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Colleen
Head of Communications
Colleen has worked in tech, cannabis and communications for over a decade, specializing in retail strategy, industry leadership, and operations. She creates resources to empower dispensary teams, drive success, and highlight innovative retail models.

Posts by Colleen

A digital banner image designed for a blog post titled “What is Cannabis POS Software?” shows a dispensary setting with two smiling customers at the counter and a cannabis point-of-sale (POS) system in the foreground. The screen displays a product menu with item categories, product images, prices, and a transaction total of $103.89. The text “WHAT IS CANNABIS POS SOFTWARE?” appears in bold, dark letters on the left side, with a purple underline and subheading that reads “Features and Benefits.” The image conveys a modern, customer-friendly dispensary environment and highlights cannabis-specific POS technology.

What is Cannabis POS Software?

Cannabis POS software is the compliance, inventory, and sales engine behind a dispensary. What it does, how it differs from retail POS, and what to look for.
What is Cannabis POS Software? Features & Benefits
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis 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
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
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
The image features the logos of Treez and Blaze positioned on opposite sides of the frame, separated by a bold, diagonal line cutting through the center. In the middle of the diagonal line is the word "vs" in a large, eye-catching font, emphasizing the competitive comparison between the two systems. The background is clean and minimalist, drawing focus to the logos and the central "vs" element, setting the tone for an in-depth evaluation of these dispensary POS software platforms.

Treez vs. Blaze: 2026 Dispensary POS Comparison

Treez vs Blaze compared for 2026: inventory, delivery, compliance, payments, e-commerce, and support, plus how Meadow handles it all in one platform.
Two established platforms, three recurring complaints. What the reviews reveal before you commit.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Dispensary Inventory ManagementCannabis RetailCannabis ComplianceCannabis MarketingCannabis Delivery
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
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
Meadow's new Dynamic Delivery cannabis delivery system

Mobile Cannabis Dispensaries: The Ice Cream Truck Delivery Model

Vehicles operate as roaming mini-dispensaries with precise geofencing, automatic dispatching of drivers, customized menus, and real-time inventory reporting.
Discover the benefits of this fully compliant, low-cost way to provide fast delivery anywhere.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis Delivery
A person holding a smartphone, representing a branded cannabis dispensary mobile app that turns one-time buyers into repeat customers.

Cannabis Dispensary Mobile Apps: A Retention Playbook

A practical guide to dispensary mobile apps: what they do, what to look for, and how to launch one that pays for itself.
Four plays to turn one-time dispensary buyers into customers who keep coming back.
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Colleen
Head of Communications
Cannabis MarketingCannabis Retail