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I was very surprised when Red Sox nation sent a FU to AB. Good for them. John Henry musta shit a monstah brick.
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That assclown CEO brushed off the sales
downturn as it only accounted for a mere 1% of revenue. Then states they are going to TRIPLE the marketing budget to gain back that 1%. This was before fag bars in Chicago announced dumping all AB products because they back peddled. |
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Quoted: I agree. At this point I think the damage is permanent. I expect this will be a lesson in stupid business decisions for the next 40 years. Bud light used to be 13% of the market. I bet they land under 4%. Layoffs are coming in 6 months or so. This will also hurt suppliers of grain and rice. View Quote It's not just a stupid business decision. ESG investment activism puts very large sums on the line. Blackrock money. Large pension fund money. You get the drift. However much the boycott hurts them, that kind of behind the scenes pressure might very well have threatened even greater financial harm. |
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I'm imagining a gay guy going "big money, big money, big money.....STOP [the revolution]
Sorry broskis, you can't play both sides where we pretend gay marriage is majority normal and a civil rights victory and also we should s t a w p further LGBTQ++++++ activity |
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Quoted: A slew of Chicago gay bars have stopped selling Anheuser Busch InBev products after the beer giant distanced itself from transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney's Bud Light marketing campaign amid anti-trans backlash. 2Bears Tavern Group, which owns four gay bars from Uptown to Rogers Park, was the first to drop Anheuser-Busch InBev, posting on Instagram Thursday that its abandonment of Mulvaney amid controversy "shows how little Anheuser-Busch cares about the LGBTQIA+ community, and in particular transgender people, who have been under unrelenting attack in this country." Sidetrack, a 41-year-old gay bar founded by LGBTQ rights pioneers Art Johnston and Jose Pep Pe a, later made the same announcement. https://lede-admin.blockclubchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/05/Blank-1980-x-1020-copy.png?resize=1024,528 "We must also hold brands accountable if they take active steps against LGBTQ+ equality, visibility and safety," Sidetrack posted. The gay bars will no longer sell all Anheuser-Busch products, including Bud Light, Busch Light and Goose Island 312. The controversy began after Anheuser-Busch partnered with Mulvaney for a sponsored post and launched a line of Pride-themed cans with various pronouns. Many took to social media to express transphobic outrage over the Mulvaney partnership, including an Instagram clip of country musician Kid Rock shooting four cases of Bud Light with a rifle and customers vowing they would stop drinking Bud Light. Others expressed support for Mulvaney and the campaign. But Anheuser-Busch CEO Michel Doukeris addressed the controversy during an earnings call with investors Thursday and distanced the brand from Mulvaney, according to Yahoo Finance. "We need to clarify the facts that this was one can, one influencer, one post and not a campaign," Doukeris said. The CEO also posted a statement in April saying the brand "never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people." The team behind 2Bears Tavern Group accused the company of erasing "transgender people in favor of anti-trans vitriol." The bar group includes 2Bears Tavern Uptown, Jackhammer, Meetinghouse Tavern and the SoFo Tap. Sidetrack said the CEO's statement "wrongfully validates the position that it is acceptable to acquiesce to the demands of those who do not support the trans community." https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/05/chicago-gay-bars-stop-selling-bud-light-other-anheuser-busch-beers-after-brand-backs-down-to-anti-trans-critics/ View Quote They done just pissed everybody off. This is fascinating to watch unfold. Attached File |
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View Quote The whole company must collapse as a lesson to others. |
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Quoted: It's not just a stupid business decision. ESG investment activism puts very large sums on the line. Blackrock money. Large pension fund money. You get the drift. However much the boycott hurts them, that kind of behind the scenes pressure might very well have threatened even greater financial harm. View Quote What if I told you ESG is just the fancied up formalized version of what the lib blob was going to do anyway? A lot of caaahnservatives seem to be ok with stopping one play of the air raid offense, while down 44-0 |
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Quoted: That assclown CEO brushed off the sales downturn as it only accounted for a mere 1% of revenue. Then states they are going to TRIPLE the marketing budget to gain back that 1%. This was before fag bars in Chicago announced dumping all AB products because they back peddled. View Quote They have managed to piss everyone off. How does this even happen with all of these Harvard educated spooks? |
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Quoted: Anyone who thinks this’ll cause long-term damage to the Bud franchise is crediting the public with an attention span they just don’t have. In 5 years it’ll be like this never happened. And AB-InBev is so big and diverse that it won’t even be a blip this year. That said, I REALLY hope it hurts them and other companies get the message. I’m doing my part. View Quote https://archive.is/7VZgd Bud Light sales dropped for a third week in April following backlash over a partnership between the beer brand and a transgender influencer, according to industry monitors. Figures from trade newsletter Beer Business Daily, cited by Barron's, show sales of the beer outside of hospitality premises fell 26 percent in the week ending April 22, compared with the same time a year ago. This follows reports last week that Bud Light had seen a 17 percent decline in sales revenue since the controversy began, with beer sales volume contracting 11 percent in the week ending April 8 and 21 percent in the week ending April 15. Beer Business Daily said Sunday the latest results revealed a "shocking deterioration" in Bud Light's market share, adding: "We've never seen such a dramatic shift in national share in such a short period of time." Looks like they're getting a good swift kick in the pants for being stupid. https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/bud-light-sales-continue-to-plummet-after-transgender-marketing-controversy/article_cb4df8c2-e83f-11ed-b255-f3f68e1f98f4.html ST. LOUIS — Sales of Bud Light have been plunging since the company enlisted the help of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in a marketing campaign a month ago.
