Grizzly (tobacco)
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Grizzly is an American brand of dipping tobacco
(moist snuff) first made in 1782 and currently made by the American Snuff Company
. It is available in pouches, Fine Cut
, Long Cut, and Extra Long Cut. All Grizzly varieties are packaged in a 1.2 oz black plastic container with a metal lid. Depending on the cut, Grizzly delivers 2.31-2.67 mg nicotine
per gram. It is also fondly referred to as "the welfare bear", especially by armed forces personnel, because of the value of cost at only Average: 3.09$ for the regular can of Grizzly tabacco.
The new snuff industry, like the new nation, grew rapidly and proliferated during the next 75-100 years. Beginning in the 1880's James B. Duke's efforts continued the growth but slowed the proliferation as he acquired and amalgamated tobacco companies, both cigarette companies and snuff companies. By 1900, he had created a giant "tobacco trust" organized as two companies - the American Tobacco Company and the American Snuff Company. What Duke had joined together, Teddy Roosevelt put asunder. Armed with new anti-trust legislation (Sherman Act and Clayton Act) enacted to break up the steel, oil, tobacco trusts, and others, Roosevelt, acting through the Department of Justice, filed, in 1907, an antitrust lawsuit against the American Snuff Company. The government-mandated separation was finalized in 1911, resulting in three companies: the American Snuff Company, Weyman-Bruton (later, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company) and Helme (which continues today as Swisher International, Inc.). These three companies today are three of the four largest smokeless tobacco manufacturers.
In 1912, the American Snuff Company headquarters moved from New York to Memphis, Tennessee. For the next 40 years, the Company's operations were focused on dry snuff. In the 1950's, the American Snuff Company began diversifying. In 1952, Taylor Brothers, Inc., a manufacturer of chewing tobacco located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was acquired. In 1967 Scott Tobacco Company, a manufacturer of twist chewing tobacco, was acquired. In the period beginning in the mid-1960's and continuing for the next twenty years, the Company began a process of diversification and acquired several non-tobacco businesses, which produced and distributed such products as insecticides, shoe polish, popcorn, military pyrotechnics, playground equipment, theater supplies and yogurt. In 1966, to reflect its diversified operations, the American Snuff Company changed its name to Conwood Corporation.
Dipping tobacco
Dipping tobacco, traditionally referred to as moist snuff, is a type of finely ground or shredded, moistened smokeless tobacco product. It is commonly and idiomatically known by various terms – most often as dip and sometimes rub or chew...
(moist snuff) first made in 1782 and currently made by the American Snuff Company
American Snuff Company
The American Snuff Company, formerly Conwood Sales Company LLC, is a division of Reynolds American, a major tobacco company. The American Snuff Company was acquired by Reynolds American in mid-2006 for $3.5 billion in cash. It now generates nearly 7% of Reynolds American's annual revenue. The...
. It is available in pouches, Fine Cut
Snuff
Snuff is a product made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is an example of smokeless tobacco. It originated in the Americas and was in common use in Europe by the 17th century...
, Long Cut, and Extra Long Cut. All Grizzly varieties are packaged in a 1.2 oz black plastic container with a metal lid. Depending on the cut, Grizzly delivers 2.31-2.67 mg nicotine
Nicotine
Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants that constitutes approximately 0.6–3.0% of the dry weight of tobacco, with biosynthesis taking place in the roots and accumulation occurring in the leaves...
per gram. It is also fondly referred to as "the welfare bear", especially by armed forces personnel, because of the value of cost at only Average: 3.09$ for the regular can of Grizzly tabacco.
Varieties
The worlds most favored Tabacco Grizzly product is Grizzly Wintergreen- Grizzly Snuff Fine Cut: Snuff looks similar to dirt or sand in terms of size. Extremely small cut.
- Grizzly Long Cut: Long Cut comes in thin strands of tobacco around 7 mm long.
- Grizzly Long Cut Straight: A hearty tobacco blend supplies the muscle while the tobacco flavors hints of smoke and spice.
- Grizzly Long Cut Mint: A dense combination of rich mint, choice tobaccos and other flavors. Grizzly mint is known for its crisp, clean taste and long-lasting enjoyment.
- Grizzly Long Cut Wintergreen: The legendary Grizzly flavor with a crisp, smooth finish. This is the perfect contrast to the rustic, smoky notes of traditional-cured premium tobacco. Always packaged fresh in a convenient cut.
- Grizzly Long Cut Natural: Pure tobacco taste perfected by carefully blending select tobaccos with complex, robust flavors to deliver a truly captivating product. Its subtle taste combinations emerge throughout the experience to produce unique tobacco satisfaction.
