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More important for food lovers, hundreds of outlying acres of rich Piedmont soil have “transitioned” from tobacco, and now sprout peas, strawberries, fennel, artichokes and lettuce. Animals also thrive in the gentle climate, giving chefs access to local milk, cheese,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], eggs, pigs,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], chickens, quail,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], lambs and rabbits.
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“One of our farmers said that at this point, it would make more sense for us to list the things on the menu that aren’t local,” said Drew Brown, a chef-owner of Piedmont, a restaurant a few steps from Durham’s farmer’s market and right next door to the city’s public herb garden.
Once again, the grass is greener on the OTP side of the tobacco merchandiser, according to roundtable participants, who said this is where growth in the category exists.
Retailers identified OTP products that were performing well in stores, which included:
– Pipe tobacco
– Star Scientific’s reformulated Stonewall and Ariva products
– Cigar wraps
– Two- and three-count foil packs of cigars
Pouches were another segment of OTP where retailers see promise. “Pouches are a significant part of growth [in OTP] because its an entry level product and more palatable,” said Mayer.
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Yet South Africa remains one of the most unequal societies in the world. As the nation’s slums expand, so do its lavish suburbs, where people pay many millions of rands for opulent houses. While millions of citizens earn less than a dollar a day, South Africa is also home to the most millionaires (in dollars) on the continent.
And as opportunities have opened up in business after decades of apartheid-inspired white economic domination, increasing numbers of black people are now getting rich.
“They can afford to spend money on the most powerful status symbols – one of which is the cigar,” says Wesley.
Brett Mulder, who manages what is arguably the finest cigar bar in Africa, in Johannesburg, says he’s seen a “major spike” in cigar sales in recent years. “On a given night here you’ll find hundreds of people, dancing,cheap marlboro cigarettes supplier, eating and smoking cigars.”
“The palates of South Africans,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including black South Africans, have matured over the past 10 years especially,” he says, and they want luxury items, like cigars and champagne.