Los Angeles/Desert Hot Springs, CA, Feb. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grapefruit USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (“GPFT”) (OTCPink: GPFT) (“Grapefruit” or the “Company”) a California based cannabis company is announcing today that on January 22, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors unanimously voted to appoint Mr. James Jordan to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Jordan accepted the appointment the following day.
Mr. Jordan is currently, and has been since January 2017, the CEO of C2 Brand Ventures, a Los Angeles, CA based cannabis consulting company that specializes in the development of early and middle stage cannabis companies in California and Nevada. Mr. Jordan is also the Founder and Executive Director of Southern California Cannabis Business and Investment Group, a Los Angeles based Cannabis Industry meet-up and networking group founded by him in 2016 which sponsors monthly events with over ten thousand members.
With respect to the appointment of Mr. Jordan to the Board of Directors, Bradley J. Yourist, Grapefruit CEO, stated, “Mr. James Jordan is an important addition to our Board of Directors given his wealth of cannabis industry knowledge and relationships in the cannabis industry nationally. James embodies our style of leadership. He is guided by ethics, principle and his desire to make a difference. Grapefruit is fortunate to have him and the breadth of experience and expertise he brings to our Company.”
Mr. Jordan also commented: “I am honored have been appointed to the Grapefruit Board of Directors. My goal is to help make Grapefruit an industry leader. I am confident that my extensive experience and expertise in the cannabis industry will provide the Board with hard earned industry insight and assist management in its efforts to grow Grapefruit and the Grapefruit brand strategically and rapidly.”
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About GRAPEFRUIT
Grapefruit’s corporate headquarters is in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Grapefruit holds California permits and licenses to both manufacture and distribute cannabis products. Grapefruit’s extraction laboratory and distribution facilities are located in the industry recognized Coachillin’ Industrial Cultivation and Ancillary Canna-Business Park in Desert Hot Springs, located on the extension of North Canyon Rd., approximately 14 miles north of downtown Palm Springs. Grapefruit obtained its California cannabis licenses in January 2018 and commenced distribution of cannabis products thereafter. Grapefruit’s vision is to become a seed to sale, fully vertically integrated ethical and compliant cannabis product Company. To obtain further information on Grapefruit and its operations, please visit its website at https://grapefruitblvd.com/. To learn more about Grapefruit’s Sugar Stoned branded line of cannabis and CBD infused edibles, please visit us at https://sugarstoned.com/.
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Investor Relations Contact:
Bradley Yourist
brad@grapefruitblvd.com
18776 Blue Dream Crossing, Unit LL1 53-07
Desert Hot Springs, California 92240
(760) 205-1382
https://grapefruitblvd.com/