You are going to have the opportunity to choose between large corporations and local businesses in the next 1-2 years. Now what you do with that is up to you. It's up to people in NJ to say fuck you, and go with local companies.

I would look at micro licenses, and retail licenses that are not vertical. Then you can understand if it's a large corporation or not.

People are going to do what you want, but maybe it's worth paying a little more for a local shop than going to some corporate bull shit store that doesn't care about you, or it's product.