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WookieMan says

False. Played volleyball in rural redneck country last night.

Exact opposite of what I'm seeing. Stacked a mile high in stores, nobody buying it, the only person I saw drinking Bud Light is because a neighbor gave him the last of a old case when he went back north to Minnesota and he laughed about it.

They're not giving away $20 rebates across the country because it's selling. Distributors are desperate to get rid of their inventory, as ImBev is for them to clear it out and order more.

The sales numbers are down 30% in the Southeast, that's massive.

Oh, and the Patel who owns the 7-11 is the only one who doesn't laugh when Tranny Fluid jokes are made. Probably because his display is a mile high and there's more in the walk in fridge.

It's working.

Keep attacking.

Take power from the Magisterum and make them bow down.

Old Bud Light ad:
https://youtu.be/1TaA_sfZ66Y

Another old Bud Light ad:
https://youtu.be/hSH7iFdvkBM

Yet still another old Bud Light ad:
https://youtu.be/Bo_K_JBZmXI

Bud Light deniers about to be the latest causality of the propaganda wars. Joining Never-Russia'ers, Tiffany Live'ers, and scamdemic apologists.

Another old Bud Light commercial:
https://youtu.be/b994hRcizU4

NuttBoxer says

Bud Light deniers about to be the latest causality of the propaganda wars.

Is a Bud Light Denier one who:
Denies Bud Light is dead
or
Denies Bud Light will survive

Denies Bud Light is in trouble.

Bud light is in trouble, Ukraine is in trouble, Tiff is alive and well, and the scamdemic was the greatest victory for the globalists in the past 20 years.

AmericanKulak says

The sales numbers are down 30% in the Southeast, that's massive.

As I've said I didn't and don't drink it unless out of desperation. I'm in a different market. I'm not seeing stacks of Bud in grocery stores. People are buying it at the bars I frequent 1-2 days a week for activities like volleyball. It's a midwest beer originally. Maybe that has something to do with it. I'm talking business which most of you here are contractors or W-2 employees and know nothing about business or running one.

No one can say shit until Q2 comes out. I'll keep saying it. Bud can fail. I give zero shits. It's a legacy brand that ain't going anywhere. This is business 101. They made a fucking massive mistake. But you will see draft Bud Light at every bar forever. The other brands are taking advantage of the slip up and making up stats. They don't report until July or August. This happened after Q1 ended. Everything is lies and manipulation right now. This is why people fail at stock picks.

Did you see who is over the QR code?

When you ain't movin' no beer
And distributor desperation takes hold
Cancel, Cancelation will tear your company apart, again...

"We're being called 'Gay Beer' salesmen"

More distributors whinge about their vendors being harassed and that people should suck up the Tranny Fluid and LGBTQCIA123+ propaganda because of Jobs are at stake. You know everything in life is secondary to the abstract economy, right?

https://youtu.be/GEpLZ0A5kQU?t=120

They won't lose that big. People switch to other beers; distributors can as well.

It's not a boycott, this is a permanent REJECTION of Bud. All the Clydesdale Horses with US Flags in the background and some glittering generalities about values ain't gonna undo the damage.

AmericanKulak says

It's not a boycott, this is a permanent REJECTION of Bud.

Yes, InBev would have to sell the Budweiser line to an American company for Bud to stay in business. Although if they did that, then people would buy Bud and still boycott the InBev line.

AmericanKulak says

It's not a boycott, this is a permanent REJECTION of Bud.

I say this is bigger. It's not a rejection of Bud Light as a beer, it's nullification of sexually deviant values by the American people. I was just listening to an interview with a Tennessee senator where they talked about how the federal government was brought to their knees, and the War on Us largely rendered impotent by a bunch of pot heads. Think about it. Cannabis is practically legal today because of fucking stoners, people who sit around and "get the munchies" defeated one of the most powerful entities in this country. And they never fired a fucking shot. All they did was refuse to comply.

Is it sinking in yet? The people are vastly, vastly more powerful than central banks or standing armies. All we have to do is say no.

Ate at a restaurant in Yuma over the weekend. Bud Light and Budweiser were the cheapest beers on a menu full of macro-brews. Did hear a guy behind us order one out loud.

NuttBoxer says

Ate at a restaurant in Yuma over the weekend. Bud Light and Budweiser were the cheapest beers on a menu full of macro-brews. Did hear a guy behind us order one out loud.

