Yep. MacBarren is the new McClelland. The king is dead, long live the king...oh wait, he's dead now too.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S to acquire Mac Baren Tobacco Company A/S
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The news doesn’t bode well for future blend development either.
When STG bought Lane, they closed Lane's Tucker, GA manufacturing plant and moved production overseas. Classics like Carter Hall are now made in the Dominican Republic and people say they're different.
PS I'm bummed. Mac Baren (and Sutliff) make several of my favorites. No favorites from STG.
I really hope they don't murder Dark Twist 
This will fuck two of my favorite blenders, WCC and Peretti, right up.
Damn.
Damn.
Guess I’m gonna have to buy up all the HH blends now. 
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I hadn't thought of that. Sadly, this is "the new normal."
Just look around you, you live in Belgium. There must be something you don't like about your city or country. The changes that we Europeans have experienced are more than evident and noticeable. Draw your own conclusions.What may this agenda be?? As a fellow European i NEED to know.
It would be something like: My God! Tobacco is going to disappear, we are all going to die.
All you need to know from their own website:
"We're here to enrich ourselves".
And I mean yeah, business exists to make money, but that short-sighted shareholder crap and pure profit at the expense of everything and no concerns about the customers or employees leads to long-term unsustainability and everyone suffers because of it, to include the business itself, but that won't matter, the shareholders will have already been to the bank and moved on to ruin other businesses.
Focus on cigars eh? Maybe their plan is to ruin pipe tobacco to force people into cigars...
Reminds me of a bunch of memes...
"We're here to enrich ourselves".
And I mean yeah, business exists to make money, but that short-sighted shareholder crap and pure profit at the expense of everything and no concerns about the customers or employees leads to long-term unsustainability and everyone suffers because of it, to include the business itself, but that won't matter, the shareholders will have already been to the bank and moved on to ruin other businesses.
Focus on cigars eh? Maybe their plan is to ruin pipe tobacco to force people into cigars...
Reminds me of a bunch of memes...
Yes, this is my mindset at the moment.
But all hinging on when I win the lottery, which will be any week now.
I've been playing for about a month now so I should be due soon.
On a side note, I wish I had the foresight and ability to start a website like tinbids.
I almost exclusively smoke Newminster 400 and HH Virginia Flake, so that’s cool. Any similarly tasting recommendations from manufacturers that will be unaffected by this buy-out that I could start trying now, in case this all does go though and the quality tanks?
Well, before I get upset, who manufactures Newminster 400 anyway? I thought it was MacB, but after a little research I’m not so sure.
Well, before I get upset, who manufactures Newminster 400 anyway? I thought it was MacB, but after a little research I’m not so sure.
Never mind. Every one I was going to say has been mentioned.
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P&C is STG. STG took over production of P&C’s blends when they bought the company over ten years ago. STG bought Lane, where some P&C blends were manufactured, in 2011 and has since moved all production to its Assens, DK factory. Some STG/P&C blends continue to be made by Mac Baren/Sutliff.