{"id":10127,"date":"2026-05-14T15:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/?p=10127"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:10:45","slug":"good-day-farm-faces-second-missouri-antitrust-lawsuit-in-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2026\/05\/14\/good-day-farm-faces-second-missouri-antitrust-lawsuit-in-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Day Farm faces second Missouri antitrust lawsuit in two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good Day Farm Dispensary in St. Louis, MO (Photo by Rebecca Rivas\/The Missouri Independent)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Missouri\u2019s largest marijuana company is facing a second antitrust lawsuit in two weeks, this time from a Kansas City consumer who alleges Good Day Farm and more than 40 affiliated LLCs used a web of dispensary licenses to limit competition and inflate prices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Damon Frost Jr., a general contractor in Kansas City, filed the class-action lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court earlier this month on behalf of Missouri residents who purchased recreational cannabis products from the defendants.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDefendants\u2019 illegal scheme has successfully limited choice and locked out third party brands,\u201d the lawsuit states, \u201cthereby decreasing competition and increasing costs for Missouri consumers.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Frost and class members seek to dismantle the alleged operation and recover damages for consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement to The Independent, Lisa Weser, a spokeswoman for Good Day Farm said the claims in the lawsuit are \u201cbaseless and without merit. Our company operates in full compliance with all applicable Missouri state laws and regulations, and we will vigorously defend that record.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Frost declined to comment about the lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the second class-action lawsuit filed against Good Day Farm and dozens of affiliates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>first<\/span><\/a> lawsuit came two weeks ago and was <\/span>led by two Missouri marijuana manufacturing companies who alleged that Good Day Farm and its affiliates are tied through ownership records, management structures and acquisition agreements to more than 60 of Missouri\u2019s 224 dispensary licenses \u2014 more than a quarter of the market.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They\u2019ve used that structure, the lawsuit alleges, to form an \u201cillegal cartel,\u201d coordinating pricing, product supply and retail operations across dispensaries that do not all operate under the Good Day Farm name.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not allow aggressive legal tactics to distract us from what matters most: our mission to deliver uninterrupted service and exceptional products to the patients, customers and employees who rely on us,\u201d Weser said in an emailed statement.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Controlling the market<\/h4>\n

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When Missouri voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2022, the constitutional amendment they approved carried forward a limit meant to prevent any single company from controlling too much of the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

But one key phrase from the state\u2019s medical marijuana law was gone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The constitution\u2019s medical marijuana provision barred the state from issuing more than five dispensary licenses to any entity under \u201csubstantially common control, ownership, or management.\u201d The recreational marijuana amendment instead says an entity may not own more than 10% of total dispensary licenses, dropping the language covering common control and management.<\/span><\/p>\n

That change received little public attention during the campaign. But records obtained by The Independent show it helped create an opening for Good Day Farm, the Little Rock-based marijuana company that was the leading donor to the legalization campaign, to build a much larger footprint in Missouri than the state\u2019s license cap might appear to allow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good Day Farm first began operating in Missouri in 2020, according to its earliest LLC registration with the Secretary of State.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the 2022 constitutional amendment passed, company employees registered two additional LLCs \u2014 one in November 2022 and another in February 2024 \u2014 that went on to acquire 20 dispensaries, two manufacturing facilities and two cultivation sites, according to state business records.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arkansas marijuana company tied to more than a quarter of Missouri dispensaries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n