'Nobody imagined it would go on this long': Bud Light sales continue to plummet over Mulvaney backlash

NBC ^ | 5/23/2023 | Rob Wile

[Right Wing Vegan]

"Nobody imagined it would go on this long," Schuhmacher said. He continued: "It seems random — it struck a nerve. I've never seen anything to compare it to, in all of the [consumer packaged goods] industry. It’s a real shock."

[crusty old prospector]

Embrace the suck.

[MortMan]

Even the ants get aggravated enough to challenge the grasshoppers occasionally.

[airborne]

The straw that broke the conservative camel’s back!

[for-q-clinton]

It wasn’t hard for people to find other beers they like more than AB beers.

[teeman8r]

i always ask if they have bud light on tap, and then order my yuengling... hehehe

[lurk]

It will take a dozen brands going extinct for corporations to start listening.

[Salvavida]

We’re not done yet. Not even close.

Wait until the parallel economy takes root.

[Sirius Lee]

[taxcontrol]

That is what happens when a former American beer company, sells out to a bunch of Euros and the company looses touch with it’s core supporters.

Beer is a commodity and loyalty only lasts as long as you align with your customers.

[dfwgator]

There are no American companies anymore.

[JudyinCanada]

They’re talking like there’s an end in sight.....weird. Once you spit on customers, what the heck makes you think they’ll come back?

[CatOwner]

Despite explaining why people have turned away from Bud Light, there is still a lot of pompom waiving in that article for the trans movement.

[CatOwner]

*waving

[Secret Agent Man]

And the female VP of marketing whose idea this was, is STILL not fired. Lost billions and severely damaged the brand and shes still there.

[sjmjax]

I just hope that the pressure continues. People have frequently demonstrated short memories in regards to boycotts.

[jeffersondem]

I don't drink but I was with several couples that do in a restaurant over the weekend. The waitress ask what beer they wanted and that started a conversation about Bud. The waitress laughed good naturedly at their anti-Bud comments.

She had several more data points to report to management.

Fair disclosure: they were conservative; liberals probably think and drink differently.

[Larry Lucido]

I drove my car into a wall. I had no idea it would stay crunched so long.

[proust]

“Nobody imagined it would go on this long,”

Another in a long list of out of touch statements by AB.

[lee martell]

” Waiving vs Waving”.
Both spellings apply in this article, so you had it correct both times.