In 2022, Circle K was trying to enter Florida's cannabis industry, an effort that ultimately failed. Circle K announced this about six months after 4/20 and was intending to open the stores in 2023. Circle K, owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., which had made efforts to enter the cannabis industry in Canada through investment in retailer Fire & Flower, gave up the Florida plans in early 2025 after a long battle with Florida. Circle K was planning to work with Green Thum