Recent content by leonardw
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Leonard W Interviewed On YouTube By Big Apple Pipes
In 2009 the FDA started regulating cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. At that time, they said that if a product was on the market prior to February of 2007, it could remain on the market. This is called Grandfather status. To receive Grandfather status, a company has to provide evidence (an...- leonardw
- Post #38
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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What Will Be The Most Sought-After Sutliff Blends 5 Years From Now?
It's produced in Assens. We have a second factory in Holstobro, primarily for RYO tobaccos. Svenborg is the Mac Baren factory.- leonardw
- Post #110
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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New FDA Nicotine Restrictions
Forcing reduced levels of nicotine in tobacco has been the FDA's stated objective going back to around 2017. One company, 22nd Century, based their business model on the patents for growing tobacco with almost no nicotine. About a year or so ago they received approval to launch a cigarette...- leonardw
- Post #32
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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What Labels Are Affected By MacBaren & Sutliff Demise
Wow, now there is a blast from the past. We launched three brands back in the 2016-2018 time frame, primarily to get them on the market ahead of the FDA deadlines, in case we wanted to use them later. My brand manager at the time, Lasse Peterson, ran the project. The brands were Drexel, Wild...- leonardw
- Post #35
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
This requires a bit of a history lesson that starts with Peter Stokkebye. STG had always produced the Stokkebye blends in DK, and sometime around the early 2000s (maybe earlier) STG purchased the brand. Prior to 2011, the Peter Stokkebye brand was distributed in the U.S. by a company called...- leonardw
- Post #286
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
I understand. Some of my responses come off as contradictory, partially because I do have to be somewhat cautious in my responses (publicly traded company, all that). Here's a bit of a contradiction: The U.S. pipe tobacco market is still very profitable, AND the overall market has been...- leonardw
- Post #283
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
I suspect this might be a rhetorical question, but nonetheless, it is a question on the "Questions for LeonardW" thread, so I will answer! The U.S. is the largest and most profitable pipe tobacco market in the world.- leonardw
- Post #269
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
Unfortunately not from what I'm seeing. I remember smoking Old Dark Fired at a Chicago show years back and loving it. I was surprised to see that in Germany, the second biggest pipe tobacco market on the planet, it sells less than 250 lbs. per year.- leonardw
- Post #256
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
I'll answer as best I can... and it's still going to seem like a big "screw you" and corporate B.S. Below is what I posted on the pipe forum we host. It repeats a lot of what I've said on this thread: As it pertains to the U.S. portfolio, Sutliff sells 988 items (including items from the Mac...- leonardw
- Post #250
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
That's a bit harder to answer, partially because I'm not as familiar with some of the brands. There's a lot of private label in there which falls under another team's decision making. Perhaps you could give me examples of some of your favorite Mac Baren own brands/blends?- leonardw
- Post #232
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
Pardon, I was offline during the holidays. I'll post any replies on this thread going forward, but I did just post this on the announcement thread: The letter from the beginning of this thread is real It is for U.S.A. Sutliff retailers and wholesalers (which is to say that just because Mac...- leonardw
- Post #228
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Just in from STG/MacBaren/Sutliff
Howdy folks. I stayed off line over the holidays, but am back now. FYI I'll do my replies on the "Questions for LeaonrdW" thread just so I have a hope of keeping track. A couple of notes before I bounce to the other thread: The letter from the beginning of this thread is real It is for...- leonardw
- Post #248
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
The STG facility in Denmark has similar equipment, so I'm not sure if they'll move the Mac Baren one or not. One thing to keep in mind... blends produced at Mac Baren's facility in Denmark don't necessarily go away altogether, even if they may be discontinued in a certain market (such as the U.S.)- leonardw
- Post #224
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
We might have to get more specific when it comes to Europe. If we include eastern Europe and the Nordics, we are talking about 40 countries, 110 brands and 1,500 items prior the acquisition. As far as what to bring back, we haven't gotten into the tactics of how we'll gauge demand yet.- leonardw
- Post #174
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for Leonardw
Appreciate it. I've spoke with Mike a good bit over the past few months. Mary has had some health issues this year, so keep both her and Mike in your thoughts.- leonardw
- Post #171
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion