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CBD in Convenience Stores
Andy Rodosevich, CEO and cofounder of Hemp Depot was recently featured in Convenience Store News. https://csnews.com/five-pointers-successfully-navigating-cbd-world Should c-store now stand for cannabidiol store? Not quite, but more convenience...
Fast 50 Medium No. 1: Hemp Depot digs in, grows out
Last year was hard to beat for Hemp Depot, which won a No. 1 spot in the 2019 Fast 50 with 9,621% revenue growth between 2016 and 2018. Heading into Covid-stricken 2020, that three-year growth rate has dropped for the Greenwood Village-based...
Hemp Depot Inside Look
Take a look inside Hemp Depot, a Springs-based wholesale provider of hemp CBD oil products, seed and clones. (Video by Katie Klann)
Hemp Depot Named “Cannabis Manufacturer of the Year” in 5th Annual Colorado Manufacturing Awards
DENVER, Sept. 08, 2020 – Hemp Depot was named Colorado’s “Cannabis Manufacturer of the Year” in Company Week’s 5th Annual Colorado Manufacturing Awards, an annual honor bestowed upon the top manufacturers from across the state in multiple...
Colorado Manufacturing Awards: 2020 Winners
Winners were announced last week in the fifth annual Colorado Manufacturing Awards, with participants convening at a virtual event after two pandemic-related postponements. Company executives from around the state were on hand as finalists competed...
151 Colorado firms on Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies list
A Denver-based insulated drinkware company ranked the highest of the 151 Colorado companies on Inc. magazine’s 2020 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. BruMate, which was founded in 2015 by now 25-year-old Dylan Jacob and...
Manufacturing During A Crisis: How To Adapt To Changing Supply Chains And Consumer Demand
An old adage suggests that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” But for manufacturers, an adapted version might be, “When the going gets tough, the tough get smart.” But how do you get smart when multiple business-threatening disasters...
Review And Improve Business Processes With These 13 Strategies
As both your business and industry evolve, you may be wondering if it’s time to evolve your business practices as well. A thorough review of your processes can help you define what you’re currently doing, identify areas of strength and potential...
MUSE LIVE! with Special Guest Andy Rodosevich
Hemp Depot CEO and co-founder Andy Rodosevich was interviewed live on Muse TV on April 20, 2020, on the state of the CBD industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear how Hemp Depot is responding by shifting a portion of the business to manufacturing...
CBD and COVID-19 Part 2: How Companies Have Evolved
As states continue to implement and extend stay-at-home mandates, cannabis dispensaries have, for the most part, been among a select number of businesses permitted to remain open. Some cannabidiol (CBD) retailers have not been given the same...
Hemp Depot Turns to Hand Sanitizer to Keep Employees Working
CEO Andy Rodosevich looked for a market need to keep his company going despite losing 40 percent of bulk manufacturing sales. When The Hemp Depot, a vertically integrated hemp and CBD company based in Denver, Colo., saw its revenues decrease...
Colorado Springs employers adapt to COVID-19
The latest unemployment figures stand as a stark reminder of how much we’re all hurting. On April 2, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced that 61,583 initial unemployment claims were filed the week ending March 28. For...
Hemp Depot Pivots Production, Starts Making Hand Sanitizer Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Hemp Depot produces hemp CBD wholesale, but as COVID-19 became a pandemic, wholesale orders dropped rapidly, thus creating a need for CEO Andy Rodosevich to keep his staff employed. This is when he realized that, with some quick changes, he could...
Why RTD turned to a hemp company when its suppliers fell short
When the Regional Transportation District needed hand sanitizer for its 3,060 employees, and its regular suppliers couldn't come through, the agency turned to an unexpected source: Hemp Depot. RTD ordered 2,000 2-ounce spray bottles of hand...
Why We’ve Decided to Create Our Own Hand Sanitizer
Most of us think of sanitation in terms of visible cleanliness. If something looks clean and is free of dirt, we assume that it is sanitary. But this is far from true. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa are microscopic organisms that cause...
Short list of GMP-certified cannabis companies fighting a larger battle for industry legitimacy
Interest in the Cannabis Manufacturer of the Year category in the Colorado Manufacturing Awards is heightened this year by a fascinating convergence of storylines. Federal legalization aside, the most intriguing may well be the impact that new FDA...
Encouraging Brainstorming: 13 Ways To Help Team Members Connect
Your team members can be your greatest source of inspiration. Having a solid group of creative, hardworking individuals contributing their ideas often produces beautiful results for a business. However, people must make a conscious effort to...
Hemp Depot Slashes Feminized Hemp Seed Prices By 70%
On Tuesday, Hemp Depot announced that it is making a dramatic shift in the pricing of CBD-rich seeds to increase the economic viability and profitability of hemp farming for U.S. farmers. Hemp Depot is among the largest wholesale providers of the...
Hemp Depot Redefines U.S. CBD Farming Economics With 70% Reduction in Feminized Seed Pricing
U.S. CBD seed is now comparable in cost and safety to U.S. corn market. After engineering an innovative, proprietary new process to create high volumes of feminized CBD seeds, Hemp Depot has produced an economically viable solution that allows...
HEMP DEPOT RECEIVES ONE OF THE FIRST GMP CERTIFICATIONS FOR MANUFACTURING AND STORING CBD
Hemp Depot is one of the first companies to recieve the Good Manufacturing Practice and Current Good Manufacturing Practice certifications as manufacturing and storing of CBD tests 100% safe and pure after an 18-month review and inspection process....
Hemp Depot Receives One of the First GMP Certifications for Manufacturing and Storing CBD
Hemp Depot Manufacturing and Storing of CBD Tests 100% Safe and Pure Hemp Depot, one of the largest wholesale providers of the highest-quality hemp CBD oil products, seed, and clones in the U.S., today announces it is one of the first companies to...
Co-founder and CEO Andy Rodosevich oversees an all-in-one hemp-CBD enterprise by emphasizing best practices in manufacturing.
If someone wants to buy office supplies, there's a mega-outlet with "Depot" in its name that suits the task. And then, of course, there's another "Depot" that sells tools and building materials. But Hemp Depot's mission is to make its CBD-rich...
Here’s the Difference Between CBD and CBG
Step aside, CBD! CBG seems to be the latest cannabinoid to turn the heads of wellness aficionados everywhere. The main difference between CBD and CBG (which stands for cannabigerol) is that they come from different compounds within the cannabis...
Andy Rodosevich of Hemp Depot: “Here Are 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Leading a CBD Business”
Weather is often not your friend, so plan accordingly. Between getting entire crops hailed out and losing tens of millions of dollars in a single storm, or having weather destroy structures, weather issues can be a serious challenge. Aspart of my...
Robotics for Cannabis Productions Show High Growth Potential
As for any major crop production, CBD will flourish as new machinery is made to help expand and maximize plant production. Currently, many large machinery companies are not producing the robots and other automation units needed to make CBD...
Hemp Depot Proudly Announces Kosher-Certified Manufacturing Facility
Hemp Depot is honored to announce our recent successful Kosher certification for our CBD manufacturing facility. We've completed the five-step certification process required by the official Kosher Certification organization which ensures that...
Uncovering CBD
This iHeart Radio, Accelerated Health Radio Podcast, is an interview with Andy Rodosevich, CEO of Hemp Depot. The interview focuses on the history and growth of Hemp Depot as well as the upcoming plans for the company. Andy discusses the importance...