Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Glory Days: A Look at La Gloria Cubana and El Credito Cigar Company


(Tobacco Business) It was in 1968 when El Credito Cigar Company originally opened its doors in Miami, Florida’s, Little Havana neighborhood. The company launched with just two tobacco products—fuma and cazadore short-filler cigars—which were available in various lengths and ring gauges that ranged from 44 to 46.
The company was new, and its profit margins were narrow, fueling the hard work and development of new products that would support the factory and its workers. In 1970, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Sr., then the owner of the El Credito Cigar Company, began making long-filler El Rico Habano cigars, which he sold to his first (and at the time his only) retail buyer. Continued

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