I like all the Toques I have. Some I like more than others, and certain flavor blends I may like another companies more, but I don’t dislike any of the Toques and I will finish them all. I think I like Toast&Marmalade a little bit more thanWhisky&Honey, and I am really looking forward to the Bourbon, which is on it’s way.
The Quit is a good snuff for dealing with nicotine cravings, and I have added a tonka bean to my tin to add some flavour. It has worked out well. Snuff Store (UK) is currently selling tonka beans if anyone’s interested. It has a spicy vanilla flavour.
So I’ll have to get another order at Snuff Store and get a tin of Snus Ice for my collection, and a tonka bean! Industro, the ones you didn’t care for I didn’t care for so much either, but I do love Toque. I think 5 or 6 of them are ones I wil always have to have around me. Of course, they are sall still good and I like them enough to finish the tins, its just a matter of refining my preferences. That’s interesting data Roderick. Hopefully when the other flavors have been established a while longer you can give us some more equalized data. Or come up with an algorithm that computes a handicap to compensate for time on the market. Maybe a quarterly trend will give us a better picture than a weekly one. Also are any selling so poorly that you might consider discontinuing them? Mabye the Snus Ice had this issue, so now is why its a limited availablity one? Someday maybe you’ll be a publicly traded company and you’ll have to give shareholders this hard data. (Oh, Chocolate is outstanding. I’ve been recommending it all over the place, so you can thank me for its jump to #3 ;-D )
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Roderick does it right, that’s for sure. Though one nice thing I can say about Pöschl, is that when I asked for samples, they sent 7 full tins. Very generous, but I guess they can afford to be. So getting off topic a little further (as I usually do) how widely available are the smaller German companies snuffs such as Bernard and Lotzbeck in Germany? Can they be found in any oridinary store, or only at tobacconists, or are they generally only found in some regions of the country?
The best Toque fruits in MHO are St. Clements and raspberry. I think I have used more St. Clements than any other single snuff.
No menthol in pappermint ? nice i will order a tin soon , i just received a tin of snus ice from Tim and i think the same flavour without mint will be even better!
Try releasing another snuff Roderick, and take a look at those sales! No…really, we’re waiting.
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Just looking at the Toque website. It says over 30 flavours available! I count 25 listed on the main page, then add Christmas Pudding which is listed in the specials for 26. Add Snus Ice from Snuuf Store and you get 27. So what are the at least 4 other flavors that I don’t know about? hmmm?
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Yikes, would the Germans and Austrians have a fit if Toque made a schmalzer? Well, they call one “snus” though by the common definition its not really snus although I guess it it by the literal definition. I’m sure Roderick would do a good job of it if he wanted to make one though. Have we exhausted the possible fruit flavors? What about Apricot? Everybody seems to have one. Is that a reason not to do it? I suspect he’s going to do some florals (as he has none!) or vary the grinds a bit more to compete with F&T and Frederick Tranter. Or maybe he’ll do a Scotch! Roderick is a known Levi Garrett lover. A Scottish Scotch! What a concept! I understand how it must be in your business, Industro. I suspect it must be the same here, except that I don’t think the distributors try as hard to push snuff. Also the Americn snuffs don’t have a lot of variety, most have a similar characteristics with a handful of exceptions. Lets face it, the English have better snuffs than either of our countries, though the two Bernard’s I’ve had were fantastic. Kostlich means delicious, right? They’re not joking. So there’s plenty of demand for them in this house!
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It’s obviously a labor of love for Roderick and that’s why we love him!
Roderick, if you ever decide to drop St Clements, please notify me before hand so that I can order enough stock to last me a lifetime. I’m into that lovely stuff right now and will be for the rest of the day!!! I love it more than any other citrus flavoured snuff.
What about using or making a smaller tin/can specially for samples, like the little McChrystal’s Raspberry tin? or even a small plastic smash can? Something simple, cheap, and small enough, that would be used up quick, and have the user wanting more, have a small printed name sticker on it too. I personally don’t care much about samples, as snuff to me is so inexpensive as it is, I just buy it. But for those who see the need of samples, I think a specially used, smaller container would be best. Not a special manufacture, could be any small container that gets the job done, and has an area for a sticker. Just my idea, but like I said, I just buy the stuff myself, but the sample container needs to be really small, so it empties quick.
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I second what Pieter said. If St. Clements is on the block I need to order a bunch. Let me know. My snuff drawer is a bit light right now. I have 2 Wilsons varieties, 1/2 can of Fubar and 11 Toque tins. Roderick hooked me with the free sample. I have tried probably 50 types of snuff so far, and Toque is the one company that I buy from consistently. I honestly feel I don’t need any other manufactures. Yes, I like having options, but with Toque I don’t need them.
Industro you would be surprised, some of Roderick’s best customers and strongest advocates are old farts. Don’t count the old timers out when you are talking about snuff- it’s a traditional product, not something new. Young may work with McDonalds but look to the old guys when you start talking snuff!
The other thing about growth is quality invariably suffers. I can’t speak for Roderick but maybe he would be happier with making the best snuff possible and having more money than he can count than he would mass-marketing snuff and having more money than his accountants can count. A lot of tough choices for every growing business. Doing expansion wrong has killed more businesses than almost anything else.