THE TRUTH ABOUT PAY-TO-PLAY

Slotting fees are pay-to-play in the most public-facing sense. In short, brands pay from $500 to $15,000 per month for choice spots on retailers’ shelves. For as long as we have dispensaries, would-be players will pay.MJ Biz

• Slotting fees’ ascent seems to have risen with the 2017-2019 popularity of vaping, whose products contributed to a shelf-space crunch.