U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
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The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company (formerly United States Tobacco Company) has been manufacturing dipping tobacco for over one hundred years. It is a subsidiary of UST Inc.
Its corporate headquarters are in Greenwich, Connecticut and it maintains manufacturing facilities in Nashville, Tennessee, Franklin Park, Illinois, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Copenhagen and Skoal are the company's leading brands, and each represent more than USD$1 Billion of retail sales. It also sells Rooster, Red Seal, and Husky brands.
Skoal offers various flavors in long cut: Apple Blend, Berry Blend, Cherry, Straight, Classic, Key (Limited Market), Frost (Limited Market), Mint, Peach, Spearmint, Wintergreen (also available in fine cut), Winter Blend (Limited Market), Vanilla, as well as new peach.
Skoal is one of the first moist tobacco manufacters to have created a product known as the "pouch". This product has a small amount of tobacco in a thin sheet of paper.
External links
- [U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company website]
- [Company profile] from its parent company's website
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