Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Inc. will increase prices on about half its portfolio effective May 13, 2019.
“Due to rising costs associated with manufacturing and distributing cigars we are announcing the following price increase on our brands,” wrote Rocky Patel, the company’s founder, in a letter to retailers.
The following 21 lines will increase in price:
- Java by Rocky Patel
- Hamlet 25th Year
- Liberation by Hamlet Paredes
- Rocky Patel Catch 22
- Rocky Patel Catch 22 Connecticut
- Rocky Patel Edición Unica
- Rocky Patel It’s a Boy/It’s a Girl
- Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Corojo
- Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Maduro
- Rocky Patel Sun Grown
- Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro
- Rocky Patel TAVICUSA
- Rocky Patel Vintage (1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2006)
- The Edge
- The Edge A-10/Candela
- The Edge Connecticut
- The Edge Sumatra
There are 20 brands, along with all of the company’s samplers and accessories, which are not increasing in price.
hide | Price Increase |
---|---|
A.J. Fernandez | Not Announced |
Alec Bradley | Price Increase |
Altadis U.S.A. | Price Increase |
Arturo Fuente | Not Announced |
Ashton | Not Announced |
Caldwell | Price Increase |
CLE Cigar Co. | Price Increase |
Crowned Heads | No Increase |
Davidoff | Price Increase |
Drew Estate | Price Increase |
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust | Price Increase |
E.P. Carrillo | Price Increase |
General | Not Announced |
Gurkha | Not Announced |
Illusione | Price Increase |
J.C. Newman | Not Announced |
La Galera | Price Increase |
La Palina | No Increase |
LFD | Price Increase |
Miami Cigar & Co. | No Increase |
My Father | Not Announced |
Nat Sherman | Price Increase |
Oliva | Not Announced |
Padrón | Price Increase |
Perdomo | Price Increase |
Quesada | No Increase |
Rocky Patel | Price Increase |
RoMa Craft Tobac | Price Increase |
Tatuaje | No Increase |
Ventura | Not Announced |