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Where to Buy
Pine + Star is stocked at 184 licensed dispensaries across Massachusetts and Maine, 119 of them in Massachusetts, with the deepest coverage in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Dracut, and Fall River. 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 August 2026, Pine + Star concentrated entirely in Beverage, holding a 100.0% category mix share with year-over-year sales up 4.9% and month-over-month sales down 16.2%. Average price rose 2.1% YoY while sales declined MoM, and Pine + Star ranked 4 in Beverage in Massachusetts. The pattern implies a single-category dependence where modest YoY growth alongside a double-digit MoM pullback suggests sensitivity to monthly demand cycles despite a stable price position.
The full reliance on Beverage (100.0% share) combined with a 4.9% YoY lift and a rank of 4 in Massachusetts indicates Pine + Star is competitive but exposed to volatility, as the 16.2% MoM decline can quickly pressure placement within the state’s Beverage set. With average price up 2.1% YoY against a negative MoM sales delta of 16.2%, the mix is tilting toward maintaining price rather than buffering volume dips, implying the brand’s positioning hinges on reinforcing repeat purchase or seasonal activation to stabilize rank 4 through shoulder months.
Competitive Landscape
Pine + Star holds #4 in MA Beverage in August 2026, up 1 rank from #5 year over year, and level with its three-month position at #4; this contrasts with Levia holding #1 with a 6.0% YoY sales increase and Hi5 Seltzer steady at #2 while growing 23.6% YoY, whereas Buzzy sits at #3 despite a -4.9% YoY decline and Squier's Elixirs climbed from #7 to #5 with 29.4% YoY growth. With Pine + Star tying its peak rank at #4 in August 2026 and only a 1-rank YoY gain while an adjacent rival advanced 2 positions, the pattern implies Pine + Star is stable but increasingly boxed in by faster climbers below and entrenched leaders above, pressuring it to convert share now before the window narrows.
Notable Products
The steepest movement in August 2026 came from Sparkling Cinnamon Cider Seltzer (5mg THC, 355ml, 12oz), which fell 53.1% MoM to rank 8, while its sibling Cinnamon Cider Infused Sparkling Beverage (5mg THC, 12oz, 355ml) declined 35.9% at rank 9. Blueberry Lemonade Sparkling Beverage (5mg THC, 355ml, 12oz) held rank 1 despite an 18.4% MoM drop, and Cape Code Cranberry Sparkling Beverage (5mg THC, 355ml, 12oz) stayed at rank 2 with a 20.9% decline, indicating top spots are being defended through volume even as momentum softens. Nine of the top ten SKUs are Beverages, with Tea & Lemonade (5mg THC, 12oz) up 3.1% at rank 3 and Sparkling Tea Lemonade (5mg THC, 355ml, 12oz) up 46.0% at rank 10, signaling that tea-lemonade profiles are absorbing share as lemonade-fruit seltzers contract 5.0% to 21.4% MoM across mid-pack ranks. This pattern implies Pine + Star is transitioning from seasonal cider and fruit-forward seltzers toward year-round tea-lemonade anchors, concentrating assortment around beverage formats where rank stability can be maintained despite month-to-month volatility.
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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.
