Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S to acquire Mac Baren Tobacco Company A/S

[captainsousie]

Oh boy, here comes the Mac Baren Unicorn prices next

Yep. MacBarren is the new McClelland. The king is dead, long live the king...oh wait, he's dead now too.

 

[bent1]

The news doesn’t bode well for future blend development either.

 

[romaso]

Well that's a little sad, but historically from what I recall when STG has acquired other companies they usually just let the company keep doing what they're doing producing the same blends on the same machinery; the only difference being a minor change of text on the label. This does add some more context to Per Georg Jensen's recent departure from Mac Baren though, and if there does happen to be any change in the quality of their blends over the coming years that would be the reason I'd be more likely to point to.

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.

 

[romaso]

PS I'm bummed. Mac Baren (and Sutliff) make several of my favorites. No favorites from STG.

 

[ThomasS]

I really hope they don't murder Dark Twist

 

[Auxsender]

This will fuck two of my favorite blenders, WCC and Peretti, right up.
Damn.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Guess I’m gonna have to buy up all the HH blends now. ️

 

[captainsousie]

This will fuck two of my favorite blenders, WCC and Peretti, right up.
Damn.

I hadn't thought of that. Sadly, this is "the new normal."

 

[PipeIT]

 

[JOHN72]

What may this agenda be?? As a fellow European i NEED to know.

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.

 

[JOHN72]

It would be something like: My God! Tobacco is going to disappear, we are all going to die.

 

[PipeIT]

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[sardonicus87]

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...

 

[PipeIT]

 

[Brendan]

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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.

 

[Tongue-Fried]

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.

 

[pappymac]

Cornell and Diehl
JG Germain
STG

Am I missing any?

Never mind. Every one I was going to say has been mentioned.

 

[Steddy]

A sad announcement for sure.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Cornell and Diehl
JG Germain
STG

Am I missing any?

Is Tabac Manil owned by any of the big boys?

 

[woodsroad]

STG has taken over production of some of P&C's blends. I think the transition has been underway for some time.

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.