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Deli Flower vs. Pre-Packed: What Great, Good and Value Tier Actually Mean
Our jar wall is sorted into three tiers. Here is how we sort it, what to expect from each, and when a pre-pack is the smarter buy.
Walk past the registers and you hit the jar wall: dozens of strains behind glass, each labelled with a tier. Deli flower is the heart of the store and the reason a lot of people drive past three other dispensaries to get here. Here’s how it works.
What “deli” means
Deli flower is sold loose and weighed to order, the way a deli slices to order. You choose the strain and the amount — a gram, an eighth, a quarter, a half or an ounce — and we weigh it in front of you. No pre-packaging, no paying for the jar — and right now the top four tiers are on sale, with select strains up to 50% off.
The six tiers
Reserve — 25% off
The top of the wall: exotics and small-batch drops, the loudest jars in the building. Eighths are $26.25 right now (regularly $35), ounces $171.75.
Private — 20% off
Private-label and craft strains you won’t find down the road. $24 eighths, $151.20 ounces.
Great — 15% off
Top-shelf Michigan flower: designer genetics from the state’s best growers. $21.25 eighths, $143.65 ounces.
Good — 10% off
The everyday sweet spot. Well-grown, well-cured strains at a price you can smoke daily — most of our regulars live here. $18 eighths, $116.10 ounces.
Value
Big bags, small money: $13 eighths and $75 ounces. Perfectly good flower — often larger harvests or smaller buds — for people who roll a lot. This is the tier that keeps the “warehouse club” in Cannabis Club.
Shake
$5 eighths and $30 ounces. Ideal for rolling, cooking and infusing.
Every tier goes up to a two-ounce “max out” (70g). The bulk deli menu has every size and price.
When a pre-pack makes more sense
Pre-packed eighths and ounces are sealed by the grower, which some brands (Seed Junky, Minntz, Giving Tree, Michigander Fire) only sell that way. Our staple deals — BOGO Uplyfted & LegaSea, 2/$29 Pressure Pack and so on — are on pre-packs, and pre-packs are what BOGO Tuesday is built around. If you want a specific brand, go pre-pack. If you want the best price per gram, go deli.
How to shop the wall
- Tell the budtender what you like — effect, flavour, price — and let them pull three jars.
- Smell before you buy. It’s your nose that matters.
- Buy in bigger weights to drop the per-gram price; deli ounces are the best deal in the building.
- Spend $129 and you also get a free ounce of shake or outdoor flower.
