Sigh
(1) The SG “season” blends are currently having supplier issues.
(2) the factory is no longer stocking Canonn Plug, Kendal Cream Flake, or Dark Flake Aromatic, nor holding any packaging for these blends. If enough orders accumulate to meet minimum order requirements, they will be produced again.
(3) happens all the time, no wing nuts in charge.
Cannon Plug has not been “grandfathered” or otherwise filed with the FDA AFAIK, so, as has been the case for a long time (forever?) it won’t be available in the US through an official importer.
A UK retailer is free to order Cannon Plug, Dark Flake Aromatic, or Kendal Flake directly from Gawith. Rather than being sent out the next day, or given a date when it will be shipped, they will be told that the request is subject to minimum order requirements. When orders reach a certain point to justify making the tobacco AND going to the expense of getting the distinctly unique UK packaging lined up, the orders will be filled. This is standard operating procedure in the domestic UK market.
Though Tobacco Reviews lists Dark Flake Scented and Dark Flake Aromatic seperately, they are the same. Years ago, Sheffield Exchange, the official US importer, decided that they didn’t want to use the term aromatic to describe these blends. They are the same. Oh, now, in the UK, the use of Aromatc is verboten, so UK shops, such as Black Swan, advertise this as Dark A Flake. Same tobacco.
Export markets are a completely different deal. If the new US distributor wants about the same amounts of Dark Flake Scented and Kendal Cream (now KC in the US) as has been ordered in the past, all other things being equal, the factory will make it.
