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Jul-2026
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Where to Buy
Hot Sugar is stocked at 197 licensed dispensaries across Washington and California, 196 of them in Washington, with the deepest coverage in Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane, Bellingham, and Everett. Search by ZIP code or city below to find the closest one, or filter by product type if you are after a specific format.
Market Insights Snapshot
In July 2026, Hot Sugar operated as a single-category brand with Edible at 100.0% of mix, posting a year-over-year change of -5.9% alongside a month-over-month gain of 3.4%, while average price declined 4.5% YoY. Within Washington Edibles, the brand held rank 3, indicating that despite the YoY contraction, the MoM lift and price step-down coincided with maintained top-tier placement; the pattern implies a deliberate volume-first stance in Edibles that sacrifices YoY dollars for near-term share defense.
The combination of a 4.5% YoY price decrease and a 3.4% MoM sales increase in Edibles, paired with a rank of 3 in Washington, implies Hot Sugar is trading margin for unit velocity to stabilize position after a -5.9% YoY sales decline. With 100.0% concentration in Edibles and a 24‑month sales change of -0.9%, the pattern points to a narrow specialization that relies on tactical pricing to sustain rank rather than diversification, signaling that future positioning hinges on extracting more throughput per SKU at current price tiers rather than expanding into adjacent categories.
Competitive Landscape
Hot Sugar is ranked #3 in WA Edible in July 2026, unchanged from #3 year over year, and it also held #3 three months ago, indicating a flat rank trajectory while peers moved: Wyld held #1 with a 7.99% YoY sales increase, and Green Revolution stayed at #2 with a 0.51% YoY lift, whereas Journeyman climbed from #5 to #4 and Craft Elixirs slipped from #4 to #5 with an 8.01% YoY decline; the pattern implies Hot Sugar’s steadiness at #3 is sustained by relative stability rather than share capture, and the upward pressure from Journeyman plus continued gains at #1 and #2 signals that maintaining #3 will require outperforming at least the 6.47% YoY growth pace emerging just below.
Notable Products
Peach Mango Fruit Drop 10-Pack (100mg) led the month’s movement with a -11.8% month-over-month decline while holding rank 2, contrasting with Sour Watermelon Fruit Drop 10-Pack (100mg) up 12.4% at rank 1; the split implies price–sensitivity or flavor cannibalization within the Fruit Drop line. Sativa Golden Pineapple Live Resin Gummiez 10-Pack (100mg) gained 12.0% at rank 4 versus Indica Blue Raspberry Live Resin Gummiez 10-Pack (100mg) up 11.2% at rank 5, and nine of the top ten are Edible SKUs, concentrating demand in a single category. Blue Raspberry Fruit Drop 10-Pack (100mg) slipped 3.9% at rank 3 while Green Apple Fruit Drop 10-Pack (100mg) fell 4.2% at rank 7, even as CBN/THC 1:1 Huckleberry Gummies 10-Pack (100mg CBN, 100mg THC) rose 8.2% at rank 9 with $31,807 in July 2026 sales. Taken together, the mix points to Hot Sugar tilting toward live-resin and minor-cannabinoid formats to sustain growth while pruning slower Fruit Drop flavors.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
