I’d be a little pissed off if I was an AB distributor…

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Yeah... Don Jr. saying what he thinks he needs to say.

What was that saying? Better to keep your mouth shut and being thought of a fool than to open your pie hole and remove all doubt.

This boycott will not be the demise of Anheuser-Busch, of course, and I don't give the first shit about this boycott affecting this corporation's ability to donate to the Republican party. Don, Jr would have done himself and the rest of us a favor by just keeping his mouth shut.

What's important is the public revolt against this silly shit and this clueless leftist VP with her "elevating" and "inclusivity" meaningless buzzword crap. The effect this uproar will have on potential campaigns in the future is significant, and the more that people bitch and the more that Bud Light's sales drop, the better it is for all the sane Americans.

Fuck the Republican party and, in this case, fuck Donald Trump, Jr. President Trump, have a talk with your boy, will ya?

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Originally posted by reloader-1:

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Apparently just crossed $7B. That is darn impressive right there. It must be some sort of a record for the amount lost in the shortest time due to a failed marketing scheme.

If her goal was to put a bullet in the head of a failing brand, she succeeded.

$7bn what? The stock price has almost completely recovered, it’s “down” 1.5% from the March 31 high but actually up over 8% over the past month.

AB InBev has a market cap of $112bn+, so even a minor percentage swing is “billions”.

As of Friday's close it's down 3.8%. I don't know where you're getting 1.5%. Regardless, the stock price is irrelevant. Blackrock and all the other asset managers who choose the investments for the average American's retirement account can prop up InBev's price along with all the other "woke" companies and artificially inflate them despite their revenues and fundamentals taking a hit... until it crashes that is. The whole market is a house of cards propped up by bullshit valuations and hype. Americans need to start taking control of their own investments and stop leaving it to funds managed by a bunch of ideological, liberal fat cats who think they're actually worth the 8 figure salaries/bonuses they give themselves.

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Originally posted by Hildur:
As of Friday's close it's down 3.8%. I don't know where you're getting 1.5%. Regardless, the stock price is irrelevant. Blackrock and all the other asset managers who choose the investments for the average American's retirement account can prop up InBev's price along with all the other "woke" companies and artificially inflate them despite their revenues and fundamentals taking a hit... until it crashes that is. The whole market is a house of cards propped up by bullshit valuations and hype. Americans need to start taking control of their own investments and stop leaving it to funds managed by a bunch of ideological, liberal fat cats who think they're actually worth the 8 figure salaries/bonuses they give themselves.

I’m in agreement with you.

My calculation was close 3/30 to after hours 4/14, it’s since shifted a bit. My only point was that we shouldn’t be trumpeting stock prices or market valuations as some “win” against AbInbev. Our win comes from awareness, outrage, and hopefully impact to the market share of Bud Light.

When we use hyper emotional numbers that have no bearing on reality, we resemble the left more than anything. The facts are on our side; use those instead.

Anheuser Busch can't wrap themselves up in the flag for forgiveness. It is no longer an American company. The Busch family sold out to foreigners, took the money, and had a reality TV show on MTV!

My sister and BIL went to the St. Louis Cardinals game the other day. And for those of you who don’t know, up until InBev bought AB, St. Louis was the world HQ for AB.

Hence the Clydesdales and beer wagon circling the field on opening day while the AB song played. The fans would clap and generally get very excited for the “show”.

At the game they attended they played the song while playing a video of the Clydesdales. Then it happened…nothing…no fan reaction at all. No clapping no nothing.

Ordinarily the cameramen show videos of excited fans who are enjoying the spectacle as well as the fact they’re on the big screen. When they panned around during the AB theme song they couldn’t find anyone expressing joy/excitement.

My sister and brother-in-law told me it was surreal.

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My sister and brother-in-law told me it was surreal.

Wow. I wonder what beer sales were like.
Do they even sell non-AB products in the stadium?

ETA: Yes, they do:

But in recent years, you may have noticed a gradual uptick in gameday options beyond the boring old Bud. Even in Busch Stadium (named after the family once MLB nixed Budweiser Stadium; Busch beer, an allegedly Bavarian-style lager came later), fans can easily find a 4Hands City Wide Pils, a Schlafly White Lager kellerbier or Urban Chestnut’s Musial-commemorating #6 Classic American Lager along the concourse. That’s because independent breweries in St. Louis, like those across the country, are finally trying their hands at brewing lagers.

https://www.riverfronttimes.co...randpas-bud-39768799

We got 'em on the run. They're waving the flag at us.

Assholes

Budweiser releases new pro-America ad with iconic mascot in wake of Anheuser-Busch Mulvaney controversy


How about some UltraRight beer instead?

https://twitter.com/sethweathe.../1647238470841122819

The Bud Lights are fagalicious! -said no one ever.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
We got 'em on the run. They're waving the flag at us.

Assholes

Budweiser releases new pro-America ad with iconic mascot in wake of Anheuser-Busch Mulvaney controversy

Predictably pathetic

Sorry but Bud Light is now known as "Tranny Fluid".

yes the new Bud ad w the horse comes across as totally phony.

It is actually quite insulting.

The "powers that be" seem to not be very sure of just how to handle this shit pile!!! NEVER admit that you just fucked up.

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Originally posted by sdy:
yes the new Bud ad w the horse comes across as totally phony.

It is actually quite insulting.

No matter how good an ad they put out, most will still consider it a pathetic attempt at pandering.

AB's CEO trying to deflect blame away from Alissa Heiner-scheiße by trying to pass it off as a rogue act by some low level staffer has basically doomed that entire department.

At this point, nothing short of a very public dismissal of that woke VP and an Elon Musk-like purging of their marketing department will appease the angry masses.

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
We got 'em on the run. They're waving the flag at us.

Assholes

Budweiser releases new pro-America ad with iconic mascot in wake of Anheuser-Busch Mulvaney controversy

Predictably pathetic

I couldn't even finish it. Fuck them.

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
I just saw that Modello is an InBev/Anheiser-Busch product.

I had been drinking that lately.
No more.

Back to Yuengling and Sam Adams.

Glad to hear that. In my stores Yuengling comes only in bottles. Too heavy, so I prefer cans. I’ve been buying Sapporo, which is good, but lacks character. I’m going to try Sam Adams again.

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Originally posted by Rawny:
At this point, nothing short of a very public dismissal of that woke VP and an Elon Musk-like purging of their marketing department will appease the angry masses.

At this point they're just plain screwed. Let's say they do reverse course. Even if that worked, which is by no means guaranteed, they'd then raise the ire of the very vocal Wokenistas and their supporters. Sure, they weren't Bud Light, or likely Bud-anything, customers, but, man, can they ever be noisy.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by Rawny:
At this point, nothing short of a very public dismissal of that woke VP and an Elon Musk-like purging of their marketing department will appease the angry masses.

At this point they're just plain screwed. Let's say they do reverse course. Even if that worked, which is by no means guaranteed, they'd then raise the ire of the very vocal Wokenistas and their supporters. Sure, they weren't Bud Light, or likely Bud-anything, customers, but, man, can they ever be noisy.

There's a way to avoid that trap. Sell products, do non-controversial marketing campaigns, and when asked about the hot button topics say "we don't weigh in on politics, we sell beer."

Pretty simple if you ask me but I'm just done dumb blue collar worker. What do I know about marketing inexpensive beer to people who rather not think about their beer's politics?