Best Budz’s About page traces the business to an interest in cannabis’s benefits and a decision to open in a place its operators considered a favorite vacation spot. The retailer also says family operation helps it maintain close relationships with staff, customers, and the community. A January 2026 Apex Trading profile describes the Essex business as a small, family-owned craft cultivation and dispensary. Read together, the accounts make the cultivation component—not just the sales counter—the defining detail, while keeping the origin story explicitly in the business’s own telling. For shoppers comparing stores, that distinction clarifies how Best Budz presents its model without relying on promotional claims.