Goodbye Thunder Chrome snus tobacco but Coffee Supreme will return

(Snus Central) V2 Tobacco announced that effective 28 December 2011, they had stopped producing the Thunder Chrom (Chrome) Long + Portion Snus Limited Edition Snuses. V2 sources commenting on condition of anonymity since they are not authorized to talk about anything to anyone, stated lower than projected sales were the primary reason for discontinuing the Chrom Series. Of the five Thunder Chrome offerings, only Frosted will continue to be produced in a Long + portion.
I believe it wasn't the flavors as much as the nicotine level and perhaps the moisture content of the long + portions themselves which accounted for the weakness in demand. With no other alternatives, 12mg/portion nicotine was not a popular enough strength by itself to popularize a flavor. Continued