Originally posted by rinselberg: They're not counting on your patronage.
They never counted on anybodies patronage. They made beer.
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Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: The never had it, so wont be missing it.
It's the 10's of millions of others they are going to miss.
The figure is 19 Billion in loses, so far.
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Originally posted by Raydar: Bud has been crap beer since before I was old enough to drink. I. Just. Don't. Care.
Before I was old enough to drink, my friends used to tell me we need some Bud because the girls drank it easier , thus more, and would become intoxicated.
True, but a drop of water is only a drop. Until it's used in Chinese water torture. A pebble is only a pebble until it's in your shoe. Then they become an intollerable irritations to be gotten rid off at all costs.
These woke-PC-SJW-leftie-censorship-cultural-marxists have reached the point of the water-drop or pebble.
This will hopefully be a lesson for companies to stop getting involved in politics, and just focus on making a good product... which truth be told, Bud Light has never been a good beer. Of all the light beers, it's probably the worst. And honestly... this is probably the worst thing about it. For people who always drank Bud Light, they've now been encouraged to drink other light beers, many of which are now finding these other beers (like Coors Light) actually taste better.
This will go down in the history books as an example of what not to do in marketing, and this marketing lady, who as of yet has still not been fired for this failure, will never be hired again as a marketing professional, anywhere. Who would hire this lady? Aside from the fact that she didn't do a very good job, no one would want to bring that stink to their company that she has around her neck right now.
We aren't idiots either... no one believes it was just that lady. If she was really as bad as they say, she would have been actually fired. The reason why we haven't heard from her, is likely because she was asked to do this, and she was encouraged to do this by senior leadership. That's why she's not talking, and hasn't been fired.
As for cost... InBev has lost over 16 BILLION DOLLARS in the past 6 weeks. This is an unbelievable / catastrophic loss for this company... and so incredibly stupid. Their own failure to address this will continue to hurt the company. Week 7 is coming to a close, and it will be post-Memorial day. I'm expecting the losses to be significant. I'm not happy about it, but I am glad that companies who are choosing to take a political side are realizing the risks that come with it. I have a running list of companies I will not buy from, and this is one of them.
Got a link? Or any kind of proof? I doubt it. But it doesn't matter. He's been dead since 1929.
the founder gets a new adolf every generation they are on the 4th now
your google broken or are your in fear of the results
''People boycotted Coors in the 1970s and 1980s due to their labor practices and political views. Coors used discriminatory hiring practices and was known for their anti-union stance, making it difficult for workers to receive fair wages and benefits. Additionally, the Coors family was known for their conservative political views, which were seen as a threat to progressive movements in the US. These practices and views led people to boycott Coors in an effort to support workers’ rights and progressive causes.''
Pentagon leaders have stepped in to stop a drag show scheduled for Thursday at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, according to two defense officials and a U.S. official.
The show, which was in celebration of Pride Month, was approved by Air Force leaders, but Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told the Air Force it is not Defense Department policy to fund drag shows on bases and the show should be canceled or moved off base.
Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains for NBC News; May 31, 2023.
My grandfather drank Coors... and when he worked for the CIA back in the 60s and 70s, he and his buddies would put a lookout on Key Bridge for the police so they could bring Coors across from Washington D.C. back into Northern Virginia where they all lived. Apparently, it was illegal to have Coors in Virginia, and several other states on the East Coast... I don't really know why, but as you can guess... Washington D.C. (ahem, the politicians) made an exception for themselves. I guess this was essentially what the whole "Smokey & The Bandit" movie was originally about. They were taking Coors light from Texas to Florida or something like that. I dunno... I forget how the East Bound and Down song goes.
Anyway, my grandfather was a staunch Conservative, and even wrote for National Review when he retired, along with many other books. I'm sure his decision to pick Coors was predicated on the fact that they had Conservative roots. Every time a politician would threaten new gun laws, he would go out and buy the biggest gun he could find. You'd have liked the guy, he was from Missouri originally, Brookfield.
Anyway, when my dad would come over to help my grandfather work on the yard (when he was getting older), he would always have a can of Coors set out for him. I would sneak over and drink like half of it, and then run off (did this when I was like 6 or 7, hahah). It's probably where I acquired my taste for Coors.
But yeah, when this whole controversy started, I immediately went out and bought a case of Coors Light.
Mar-a-Lago is the modern day equivalent of Sodom and Gomorrah. Mar-a-Lago is the place where classified documents go to elude the Presidential Records Act. (Not to mention the Espionage Act.)
I'm surprised that Mar-a-Lago hasn't already burned to the ground after being struck by a gi-normous bolt of lightning.
