Well if that’s how you feel probably best to leave it be and move on with others products. Will any of the prices be reduced if so let me know I will likely get some more of the ones I like save getting more snuff in…
Gotta keep the white snuff options alive in my opinion . Dholakia white is a handy thing to have if White Elephant keeps being hard to come by .
I’d be a bit cautious about the utility of that list too .Your last 365 days haven’t been normal operating conditions . Go back a few years perhaps and see what sold then in a less volatile marketplace ?
Dholakia white and Swiss chocolate are nobrainers , Manjul likely is too . Original Sparrow used to get some love . Madras toast too . These exotic flavours (like lychee for instance ) seem an odd choice to make the shortlist from Dholakias considerable back catalogue .
White
Sparrow (only the plain one)
Madras Toast
FUBAR Grunt (afaik, it’s made by Dholakia)
Dholakia Green. Now that Rosinski is out of snuff business and no one else makes green snuffs (bar Six Photo | Green Dragon), Dholakia could re-launch their green snuff, @Jonny.
(@Anton 's photo, found on this discussion thread: Dholakia Green and Sparrow (Green) - #4 by Anton)
Dholakia’s Green snuff is also mentioned here: Green Snuffs - #22 by snuffsahoy
I´m a bit wary of giving my opinion since even if the deal with Dholakia goes on I will only buy a modest quantity of it and feel somewhat responsible.
In my opinion some of the more extravagant offers made by them (lychee, wine & cheese, etc) are not worth saving, almost never see mentions to them in forums or reviews about them… but I think that their more “down to earth” snuffs can fare better (Swiss chocolate, White, Sparrow, Grunt, etc) and seem a bit more “mainstream”.
In the end it´s just your (and theirs) decision if it´s worth, ours are just opinions without seeing the complete picture.
Everything said I hope you get some type of arrangement to at least save some of their more emblematic snuffs from oblivion.
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Update
I really appreciate your efforts and inputs into this thread, and I hope you are enjoying coming along for the ride behind the decision making 
I think the reason I have been struggling to make a final call on the way forward is that, whilst we want to preserve as many snuffs as we can, Dholakia has clearly lost the desire to continue and instead want to throw their energies into nicotine pouches. As you know, they offered to continue a small range but for how long? And whilst the sales data may not be good over the last year, speaking to Dave, the previous CEO, I know they were never particularly good sellers.
So it’s time to make up my mind: I had a final conference with Kay this morning and my decision is that we will not be going forward with Dholakia.
The good news is that this opens up some slots in our inventory that we are looking to replace with some other, hopefully better, products. To that end we are actively seeking to create new relationships with manufacturers in Israel and Switzerland to see if we can bring them onboard and honestly, that feels more exciting and worthwhile to me.
Shame about the Swiss Chocolate product though. That was a good seller. Maybe see about getting that cloned 
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It’s the whites and the plains that you’ll miss most from their ranges. Get more options of those in and you’ll be fine .
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Not a big loss in my books. Just keep 41 Photo White Elephant in stock (pricing still needs a revision), and maybe start carrying more Madras type snuffs - there are quite a few manufacturers.
Imho, Dholakia wasn’t good at making black snuff - Six Photo cannot be beaten in this category.
Their White was OK, but inferior to 41P Elephant.
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Personally, I think it would be a big loss for the snuff industry if Dholakia stopped producing snuff. They were the first company from India to reach out to an international customer, so it was definitely a milestone. However, I have a big complaint about their marketing, because instead of focusing on perfecting their products, they had a habit of releasing series of a dozen or so snuffs of questionable quality. Swiss Chocolate is excellent, Manjul is excellent and they also had a great naswar called “Taj” (which is a copy of their sister company’s snuff - Majalanil). And of course, the delicious Roasted Nut.
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We see waves of new online snuffers come and go over the years . I’ve only been online since 2010 but I’ve seen enough . A sizable minority of folk want the strongest , the fastest , the longest lasting etc etc . They most likely won’t end up there …but they want it in their baskets .
Personally I’m perfectly happy with Cheeta and perhaps Super Chetak , but I got to try everything to get there . I’ve had White Elephants that were amazing ‘tripping balls’ level snuff : I’ve also had them that were fairly pedestrian . You have got Janta now to pick up the slack in the ‘turbosnuff’ category . Not too familiar with their range but their rustica seems to pack a punch .
Like Volunge says , there’s always a healthy interest in Madras snuff too .
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