Duraflame purchases B&B Charcoal

[Smokin Okie]

Was on Greg Rempe's , BBQ Central podcast last night ............ at 27:17 mark, he and Meathead discuss . I sure hope the quality does not go down, but whenever a large company buys a small one, that seems to be the case

https://thebbqcentralshow.com/do-yo...-for-st-patricks-day-listen-to-this-show-now/

 

[noboundaries]

Duraflame is owned by Clorox. Guess who owns Kingsford? Yep, Clorox. Bye-bye quality!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Quality always seems to play second fiddle to cost savings...

 

[Smokin Okie]

Quality always seems to play second fiddle to cost savings...

I think its the amount of " care " by the employees, first.

Then management decisions to expand the smaller company.

Or management decisions to integrate the smaller company into the larger one.

If Duraflame keeps B&B intact with the same people, maybe they defy the norm . B&B was a multi generation , family owned business.

 

[jcam222]

Man that sucks!! B&B has been my go to the last two years. My confidence level the quality remains high is low.

 

[forktender]

This is crappy news the hardware store 5 minutes from my house is where I buy my B&B which has been my go-too since Kingford reformulated their charcoal.
Time to find another brand that I can buy locally because Kingsford sucks bad these days, and I've been a Kingsford charcoal guy for years because the smell reminds me of my Gramp's.

 

[Smokin Okie]

Lets see what happens, maybe there's not a lot of changes at B&B.

 

[JWFokker]

B&B should get better distribution this way. Probably positioned as a premium charcoal over Kingsford.