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kombat96 Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2014, 9:25 PM EST
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They acquired another brand. Not that many of us are head over heels about torano cigars. General is going to kill the cigar business, when's the last time you raved about a cao.better buy all the leccia too, before they change the blend.
danmdevries Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2014, 9:29 PM EST
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Just means more dollars go to the communists.
midmofan Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 12:02 PM EST
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I have enjoyed the Torano Exodus 1959 50 year box-pressed that I got as part of several samplers. Thought they were well made and tasty. Found one in the bottom of the humi yesterday that had been there about 6 months and it was very enjoyable smoke.

From the article in CA it looks like General has been manufacturing the Exodus line since around 2010, so maybe they wont mess with the blend.
delta1 Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 12:33 PM EST
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Don't think they'll kill the cigar business. Kinda reminds me of the beer business. General is the Bud, Coors, Miller and the like with scattered "premium" offerings. They offer "staples" to appeal to the masses. Just like I drink a Bud, MGD or Coors Light every now and then, I smoke an occasional Excalibur, Punch Rare Corojo or LGC stogie, all decent smokes. The part of them that I avoid is the over-priced and over-hyped lines like Cohiba and Macanudo. An indication of the effectiveness of their marketing is that those two lines are known to the average non-cigar smoker, and are considered by them and newbs to be top line cigars.
tonygraz Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 3:39 PM EST
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^ +1
TrishS@CigarBid Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 3:56 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Just means more dollars go to the communists.


Which communists? I thought they were the Danes...
wheelrite Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 3:58 PM EST
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TrishS@CigarBid wrote:
I have Crush on wheel. He has dreamy eyes !!...



oh my,,,

wheel,
TrishS@CigarBid Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 4:15 PM EST
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wheelrite wrote:
oh my,,,

wheel,



Don't push your luck buster! LOL
wheelrite Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 4:27 PM EST
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TrishS@CigarBid wrote:
Don't push your luck buster! LOL


But,
I do have Dreamy Eyes,,,


wheel,
sd72 Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 4:33 PM EST
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Too bad they're on a bald wrinkled head.
wheelrite Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 4:34 PM EST
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sd72 wrote:
Too bad they're on a bald wrinkled head.


ok,,
that was mean,,,

Beer
sd72 Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 4:41 PM EST
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Sorry. Beer
danmdevries Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 5:29 PM EST
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sd72 wrote:
Too bad they're on a bald wrinkled head.


He's got eyes down there"?

Oh my
tonygraz Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2014, 6:00 PM EST
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He keeps glass ones in his pocket.Wink
robertsccr5 Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Sep 17 2014, 4:15 PM EST
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Now they've acquired Sam Leccia and hired him.
delta1 Offline
#16 Posted: Wed, Sep 17 2014, 7:52 PM EST
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Punch Platinum will be out shortly...
nolen Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 1:42 PM EST
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There are some General's I like - Excalibur, LGC and Cohiba (but Cohiba's are way to high)
tonygraz Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 2:05 PM EST
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I liked general Patton.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 2:10 PM EST
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and Grant... Grant was another good one...
Puffnstuff79 Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 5:48 PM EST
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I wanna drive the general lee
carpentrylai Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Sep 19 2014, 10:23 PM EST
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swedish match owns both general cigar and cigarbid, correct?
nnightmar Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Sep 20 2014, 12:25 PM EST
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Swedish Match bought out the portions of GC it didn't already own in 2005
Bought CI in 2007 (which owns this place)
Scandinavian Tobacco changed name to Scandinavian Tobacco Group in 2008
Scandinavian Tobacco Group merged the cigar business with Swedish Match in 2010 (51/49)
Operating agreement expires October 1 2014.
STG is planning an IPO and Sweidsh Match is expected to divest some of its stake
And on top of it all the CEO of STG just announced he was leaving
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