Mac Baren Acquires Brands from Imperial Tobacco

[misterlowercase]

This breaking news posted on PipesMagazine by Kevin has been linked to in a few different international pipe forums,

their takes are interesting,

reproduced here with the aid of google translate...
Italy:

The two saints (Bruno and Claudio) have for years been the main fuel of my pipes. I do not know if they were already included among those actually prepared by McB for third parties. If anyone had any information could maybe update. The news of a change in the production alarms me, not always these operations leave uncut products. Let's hope so, I touch just the two fundamental tuttogiorno,

are worried the hell!

France:

Thank you for the info, my dear Nicolas. The taste of those tobacco will therefore certainly a change. For good or evil? The future will tell.

Spain:

I prefer smaller company clusters to huge cigar brands. If they get cut costs by sharing raw materials and production chain, the end will be all same mixtures.

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[deathmetal]

I would have never guessed that 5 Bros. outsold Tuxedo or English Curve Cut because those 2 brands were heavily advertised and 5 Bros. was not...

Thanks for posting that. There's a mystery there (and I say this as a diehard Five Brothers fan!) as to how this quality tobacco sold so much with so little press/advertising.
Maybe people back then were just better at thinking for themselves.

 

[misterlowercase]

I've tried to leave a question on the Mac Baren forum, about St. Bruno Flake specifically, asking if there are plans to import it to the USA, but there seems to be a glitch and it won't let my post go through.
Is the problem on my end or is their forum just messed up?
http://mac-baren.com/forum
It's very easy to register there and Per Georg Jensen is good about answering questions.

 

[Dutch Pipe Smoker]

I've tried to leave a question on the Mac Baren forum, about St. Bruno Flake specifically, asking if there are plans to import it to the USA, but there seems to be a glitch and it won't let my post go through.

I wish I read that some days ago.. I met Per Jensen (and Brian Levine) at the Inter Tabac last Saturday.. And I saw all their newly acquired blends.

 

[settersbrace]

To quote Arte Johnson;

"Interesting.......verrrry interesting"

 

[easterntraveler]

Looks like Mac Barenboim is preparing themselves to eventually monopolize the tobacco industry.