Mr. Joel Noonan reports

VERANO OPENS MUV NORTH MIAMI-BISCAYNE, THE COMPANY'S SECOND MIAMI DISPENSARY AND 73RD FLORIDA LOCATION

Verano Holdings Corp. will open MUV North Miami-Biscayne on Friday, Nov. 17, the company's 73rd Florida dispensary and 136th location nationwide. MUV North Miami-Biscayne, located at 12395 Biscayne Blvd., will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time.

MUV North Miami-Biscayne -- Verano's second dispensary in Florida's largest metropolitan area with more than 2.7 million residents -- adds another complementary location to the company's existing MUV Miami-Kendall dispensary situated on the city's southwest side.

"We are so excited to open MUV North Miami on beautiful Biscayne Boulevard," said Joel Noonan, executive vice-president of the southern region. "Adding a second MUV location in Florida's largest market provides another convenient location for the Miami medical cannabis community to access our patient-centric service and wide variety of high-quality products in a warm and welcoming environment. We're thrilled to join the North Miami community and look forward to welcoming patients at MUV North Miami-Biscayne for years to come."

MUV dispensaries feature on-line menus for effortless browsing of their extensive, award-winning product selection, including the company's signature Verano Reserve, MUV and Sweet Supply flower, Encore edibles, On the Rocks concentrates and extracts, and Savvy flower and extracts, spanning an array of categories. The company also offers one-on-one virtual and in-store consultations at no cost to patients and provides patient-centric concierge services via phone, e-mail, Web chat and text to address patient questions and inquiries.

For additional convenience and accessibility, patients can visit the MUV website or the MUV mobile application -- available in the Google Play and Apple app stores -- for additional information and to place orders for express in-store pickup.

About Verano Holdings Corp.

Verano Holdings, one of the U.S. cannabis industry's leading companies based on historical revenue, geographic scope and brand performance, is a vertically integrated, multistate operator embracing a mission of saying yes to plant progress and the bold exploration of cannabis. Verano offers a superior cannabis shopping experience in medical and adult-use markets under the Zen Leaf and MUV dispensary banners and produces a comprehensive suite of high-quality, regulated cannabis products sold under its diverse portfolio of trusted consumer brands, including Verano, MUV, Savvy, BITS, Encore and Avexia. Verano's active operations span 13 U.S. states, comprising 14 production facilities with over one million square feet of cultivation capacity.

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