Red Man
America's Best Chew (formerly Red Man) is an American brand of chewing tobacco introduced in 1904.
Red Man traditionally came as leaf tobacco, in contrast to twist chewing tobacco or the ground tobacco used in snuff. It is made by the Pinkerton Tobacco company of Owensboro, Kentucky. In 1985, Pinkerton was acquired by a Swedish corporation, and after further corporate reshuffling, the brand fell under the umbrella of the Swedish Match company, which in turn was owned primarily by
institutional investors. The proportion owned by non-Swedish investors was approximately 80%.
In October 2022, the European Commission approved Philip Morris International’s proposed acquisition of Swedish Match, subject to conditions including the divestiture of Swedish Match’s logistics arm SMD Logistics, to address competition concerns in Sweden. In February 2023, Swedish Match was acquired to 100% and was registered in the share registry on 28 February 2023.
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