People will still buy it. I think there's a lot of hyperbole around it. Fact is they know their numbers. They can scale back production and lose less. It was a dumb ass decision for sure, but this Doomsday outlook is not realistic. If you want a beer and you're on a boat and the only beer is Bud Light, are you going to say no if you didn't pay for it?

I'd venture to guess half of all alcohol sales are sales people taking customers out or at parties or sporting events. Tailgating at a Brewers v Cubs game in Milwaukee this summer. There will be Bud Light. Hosting a fish fry for my wife's company where I do the grilling. There will be Bud Light. You think the marketing chick at a corporate event that's purchasing the booze has any clue? I always bring my own cooler to any of my wife's events.

We'll see that summer has started. I could be proven wrong. They have a drop, but I don't think it will be as dramatic as people that don't know their numbers are predicting. The major news networks would be out of business if it worked that way. Bud Light is here to stay. I don't like it, but in a pinch, whatever.

After 2024 Covid will be a relic of the past. No one will even remember it and we shut down for 2 years. A tranny on a beer can is 6 months of shit sales. They're a legacy beer brand. Alcoholics that like cheap beer will keep drinking it. Just like people keep smoking cigarettes. Hell they don't even have advertising and people keep buying them.

NuttBoxer says

Ate at a restaurant in Yuma over the weekend. Bud Light and Budweiser were the cheapest beers on a menu full of macro-brews. Did hear a guy behind us order one out loud.

You should have referred to it as gay beer loud enough for him to hear you.

I've been putting off this report.

Memorial day, my adult daughter and he boyfriend, used to bring Bud Light to family functions. On Memorial day they brought Lite Beer, though I had to inform them Miller is also owned by InBev but it was a start.
I keep asking servers in restaurants, and stock boys near the beer cooler in grocery stores if anyone is buying Bud Light. I never get a "Yes they still buy it." They always seem nervous that I asked, and they might get in trouble if they answer honestly.
Finally Cafe 27 out in the Everglades, a weekend music hotspot. I discovered it this year with my buddy. .We go there sometimes on Thursday night, Saturday or Sundays. They have buckets with Bud Light branding on it, and had ads featuring Bud Light buckets, when I used to look around, it appeared that Bud Light was the beer of choice. Most everyone of the 400 + patrons all had a Bud light in their hand or on the bar or table in front of them. This past Sunday I could not see a nary Bud Light in the whole place. There is zero Bud Light promotional material anywhere. But strange, as I took inventory what the few hundred were drinking. I could not pick out a concise clear winner. It seems people drink all sorts of beer. It seemed like an equal distribution of every beer they offered(Other than Budweiser products) with no clear winner prevailing as the preferred among everyone.
I did not see any Budweiser light or regular.

My shallow Hal interloper buddy finally registered what's going on. He likes to drink Bud Light Premium that blue bottle swill that taste like bum armpit sweat. He wouldn't give it up no matter what I told him. He likes giving me mental wedgies when we discuss politics by going Left to anything I say. Just to get a rise out of me. But after seeing all of the folks at Cafe 27 not drinking Bud Light and being the follower that he is. He now denounces Bud Light because he doesn't want to seem unhip or not cool. What a putz!

zzyzzx says

You should have referred to it as gay beer loud enough for him to hear you.

We talked about the price a bit, although I think in Spanish. Two fat guys, would have felt mean saying anything.

Tenpoundbass says

Memorial day, my adult daughter and he boyfriend, used to bring Bud Light to family functions. On Memorial day they brought Lite Beer, though I had to inform them Miller is also owned by InBev but it was a start.

Yuengling has a brewery near Tampa. You should be able to get it.
https://www.yuengling.com/tampa/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/report-bud-light-risks-losing-retail-shelf-space/

REPORT: Bud Light Risks Losing Retail Shelf Space if They’re Unable to Reverse Plunging Sales

Well they stores probably do need to stock more Yuenging and Sam Adams.... And maybe some of this stuff:

Tenpoundbass says

I had to inform them Miller is also owned by InBev

You may want to check that. Isn't Miller owed by Molsen-Coors?

Yes, i think Miller is owned by Molsen-Coors.

I don't see Miller on this memes, not that that's any kind of proof, but it looks like a good reference to bookmark:

Patrick says

Yes, i think Miller is owned by Molsen-Coors.

I don't see Miller on this memes, not that that's any kind of proof, but it looks like a good reference to bookmark:

I want to simplify this for everybody.

Have you ever seen or heard an advertisement for the product?

Don't buy it.

There, problem solved!

