cannabis strives to break down the stigma around cannabis through education. Each store is designed to educate their clients on the different strains and varieties of cannabis products to choose from. A visit to Seven Points isn’t an errand, it’s an experience.
Delivering Legal Cannabis to Mississauga, for FREE
Like every other retail business, this cannabis shop had to pivot during the pandemic switching to offering free delivery, not only to Toronto, but the GTA… specifically, Mississauga.
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Since Mississauga doesn’t have any legal cannabis stores, the Seven Points team kept with tradition and started supplying to an underserved market–even if it meant only through delivery service, for now. But wait… as if that wasn’t good enough, they’re also more competitively priced than ordering from the provincially-run Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) website directly. Not too shabby, right?
“The illegal market in Mississauga is thriving and municipalities are losing out on tax dollars. We think iT would be a positive gesture to cater to Mississauga, BRINING safe, legal [CANNABIS] product to this market.”
Gus polymeros, partner
The Toronto Seven Points shop is located at 2114 Bloor St. West and is open for curbside pickup and delivery from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily.
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