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Originally Posted by steve B
The illusion of competition, which may have kept them out of trouble for a while.
Plus, with so many different brands they could have different pricing tiers for what was actually the same product.
I would think that what was produced at say factory 30 was the same stuff in different paper tubes.
That's still done today. A friend worked on controls at a plant making vodka. They did 6 different brands, all from the same machine. Monday- Premium brand, Tuesday to Friday different brand each day less premium each day. Saturday, rotgut until the charcoal filters finally gave out. Sunday change the charcoal...
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That is a good point Steve, and well aware that that is still done today.