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The Bud Light story has kind of dropped out of the news cycle... but the latest results are that it's dropped 24% again this past week. So... people don't seem to be coming back.
Major mistake by Budweiser, but that does not mean all advertising with a progressive edge is a mistake. Remember when the conservative crowd was going to put NIKE out of business for using Colin Keapernick as a spokesperson? Well NIKE stock has TRIPLED since all that fuss back in 2018.
But the NIKE brand was always considered a little "edgy". While Bud is about as conservative a brand as you can imagine.
"Go woke, Go broke" only applies if you are talking about a product with a conservative market base.
"Go woke, Go broke" only applies if you are talking about a product with a conservative market base.
With the market share of Bud Light tanking, I guess that aptly demonstrates who was drinking that putrid swill. More proof the far right are far wrong.
Originally posted by Patrick: With the market share of Bud Light tanking, I guess that aptly demonstrates who was drinking that putrid swill. More proof the far right are far wrong.
You are very astute. Dumbocratic beer drinkers never have choked down a Budweiser.
With the market share of Bud Light tanking, I guess that aptly demonstrates who was drinking that putrid swill. More proof the far right are far wrong.
Budweiser is definitely the beer of Clinton Republicans, which essentially are Clinton Democrats who swung overwhelmingly for Trump, even though they voted for Obama in 2008 (this is actually very much fact). Many of the mid-west states like West Virginia, Kentucky, etc... while the media makes it seem like they're Republican because they call them "flyover" states... they are actually VERY Democrat. But it's a different kind of Democrat. Case in point, Florida, just 20 years ago, was VERY, VERY Democrat. I moved here in 1996, and the state was entirely blue. It was as much blue as California is today. Matter of fact, the only population here that was Conservative were the Cubans. Over time, people have moved here and made it Republican, and... well... the left has moved farther left, leaving behind the centrists. These were mostly people who voted for JFK, Reagan, Clinton, and then more recently, Trump in 2016. They're generally pro-union, somewhat country, and what the far left likes to call "Redneck."
But there's more to that than the Bud Light sales decline. There's perception. The overwhelming vast majority of the public does NOT actually want corporations to be political. I know that Millennials (mostly urban Millennials), want corporations to take a greater stance on cultural and political issues (which is why we are in the predicament that we are), but the vast majority of society does not. Something like almost 90% of people just want companies to make good products, and not be political. So... this becomes a problem for people of all political persuasions. No one wants to buy a case of Bud Light and show up to a party, and then have to explain whether or not they support something (or don't support something). People simple do not want that... and that's been a huge issue for Bud Light, one which will not too soon be forgotten.
Bud Light used to be popular with Mexican-Americans around here, most of whom strongly support conservative values.
Although I haven't had that discussion with them since the controversy, I can guarantee that the beer has lost favor in that community.
This ad always cracked me up. It plays on the idea that Americans think "Hispanics" are a monolithic culture.
The girls are from several South American counties, but when the guy buys them a beer and calls them Mexicans, they adapt a Mexican dialect and colloquialisms.
I figure there is at least one guy on here who gets it.
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Budweiser is definitely the beer of Clinton Republicans, which essentially are Clinton Democrats who swung overwhelmingly for Trump, even though they voted for Obama in 2008 (this is actually very much fact). Many of the mid-west states like West Virginia, Kentucky, etc... while the media makes it seem like they're Republican because they call them "flyover" states... they are actually VERY Democrat. But it's a different kind of Democrat. Case in point, Florida, just 20 years ago, was VERY, VERY Democrat. I moved here in 1996, and the state was entirely blue. It was as much blue as California is today. Matter of fact, the only population here that was Conservative were the Cubans. Over time, people have moved here and made it Republican, and... well... the left has moved farther left, leaving behind the centrists. These were mostly people who voted for JFK, Reagan, Clinton, and then more recently, Trump in 2016. They're generally pro-union, somewhat country, and what the far left likes to call "Redneck."
But there's more to that than the Bud Light sales decline. There's perception. The overwhelming vast majority of the public does NOT actually want corporations to be political. I know that Millennials (mostly urban Millennials), want corporations to take a greater stance on cultural and political issues (which is why we are in the predicament that we are), but the vast majority of society does not. Something like almost 90% of people just want companies to make good products, and not be political. So... this becomes a problem for people of all political persuasions. No one wants to buy a case of Bud Light and show up to a party, and then have to explain whether or not they support something (or don't support something). People simple do not want that... and that's been a huge issue for Bud Light, one which will not too soon be forgotten.
claud kirk red govnator in 68 in fla
the cubans were fascists both in cuba under batista and once here mad bombers who were fascists
when they threaten legal action for refusing to celibrate. 
