Megan Oldenburg, 23, who worked at Pure Options Frandor, said she was one of five employees who were laid off at that location the last week of August. Looking for the perfect sports bar to watch Michigan State football? Start with these sixįormer Sears property near Frandor to be marketed as 'mixed-use entertainment destination' It was a fun place to work."īobcat Bonnie's to open first Lansing-area eatery in former Clara's building "I've worked a lot of different jobs and this is the first place I could come to and feel welcomed and celebrate who I am. "They just gutted the whole store," Fisher said. Management notified them about the layoffs about a week before the store closed.įisher, who had been employed there since April, said employees were offered a retention bonus of $100 if they agreed to continue working through Aug. The layoffs came as a surprise to employees at Pure Options Lansing East, said Riley Fisher, who worked there. "There ended up being six that we had to lay off and they were encouraged to keep watching our website, keep in touch with us and apply for other positions as they become available in the area." "We relocated as many employees as we could and offered them positions at different locations," she said on Wednesday afternoon. ![]() Mack said she didn't have a total for the number of employees who worked at the store, which was both a medical and recreational dispensary. The East Kalamazoo Street store was too small, Mack said, and "did not meet the new facility quality standards the company has set," according to a news release emailed to the State Journal Wednesday. in Lansing in October or November, Mack said. The company plans to open stores at 5031 S. Pure Options was one of the first cannabis companies in Lansing awarded a state retail license two years ago. ![]() The company operates three other stores in Lansing, along with one in Muskegon and another in Mount Pleasant. ![]() Pure Options Lansing East, one of six stores the company operated, closed its doors off East Kalamazoo Street Aug. LANSING - Pure Options, a locally based marijuana company, has closed one of its Lansing stores and laid off six employees who worked there as part of a "growth plan initiative" that will include opening two new stores in the city this fall, company Human Resource Director Jennifer Mack said.
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