In the week that ended April 22, the brand’s in-store sales plummeted more than 26%, according to figures reported by Bump Williams Consulting, a Connecticut-based firm that specializes in the alcoholic beverage industry. And the decline is only accelerating. The week before, sales dropped by 21%. The week before that, it was 11%. Bud Light is still the bestselling beer in America by far, said Bump Williams, the founder, president and CEO of the agency that bears his name. In 2022, Anheuser-Busch InBev sold more than $4.8 billion worth of it in stores, he said, far outpacing Modelo Especial ($3.75 billion) and Michelob Ultra ($3.3 billion). But if the company can’t stop the decline in sales, especially as the peak beer-drinking summer season approaches, “then Bud Light is in serious trouble this year. And I think it runs the risk of losing that No. 1 position at the end of calendar year 2023 to Modelo Especial,” Williams said. |
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And they tried to scape goat someone else for it:
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-agency-behind-mulvaney-bud-light-can-just-got-devastating-news/ As it tries to distance itself from the uproar over Bud Light’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Anheuser-Busch is now saying it has cut ties with the outside marketing agency it has blamed for the fiasco.
According to the New York Post, Anheuser-Busch sent a letter to distributors telling them it had deep-sixed the agency that put Mulvaney’s image on a Bud Light can and sent it to him for a social media promotion. |
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Quoted: The only way the brand survives is if it’s sold to someone who will publicly apologize and rebuild it. View Quote As a St Louis resident for decades (before I bailed for TN), I hope some bazillionair comes in and scoops them up. Puts them back on a patriotic track and restores this shit soiled brand. |
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Side note, as a Packer fan I initially read the title as "Chicago Gay Bears"....
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Get woke something something...
I wonder if "The Manhole" is still around? (Yes, that was the name of a gay bar) My friend told me about it a LONG time ago (and no, I've never been there). She lived in Boystown and I used to crash at her place every now and then when I'd hit the city. But that was +20 years ago. |
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The nail in the coffin will be when South Park does an episode on it.
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Quoted: It's not just a stupid business decision. ESG investment activism puts very large sums on the line. Blackrock money. Large pension fund money. You get the drift. However much the boycott hurts them, that kind of behind the scenes pressure might very well have threatened even greater financial harm. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I agree. At this point I think the damage is permanent. I expect this will be a lesson in stupid business decisions for the next 40 years. Bud light used to be 13% of the market. I bet they land under 4%. Layoffs are coming in 6 months or so. This will also hurt suppliers of grain and rice. It's not just a stupid business decision. ESG investment activism puts very large sums on the line. Blackrock money. Large pension fund money. You get the drift. However much the boycott hurts them, that kind of behind the scenes pressure might very well have threatened even greater financial harm. And contracts for materials and supplies that might not be needed now. |
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If it weren't for Americans' really short memories, Anheuser-Busch might be screwed. Luckily, football season is just a few months away and people will need their beer again.
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Quoted: Looks like AmBev is taking it in both ends... View Quote Attached File CEO is a phagphan. Heard he believes his son can be a woman. |
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Why can't these companies just sell their products and shut the hell up!
