I just realised I forgot to address the other point about not stocking Toque and Silver Dollar.
The main reason was because we became disenchanted with the product. We have a bonded warehouse here and when a pallet of Silver Dollar (in excess of 40,000 units) was shipped back to our competitor from a distributor in the USA due to issues with the FDA we realised it was already over a year old and would take many years for all retailers added together to sell. We did not want to buy any of this product because we try to stock the freshest possible snuff we can.
It is an open secret that Silver Dollar is manufactured by Wilsons. We approached Wilsons and asked if we could private label the exact same snuffs. No problem.
Fairly soon you will see a new brand coming on MrSnuff called Gold Eagle. We won’t have the full line up to start with, but if we are missing any SD flavours that you particularly like let us know and we will add it to the next order (after we get labels designed and printed of course). This will be identical since Wilsons produces both, but fresh as opposed to 2+ years old.
After that experience we lost faith in Toque as well. It made sense for us from a business perspective to drop all the products. We know there is a loyal fan base and that is great. Anything new and innovative in this centuries old tradition is welcomed. Private label snuffs even though made by familiar manufacturers are often unique and special. Not to put another plug out there (apologies in advance), but this is what we are trying to achieve with the ever growing SNUV line up.
That’s it for now.
Dave