Sugarmade Rides the Wave of Positive Change in the CA Cannabis Market with Stake in Budcars Cannabis Delivery Service

NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NetworkWire – 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 Sugarmade 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-Folsom 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.