Comments on: Philip Morris to Purchase John Middleton

By: smoker gal

smoker gal — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:33:41 +0000

You hit on the nose! The KMA folks have away of always staying around and they will only hurt the business by bowing to the all mighty King Mike!

By: True Lies

True Lies — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:19:58 +0000

I see Kevin McCorry has disappeared from the JMC web site! Was he banished to the Altria Gulag like Joe Workman? He must be so wealthy that he can retire in his early 50′s. The reality is he was fired like the rest of upper management. I quess the only ones left know how to pucker up when necessary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:19:28 +0000

spoken like a true corporate hack tru blu!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:27:59 +0000

wow

By: tru blu

tru blu — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:47:31 +0000

its unfortunate that people are losing there jobs at a time like this, but this is big business… Im not sorry for some people who are losing thier jobs they should have been gone a long time ago!!!! maybe the playing field of advancement will be a lil more even.

By: TAZ

TAZ — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:58:48 +0000

Press Release
JOHN GIESE JOINS CAO AS MASS MARKET NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF SALES & MARKETING

Nashville, March 18, 2009: CAO International, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of John Giese to the position of Mass Market National Director of Sales & Marketing. In his new role, Giese will develop and maintain metrics of CAO’s mass market sales process and be an integral part of the Company’s mass market branding strategy.
Prior to joining CAO, Giese spent 21 years as Director of Sales with John Middleton, Inc., and served six years as Regional Sales Manager with General Cigar Co. He is a past recipient of the “Tobacco Man of the Year” award from the Southern Association of Wholesale Distributors and was awarded the “Captain of the Industry” honor by the Pennsylvania Distributors Association.
“I am excited to be a part of such a dedicated, passionate, and knowledgeable team as CAO,” commented Giese, “and I am looking forward to further building the mass market cigar segment with the Company.” Added CAO Chairman Gary Hyams, “John’s experience and unique perspective will be a great help to CAO as we look to grow our service, sales, and brand awareness nationally in the mass market segment.”

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CAO International, Inc. is the producer of one of the country’s top lines of premium cigars. Founded by Cano A. Ozgener in Nashville as a labor of love 41 years ago, today CAO products can be found on every continent in the world with the exception of Antarctica. CAO produces 11 cigar lines that have all been rated ‘90’ (“OUTSTANDING”) or above by Cigar Aficionado and Cigar Insider.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:44:11 +0000

John is a great guy and yes, working for CAO. In Limerick, they are slowing eliminating everyone that was connected to Middleton except the people in the factory. Should make a movie named ‘The Demise of a great Name’.

By: Smoky

Smoky — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:27:29 +0000

Hey how are things going out in Limerick, Pa. seems pretty quiet lately. I heard that John Giese is working for CAO in Nashville, TN. Any truth to that he was a good guy!

By: Cig Guy

Cig Guy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:24:37 +0000

Interesting in my mind that the govt will continue to provide stimulus plans to companies that don’t need the plan. HR 1108 should be titled the Marlboro Stimulus Plan!

By: Concerned Employee

Concerned Employee — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:37:53 +0000

PM might as well move JMC to Virginia. They have already screwed up things here. If they move to Virginia they can start with a clean slate with all the dumb hillbilly inbred employees from here gone. (SARCASM)