- Grizzly Fine Cut Wintergreen: The legendary Grizzly flavor with a crisp, smooth finish. This is the perfect contrast to the rustic, smoky notes of traditional-cured premium tobacco and it's always packaged fresh.
- Grizzly Fine Cut Natural: Pure tobacco taste perfected by carefully blending select tobaccos with complex, robust flavors to deliver a truly captivating product. Its subtle taste combinations emerge throughout the experience to produce unique tobacco satisfaction.
- Grizzly Pouches: Pouches hold fine cut tobacco in a tiny, teabag-like pouch.
- Grizzly Wintergreen Pouches: A satisfying and crisp wintergreen tobacco taste that delivers long-lasting enjoyment. Each Grizzly pouch is a generous presentation of herbal tones balanced with wintergreen flavor and spicy tones.
- Grizzly Mint Pouches: A dense combination of rich mint, choice tobaccos and exceptional flavors provides an exhilarating experience. It's the same crisp, clean taste and long lasting enjoyment of Grizzly Mint in a pouch.
- Grizzly Straight Pouches: A hearty tobacco blend supplies the muscle while the perfectly fused tobacco flavors deliver again and again for unrivaled tobacco satisfaction with mellow hints of smoke and spice in a pouch.
- Grizzly 1900 Long Cut:Kinda smokey earthy undertone, Has a taste of mild salt, the cut is finer than the other Grizzly, packs good though, flavor lasts pretty good, good nicotine level.
200 Years Of Smokeless Tobacco
American Snuff Company's ancestral roots predate the formation of the United States. A certain Captain John Garrett of the Sixth Delaware Militia came home from fighting the British in the Revolutionary War and established, in 1782, a snuff mill on Red Clay Creek in Delaware. His descendants, William E. Garrett and Levi Garrett, are memorialized in two of American Snuff Company's major brands. One of these dry snuff products displays a trademark that is the oldest U.S. trademark in continuous use. This mark was one of the first ten recorded on October 25, 1870, the first day the U.S. Patent Office began granting trademarks.The new snuff industry, like the new nation, grew rapidly and proliferated during the next 75-100 years. Beginning in the 1880's James B. Duke's efforts continued the growth but slowed the proliferation as he acquired and amalgamated tobacco companies, both cigarette companies and snuff companies. By 1900, he had created a giant "tobacco trust" organized as two companies - the American Tobacco Company and the American Snuff Company. What Duke had joined together, Teddy Roosevelt put asunder. Armed with new anti-trust legislation (Sherman Act and Clayton Act) enacted to break up the steel, oil, tobacco trusts, and others, Roosevelt, acting through the Department of Justice, filed, in 1907, an antitrust lawsuit against the American Snuff Company. The government-mandated separation was finalized in 1911, resulting in three companies: the American Snuff Company, Weyman-Bruton (later, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company) and Helme (which continues today as Swisher International, Inc.). These three companies today are three of the four largest smokeless tobacco manufacturers.
In 1912, the American Snuff Company headquarters moved from New York to Memphis, Tennessee. For the next 40 years, the Company's operations were focused on dry snuff. In the 1950's, the American Snuff Company began diversifying. In 1952, Taylor Brothers, Inc., a manufacturer of chewing tobacco located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was acquired. In 1967 Scott Tobacco Company, a manufacturer of twist chewing tobacco, was acquired. In the period beginning in the mid-1960's and continuing for the next twenty years, the Company began a process of diversification and acquired several non-tobacco businesses, which produced and distributed such products as insecticides, shoe polish, popcorn, military pyrotechnics, playground equipment, theater supplies and yogurt. In 1966, to reflect its diversified operations, the American Snuff Company changed its name to Conwood Corporation.
In 1985, Conwood Corporation was restructured as a privately owned company pursuant to a merger which resulted in the formation of Conwood Company, L.P. In 2006, Conwood Company, L.P. was reorganized as Conwood Company, LLC. The diversification trend which extended the Company's involvement in non-tobacco products was reversed in the eighties as Conwood altered its business strategy to focus again solely on the manufacture and distribution of smokeless tobacco products. To reflect this return to the Company's smokeless tobacco origins, in 2010 Conwood Company, LLC was renamed American Snuff Company, LLC.
The Company has made significant contributions in the development of the smokeless tobacco industry. The Company has been responsible for innovative packaging of smokeless products, including the development of a foil pouch for chewing tobacco and a plastic can for moist snuff. Products such as Levi Garrett, Hawken, Kodiak, and Grizzly, achieved consumer acceptance quickly upon being introduced and have had dramatic impact on the marketing of smokeless tobacco products.
From its origins on the Red Clay Creek in Delaware in 1782, the Company has become identified as an innovative industry leader committed to high standards in its production operations and in the servicing of its customers' needs.