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There's a lesson here for other companies to learn.
Will they learn it? Of course not. They're FAR more terrified of the Gay Mafia than they are about people like us. |
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Literally read as "Chicago Gay Bears Stop Selling Bud Light".. Fuck Da Bears.. and Fuck the NFL. And fuck Bud Light.
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2Bears Tavern Group, which owns four gay bars from Uptown to Rogers Park, was the first to drop Anheuser-Busch InBev, posting on Instagram Thursday that its abandonment of Mulvaney amid controversy "shows how little Anheuser-Busch cares about the LGBTQIA+ community, and in particular transgender people, who have been under unrelenting attack in this country." View Quote You gotta be effing kidding me. There is no reality... |
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Imagine having 50000 of AB stock right now "do I sell now? or wait and see if they finish cutting off their dick?"
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Quoted: I worked with plenty of gay dudes in the hotel industry. They do not like trans women...they also put up with lesbians but find they dumb View Quote I see the same at work. The media acts like everyone in the LGBT+++++++++ "community" are in one big club. They aren't. The gay dudes at work think trans people are mentally ill. |
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inb4 conservatives start drinking bud light again to protest the gay bars.
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Quoted: Oh no! Now what are gays going to suck down at the end of a long hot day? Not an ice cold bush, that’s for sure! View Quote Attached File |
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Quoted: Haha! They done fucked up both ways playing the social justice warrior shit!!! View Quote This...if companies could just keep their mouths shut 99% of this shit wouldn't happen. Then you have....oh my ESG score needs improvement.....what can we do on this list to make it better.... |
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Quoted: As a St Louis resident for decades (before I bailed for TN), I hope some bazillionair comes in and scoops them up. Puts them back on a patriotic track and restores this shit soiled brand. View Quote Imagine if Trump picked up the company and took it private, then fixed what was broken (the lefty parts) and ran with it. It’d likely be the biggest fastest yo-yo of a brand demolition and rebuild ever |
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Quoted: Precisely why publicly held company’s shouldn't partake in and adversltise divisive or political issues. Bud light completely fucked their shareholders View Quote Would entering into a contract with a transvestore without doing due diligence, resulting in massive Share holder losses be criminal in this case? I don’t know business law, but there doesn’t appear to Have been a marketing study done and that is easily classed ad dillegence. |
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Quoted: Anyone who thinks this’ll cause long-term damage to the Bud franchise is crediting the public with an attention span they just don’t have. In 5 years it’ll be like this never happened. And AB-InBev is so big and diverse that it won’t even be a blip this year. That said, I REALLY hope it hurts them and other companies get the message. I’m doing my part. View Quote And you’re probably right. But I think BL probably has their own division, within AB. That means their own marketing, production, delivery, and sales force. And there are probably senior executive vice-president types in charge of everyone of those aspects. And ancillary stuff like secretaries and other office staff. I foresee layoffs up and down that whole product line. And when the get rid of the senior executives in that product line, who are you gonna replace them with? Hey, Joe is an up and coming guy, let’s put him in charge of marketing, he can turn this around! Joe will say, hey, I’d love to, but I’ve got a great opportunity with the Olde English group working on improving sales in Saudi Arabia. Lot of opportunities there over what you’re offering. Best of luck! |
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Good move by the LGBTQ movement. Now the MSM can claim that buds demise is because they boycotted it.
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No more Goose Island either, many of the small labels under Goose are doing poorly, a couple have been shut down.
Not much wiggle room financially with some of those places with the much higher opex now. |
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Many took to social media to express transphobic outrage over the Mulvaney partnership, View Quote There’s that word again that they love to throw around that obviously doesn’t mean what they think it means. Oh, & obvious bias is bias, so I didn’t read past that point. |
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The Business schools use to teach that business should stay far, far away from politics. Not doing so is a predictable result.
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Whenever I see a guy drinking a bud light I just say " I think it's great that you folks can be gay right out in the open these days "
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Quoted: The only way the brand survives is if it’s sold to someone who will publicly apologize and rebuild it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I wonder if the death of budweiser will become a case study. I’m sure the company will survive, but maybe not the brand The only way the brand survives is if it’s sold to someone who will publicly apologize and rebuild it. Apologize to who? Which side do they puck? CEO is a fucking douche wannabe with phaghie phamily phuckups... He aint one of us. Phuck |
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