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Where to Buy
Waferz is stocked at 46 licensed dispensaries across New York and California, 27 of them in New York, with the deepest coverage in New York, Rochester, Brooklyn, Depew, and Cheektowaga. 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
Waferz shifted its category mix in August 2026 toward Flower and Pre-Roll: Flower rose to 47.47% share with 272.58% year-over-year growth and 28.45% month-over-month, while Pre-Roll climbed to 15.54% share on 6,211.19% year-over-year and 74.90% month-over-month gains. In contrast, Vapor Pens fell to 24.24% share with a 41.83% year-over-year decline and a 13.80% month-over-month drop, as Concentrates held 12.75% share with a 24.71% month-over-month increase and no reported year-over-year figure. With brand-level sales up 82.96% year-over-year and average price up 74.57%, the tilt toward higher-priced Flower (average price $36.76) and a rapidly scaling Pre-Roll suggests a deliberate reweighting away from Vapor Pens’ contraction toward formats driving both velocity and price realization.
This mix transition implies Waferz is positioning around inhalable formats where share can compound quickly: winning trips via Pre-Roll’s 74.90% month-over-month surge while lifting basket value through Flower’s 28.45% month-over-month expansion and premium pricing. However, with Concentrates sitting at 12.75% share and a 24.71% month-over-month rise but a category rank of 44 in New York, the brand’s current advantage rests more on broad Flower and Pre-Roll gains than on depth in its top category, indicating near-term growth will be sustained by maintaining Flower’s 47.47% share lead and stabilizing the 24.24% Vapor Pens loss corridor rather than relying on Concentrates for rank-driven pull.
Competitive Landscape
Waferz sits at rank 44 in NY Concentrates in August 2026, sliding 3 spots from rank 41 in May 2026 and sitting 15 places below its January 2026 peak at rank 29, while year-over-year rank is unavailable. In contrast, Mfny (Marijuana Farms New York) holds rank 1 with a steady year-over-year position at 1 and sales up 42.4%, and UMAMII climbed from rank 33 to rank 3 with a 3,294.5% sales increase, indicating that Waferz’s 3-position decline since May 2026 and 15-position fall from January 2026 occur amid rapid share consolidation at the top. The pattern implies Waferz’s rank trajectory is drifting toward the long tail unless it counters competitors’ steep rank gains with sharper assortment or activation concentrated in months when laddering back from the low-40s to the 30s is historically achievable.
Notable Products
Classic Alaskan Thunderfuck Live Resin Cartridge (1g) posted the steepest decline at -31.9% MoM and slid to rank 6, while OG Kush Live Resin Cartridge (1g) fell -27.3% MoM at rank 8, indicating Vapor Pens softness even as Classic - Granddaddy Purple Live Resin Cartridge (1g) rose +35.8% MoM to rank 7. Candy Fumez (3.5g) dropped -18.8% MoM at rank 4, yet Flower held the breadth with three SKUs in the top ten and two Smalls formats occupying ranks 2 and 3, concentrating demand in value-size Flower. Blue Dream Triple Infused Blunt (1.5g) gained +24.3% MoM to hold rank 1 with $7,456 in August 2026, but Vapor Pens accounted for four of the top ten SKUs, so the category’s mixed MoM signals point to format fragmentation rather than a unified upswing. The product mix implies Waferz is leaning into budget-friendly Flower and a rotating Vapor Pens slate, suggesting near-term share will hinge on stabilizing pen variants while protecting Pre-Roll momentum.
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.
