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9-523: Originally it was produced by Douwe Egberts in the Netherlands. In 1998 the "White Ox" brand was acquired by Imperial Tobacco when Douwe Egbert sold off its hand-rolling tobacco business. White Ox tobacco is described on the packaging as a "Superior Dark Blend" of tobaccos. In the Australian market it was sold in 30 gram and 50 gram variant pouches. In March 2014 the 30 gram pouch was discontinued from sale and

18-624: A 25 gram pouch introduced. Originally the 25 gram pouch was produced in New Zealand, but from late 2017 both the 50 and 25 gram pouches are now produced in The Netherlands. An Australian government quantitative survey of RYO smokers to "Determine Impact of Plain Packaging" found that "White Ox" tobacco was perceived by this cohort as being "extremely low appeal as a product", that was associated with "prison populations and homeless people" Its name

27-572: A rolled cigarette without a filter (a part of the brand's inseparable association with prison life). Douwe Egberts Douwe Egberts is a Dutch brand of coffee which is majority-owned by JDE Peet's . It was founded in Joure , Netherlands, by Egbert Douwes in 1753 as De Witte Os ("The White Ox"), a general grocery shop. The company later started dealing specifically in coffee, tea, and tobacco. By 1925, it had changed its name to Douwe Egberts (as in Douwe,

36-537: Is shared with the name of the original store "De Witte Os" (English translation, 'The White Ox'), in Joure , the Netherlands opened in 1753 by Egbert Douwes and his wife Akke Thysses, founders of the Douwe Egberts company. Prior to the prison smoking ban in August 2015, White Ox tobacco was the standard issue tobacco in the state of N.S.W. Australia prisons, where it was colloquially known as "Boob Shit" or "Boob Weed." At

45-498: The conclusion of the 1992 Vogel award-winning novel PRAISE, by Andrew McGahan, the novel's protagonist uses his last $ 8 to purchase a pouch of White Ox tobacco. It was also referenced in the Australian YouTube series The Big Lez Show , with character Mike Nolan saying that smoking a Marlboro Red is akin to "…smoking a White Ox no filter, fuck that for a joke", referring to the “traditional” Australian way of smoking White Ox as

54-518: The new name JDE Peet's. At the end of May 2020, this company was listed on the Euronext Amsterdam . JDE Peet's has an annual turnover of approximately €7 billion. Douwe Egberts' origins are in Joure , West Frisia where Egbert Douwes established a grocery shop called "De Witte Os" ("The White Ox") in 1752. The company transferred to his eldest son Douwe Egberts in 1780, from whom it adopted its current name. The Dutch Province of Groningen

63-484: The province of Groningen prevailed in a well-publicised judgment in favor of the Province. Coen de Ruiter, director of Stichting Max Havelaar, called the victory a landmark event: "it provides governmental institutions the freedom in their purchasing policy to require suppliers to provide coffee that bears the fair trade criteria, so that a substantial and meaningful contribution is made in the fight against poverty through

72-462: The son of Egbert) and introduced its logo, a red seal with a "D.E." initialism. Its former tobacco brand White Ox was named for the original De Witte Os grocery store in Joure; Douwe Egberts sold White Ox to Imperial Tobacco in 1998. In May 2017, Douwe Egberts launched aluminium coffee capsules across supermarkets. At the end of 2019, the company merged with Peet's Coffee and the two continue under

81-535: Was sued in 2007 by Douwe Egberts for explicitly requiring its coffee machine suppliers to meet the EKO organic standard and the fairtrade criteria set by Stichting Max Havelaar , most notably the payment of a minimum price for its coffee and a development premium to producer cooperatives. Douwe Egberts sold a number of coffee brands under self-developed ethical criteria and argued that the requirements were discriminatory. After several months of discussions and legal challenges,

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