Real Brands has a competititve advantage with its store model
The company´s convenience stores distinguish it from its competition.
Byron King (B_K)October 5, 2026
Real Brands Inc. (OTCMKTS: RLBD) is nearly a quarter owned by Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE: TPB), which is one-third owned by a multi-billion dollar hedge fund that has high interest has to help TPB and its most important interests and partners to secure the necessary financing under strong, investor-friendly conditions. This is a good starting point for establishing RLBD as an emerging key figure in the emerging CBD space. But there is a much more important point in this story, which also depends on the relationship with TPB: RLBD is a supplier to TPB and there are indications that TPB is positioning itself as a possible top tier player for the idea that Moving CBD towards a convenience store model. Given the recent cash flows in CBD players like Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: NEPT), cbdMD Inc (NYSEAMERICAN: YCBD), GW Pharmaceuticals PLC-ADR (NASDAQ: GWPH) and Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ: JAZZ), this story could be about it help put RLBD on the radar. The CBD model managed to break down barriers by promoting the absence of THC as a key differentiator. But it has not yet made it into stores reliably and on a large scale. If it succeeds, it could lead to breakthrough growth in the area as everyone buys there - it bridges demographic and socio-economic barriers like no other retail endpoint. Real Brands Inc. (OTCMKTS: RLBD) is a major supplier to TPB, a billion dollar company listed on the NYSE. RLBD supplies TPB with large quantities of CBD oils and isolates, which are then used in TPB products. Turning Point has more than 250,000 distribution points with leading brands such as Zig-Zag®, Stoker's® and Beech Nut®. As TPB's model is potentially increasingly aggressive towards C-store sales, the company potentially positions RLBD in a leadership role as the cannabis and CBD market inevitably matures into more mainstream sales models - that is, when these products diverge from the move exclusive head shops and pharmacies into the primary consumer distribution system that defines the developed world economy. On Turning Point's recent earnings conference call, Graham Purdy, Chief Operating Officer said, "We continue to lead the growth and penetration of products in convenience stores and are expanding our presence in the non-metered alternative channel, including head shops and dispensaries, where the bulk of it is this market currently exists and where Zig-Zag is still underrepresented. " TPB also said it is in 210,000 stores at this point, so it has already reached a penetration point. You can view your non-CBD products as gateway products into a distribution network, which can then be expanded to include CBD products when the big chains take over this market. In other words, TPB is RLBD's gateway to a leadership role on the sales side if and when the CBD market turns primarily into a C-store model. Real Brands Inc. (OTCMKTS: RLBD) is a rising player in the rejuvenating CBD stock landscape and one that might deserve attention as a squeeze candidate because the stock was a target for bears, but given the company's recent strong moves in the direction of differentiation as a high-margin success story in this area could be completely inappropriate. First of all, there is more to it than meets the eye. RLBD recently completed a merger that floated Canadian American Standard Hemp Inc. or "CASH" last fall.