You are paying for the advertisement itself, and this makes the product worse, because instead of paying money to make the product better, they are paying money to get you to buy the product.

And I'm totally serious. I'm in Silly Con Valley Commiefornia, there's a TacoBell here, it blows my mind they exist. There's SO MANY burrito holes here, and they vary in quality, but none of them are worse than TacoBell, and nearly all of them are less expensive. Some are more expensive, and they're great generally. They don't keep in business by producing an inferior product of heavily advertised corporations.

I'm drinking Numb&Number beer right now:



Who the fuck has heard of this? Fall River Brewing. Ever heard of them? No? Well that's fine, probably you can't get it, and if you could, you could find a perfectly fine substitute or even better for the same price. They are certainly more expensive than "Bud Light", but the alcohol content is twice Bud Light and I actually enjoy drinking this.

And yes, I know the name and the image is a gimmick. I still enjoy it, and I've never seen an advertisement and yet people purchase it. I guess the "hook" is the stupid advertisement on the can, but I do enjoy it.

What I find funny is that they are appealing to the Millennials that saw the film "Dumb and Dumber", and are NARROWLY escaping a lawsuit. What else could that be a reference to? I've never seen the film BTW.

Tenpoundbass says

My shallow Hal interloper buddy finally registered what's going on. He likes to drink Bud Light Premium that blue bottle swill that taste like bum armpit sweat. He wouldn't give it up no matter what I told him. He likes giving me mental wedgies when we discuss politics by going Left to anything I say. Just to get a rise out of me. But after seeing all of the folks at Cafe 27 not drinking Bud Light and being the follower that he is. He now denounces Bud Light because he doesn't want to seem unhip or not cool. What a putz!

It's fucking glorious.

There's always going to be people like Shallow Hal up in TPB's post who keep at it until it's untenable.

I had a thought today about Tradcucks and Leftcucks being the same: They both want you to shut up and sacrifice. The latter to support those in 'need' with all your ability. The former to support those who 'need' chotskies that keep the Traduck underwriters (Marketing First Preachers, Housewares Salesmen, Cheesecake Factory Chain owners, Jewelry Franchises) in business to the best of your ability.

Tenpoundbass says

My shallow Hal interloper buddy finally registered what's going on. He likes to drink Bud Light Premium that blue bottle swill that taste like bum armpit sweat. He wouldn't give it up no matter what I told him. He likes giving me mental wedgies when we discuss politics by going Left to anything I say. Just to get a rise out of me.

I have to honestly consider if these people are actually human at this point.

If it's impossible to talk to them honestly, if they cannot be honest in a conversation, what exactly are you talking with?

I don't mind disagreement, but when I am talking to a thing I'm talking to which just eternally fucks with me? When they never reflect their actual thinking? I've run into people like that, and it's poison. It's really not human. It's a facade of something mimicking a human being.

I don't know, perhaps they have high levels of mental discord. I don't have any at this age. They are either insane or insincere.

richwicks says

Have you ever seen or heard an advertisement for the product?

This is true. Micro Brewery's don't advertise, ever.

NuttBoxer says

This is true. Micro Brewery's don't advertise, ever.

True to an extent. They do get their drafts into dive bars and other places. The draft handles are a form of marketing. It's more subtle. No they're not doing TV ads or or being the "preferred brand" at a sports stadium or something.

Was out there last fall. A micro brewery has an amphitheater in Missoula, MT. The Elm in Bozeman, MT. Kettlehouse. Average beer at best. Cool venues for a show. But that's how the smaller ones advertise now. They make it a bigger business besides beer. Two Brother nearish me, have food, beer and music. It is not so much about the actual beer, although it has to be drinkable.

NuttBoxer says

richwicks says

Have you ever seen or heard an advertisement for the product?

This is true. Micro Brewery's don't advertise, ever.

I'm pointing out that the more a product is advertised, the worse the product is in terms of cost/quality - and there is NO exceptions to this, ever.

You want to buy the world's worst hamburger? McDonald's, Burger King, Wendys is where you'll get one. The worst taco? Taco Bell.

They will take Bud Light and repackage it to Busch Lite...
It would not surprize me that is what they are doing..
We are seeing this product in Stores in Southern Illinois.... BIG Displays as soon as you walk into the store.
You want to screw them big time, then boycott all their brands
https://www.anheuser-busch.com/brands

That what I did and a lot of others its not bud light it's inbev/Bud every product they touch.

Patrick says

Yes, i think Miller is owned by Molsen-Coors.

