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'''The Bulldog''' is an [[Amsterdam]]-based company that owns and operates a chain of [[cannabis coffee shop]]s and a [[hotel]] in [[Canada]]: the [[merchandising]] [[brand]] name is the same as the company name. The group [[logo]] consists of a [[cartoon]] figure of a [[bulldog]] in a round frame.<ref name=bd>[http://www.thebulldog.com/] The Bulldog website, accessed January 13, 2013</ref> |
'''The Bulldog''' is an [[Amsterdam]]-based company that owns and operates a chain of [[cannabis coffee shop]]s and a [[hotel]] in [[Canada]]: the [[merchandising]] [[brand]] name is the same as the company name. The group [[logo]] consists of a [[cartoon]] figure of a [[bulldog]] in a round frame.<ref name=bd>[http://www.thebulldog.com/] The Bulldog website, accessed January 13, 2013</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:19, 4 March 2013
- For other uses, see Bulldog (disambiguation).
[[File:The Bulldog - Cannabis coffee shop in Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|The Bulldog [[cannabis coffee shopcoffeeshop in the red-lisght district of Amsterdam.]] The Bulldog is an Amsterdam-based company that owns and operates a chain of cannabis coffee shops and a hotel in Canada: the merchandising brand name is the same as the company name. The group logo consists of a cartoon figure of a bulldog in a round frame.[1]
History
Henk de Vries began selling marijuana in 1970 at the Kralingen Music Festival, a pop festival in Kralingse Bos. In 1975 he converted his father's sex shop in Amsterdam's red-light district into The Bulldog coffee shop and began slowly expanding. In 2001 the company began distributing internationally.[1] In April 2001 it was announced that they would open a branch in Aix-en-Provence, France, but revoked the plan after legal representations by local authorities.[1]
In November 2008 it was announced that The Bulldog on Leidseplein and several other coffee shops would be closed in 2013, in enforcement of a tighter policy regarding the distance between coffee shops and schools.[2]
In 2010 The Bulldog was ordered to cease the sale and distribution of its own brand of energy drink, following a lengthy legal dispute with Red Bull GmbH, makers of Red Bull.[3]
In Canada
Bulldog owns and operates an hotel and two cafes in the Silver Star Mountain Resort in British Columbia, Canada.[4]