Nope, Miller which is part of SABMiller was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. MGD and Miller Lite are Molsen-Coors:
https://miramw.org/uncategorized/is-molson-coors-the-real-winner-in-the-budweiser-miller-merger/
And because you'll need context to understand this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABMiller

That picture doesn't have any of the SABMiller beers.

So just looked at the websites for both mega companies, and it doesn't line up. Further, my parents live in Denver, and they told me Coors is delivered in trucks with the Budweiser logo, and they also know a service tech for Coors who said he's employed by Budweiser.

And if you look up SABMiller, you get all kinds of beer listed depending on which site you go to. And personally, not sure I'd trust the InBev site to list all their beers right now. Their list seemed pretty sparse for the largest distributor in the world.

If you read the merger article I posted above though, you'll not macro-brewery's have seen declining sales for years now. Obviously nothing like the Bud Light backlash, but they've been on their way out for a while.

If you really don't want to support Bud Light's company, the only sure thing I can tell you is don't drink macro-brews. Drink local, non-shitty beer. Or put on your tutu, stand in your front yard, and own it ;)

Or drink Yuengling.
Coors is not AB. It's owned by Molson Coors. The local distributor would be a separate company that happens to distribute both. Either that, or because there is an excess of AB trucks and a shortage of Coors trucks they are contracting out the delivery.

seesaw says

They will take Bud Light and repackage it to Busch Lite...

How does that work? Repackage?

Fact is InBev owns the brands but they're still independent with some oversight. It's like having individual real estate agents in a brokerage. Each brand gets to decide their marketing. Bud massively fucked up and their marketing department. That chick isn't in charge of marketing for Busch.

Busch Lite or heavy Busch as I call it has probably some of the most manly/American themed advertising. You can't find Busch Light everywhere either. Bud, Miller and Coors ARE the national brands. Coors is awful if you're picking the lessor of 3 choices. Amstel Light is a beer that I'm surprised never got into the major league of light beer.

Boycott Bud Light all day, but there are decent beers under the InBev umbrella company that aren't woke. I've never had Red Hook from that graphic, but that gets confused with Red Stripe. So people will boycott a beer on accident that isn't under InBev with regards to Red Stripe, not Hook. Don't drink Bud. That's their market leader. Punish that. Why punish people that had nothing to do with it? All those employees? The marketing execs that didn't fuck up?

I'm all for bus tossing woke shit, but say this is Ted, the most productive Remax agent fucking up. Boycott Ted. No issue there. But did Jack fuck up? No. They have completely different staffs and brands. Fact is I don't want $8-10 craft beers at the bar. I'm frugal... well mostly. This just raises the cost of beer for everyone. The other brands will raise prices, not inflation related either.

WookieMan says

Boycott Bud Light all day, but there are decent beers under the InBev umbrella company that aren't woke. I've never had Red Hook from that graphic, but that gets confused with Red Stripe. So people will boycott a beer on accident that isn't under InBev with regards to Red Stripe, not Hook. Don't drink Bud. That's their market leader. Punish that. Why punish people that had nothing to do with it? All those employees? The marketing execs that didn't fuck up?

Why?

Because it's how the CoC Suckers get away with it.

"Don't punish Disney, sure they push Groomers, and have H1Bs doing all the Tech Stuff, but there are still a few Americans still employed there..."

When the CoC Suckers get you not to boycott, they continue doing what they do and investors are happy.

But if they can't talk you out of it, it'll go from Muh American Jobs (that they don't care about except when pressured to do something they don't want to do) to 401ks being hurty.

Investors must be made to feel the pain, even if there is collateral damage - only financial agony will get them to desist. We must slap back.

and if Yuengling dramatically increases sales from ImBev's hardship, most of the guys driving Distributor Trucks with Bud, will not even leave their current employer - they'll just deliver in trucks with more Yuengling than Bud in the back instead. And 401ks will recover. Long Term HODLRs won't even notice.

Adam Smith talked of enlightened self-interest: Self-interest always remembering the moral, religious, personal honor, and or QoL issues at the same time. Naked self-interest is Somalia. Without social pushback, Disney and ImBev will not change.

Bud Light is over; the brand is maimed. Only a long term recovery with prosthetics will get Bud Light back to where it was, and ImBev won't do the grovelling apology and stance switch necessary. A few ads with Clydesdales with a flag in the background and some glittering generalities won't make up for sponsoring All-Ages Drag Queen shows and pushing a Gay Man Crossdressing.