Anheuser-Busch loses more than $5 billion in value amid Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light controversy

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  1. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

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    So are you in your burning desire to constantly go after posters....
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Ironic.

    I discuss points, if posters introduce themselves as a topic, try to deflect from the aforementioned points, or respond with moronic responses then they open themselves up.

    Posters that can maintain a fact based discussion don’t have this issue.
     
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    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It'll get worse when Tootsie Mulvaney goes under the knife and get his pecker removed. Everyone will want to know, "And how's your bush?".
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I bet they are going to devastated that their marketing campaign was so effective.

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  5. Polydectes

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    I would accept that there's right wing cancel culture.

    Left wind cancel culture is about promoting toxic fragility. You're not supposed to tell someone they're fat even when they weigh 460 lb. That's toxic fragility. You're not supposed to tell little boys their little boys and they're not little girls and they never can be because that's promoting for agility and brokenness.

    See these people want everyone else just as miserable as they are.

    When you come to right-wing cancel culture, it's about canceling toxic fragility. No don't infect my kids with a social contagion of transness. No my kids aren't going to watch some dude in a thong shake his rump in their face. I'm going to tell my wife or my partner that it's probably time to do something about the weight they are gaining.

    Right wing cancel culture is about canceling brokenness. And the people that want everyone is broken and as miserable as they are see happy people and despise them because they can't have that or they could if they just let go of their toxic fragility.

    So if someone ever mentions right wing cancel culture be proud of it because it's canceling brokenness.
     
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    Last I saw their marketing campaign was halted and the CEO sorta apologized. The know a F up when they see one.
     
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    Polydectes Well-Known Member

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    They're trying to get out in front of it leading up to the NBA playoffs. A lot of people go to bars and sports clubs to watch and the nature of men is we tease one another.

    So you see a fellow drinking a Bud, you ask him "hey when are you getting the bottom surgery". He doesn't understand and all the guys that laughed show him all about Dylan mulvaney and it spreads and Bud light sees it getting worse.
     
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    Bud is going to be the butt of jokes for quite some time.,
     
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    The memes are plentiful and hilarious.
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    Far from making its product inclusive it instead made it exclusive. I'm not a businessman but I recall Virginia Slims that was marketed for women. How are they doing?
     
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    Meme them until they cry..... Then make memes about them crying. Lol
     
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    I'm a survivor of the first meme war.
     
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    You may see a change, or, to other main big beer companies.

    NOW WE KNOW WHERE HE GOT HIS INEPTITUDE: Anheuser-Busch CEO Behind Failed Bud Light ‘Apology’ Is A Former CIA Spy Handler.

    'The Anheuser-Busch CEO whose bid to quell the backlash over Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney debacle came off as flat as a beer left out in the sun was a CIA spy handler before heading up the brewing behemoth.'

    'Brendan Whitworth formerly worked as an officer in the CIA’s counterterrorism center, where he recruited and handled intel informants before becoming a private-sector executive, according to The Official Board. Whitworth has been roundly blasted over his statement Friday in response to Bud Light’s controversial decision to partner with Mulvaney, a transgender activist and social media influencer.'

    I'm not impressed.

    'The statement contained no mea culpa and no mention of Mulvaney or the radical transgender ideology he espouses. Many beer drinkers have rejected Bud Light, once the nation’s most popular beer, with distributors complaining they can’t sell it and bartenders around the country saying no one orders it anymore.'
     
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    You agree with my point, which you'd normally find excellent, but I'm the one making it, so it's excrement?

    That's no different than a Bud Light drinker who normally loves the product but is afraid to get cooties if he drinks it now because Mulvaney's face is on a few cans.
     
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    Ooh, beHAVE!
     
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    No-- I can only imagine that you'd misunderstood my words, so I will put it more simply. Let's start with your quote:

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    I don't dislike her or Bud Light, but I would respect the company more if they would honor cops and nurses and home health providers on their cans of watery beer instead of self promoting trans nobodies. What exactly has Mr. Mullaney done to deserve to be honored?


    So, tell me if I had misunderstood your meaning, but I took that to mean that you believed that Budweiser was putting Mulvaney's picture on thousands upon thousands of cans; and your main point had seemed to me, to be that-- if they were going to honor anybody-- they should honor cops, nurses, and home health providers in favor of transsexuals. Is that not what you had intended to be your meaning?

    So I had replied that I would heartily agree with you, if that scenario that is painted, in your post-- of Budweiser putting anyone's picture, on their cans-- were true. But it is nothing but a false narrative, of the Right. So, I cannot agree, that Bud would do better to replace Mulvaney's face, with the faces of those others you mention,
    because they are not putting Mulvaney's picture on anyone's cans, except a few that were especially for Mulvaney. Had this been unclear, from my post?

    If not, your thinking that the difference I'd spoken of, in my reply-- rather than being attributable to your false information, about the cans-- had anything whatsoever to do with you, personally, is an utter mystery to me. I would be most curious for an explanation-- if that is, in fact, the way you see things-- so as to get a glimpse into the, no doubt, fascinating workings of your mind.



     
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    And it’s gained some back which appears to be the pattern. Expect it to make it back and keep going up over the next 15
     
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    For those who may want to know..... NOT an AB brand.
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    The Bud Light woke marketing VP has now deleted her LinkedIn, Instagram, and other social media accounts. I highly doubt she will be with the company much longer...
     
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    Interesting.
     
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    With respect to the current situation and the impact of Bud Light sales, it is too early to have a full view. The Bud Light volume decline in the U.S. over the first 3 weeks of April, as publicly reported, would represent around 1% of our overall global volumes for that period. With this perspective and in the context of our global business, we believe we have the experience, the resources and the partners to manage this. And our full year EBITDA growth outlook is unchanged.” -May 3, 2023 Earnings call with shareholders.


    Our business momentum continued this quarter and we are very pleased with our strong performance to start the year. We delivered revenue growth of 13.2%, with volumes up by 0.9%. Revenue per hectoliter increased by 12.4% driven by price actions across our markets, other revenue management initiatives and ongoing premiumization. We grew EBITDA by 13.6% with a margin expansion of 13 basis points despite continued commodity cost headwinds and while increasing sales and marketing investments in our brands.


    Since we are talking about the U.S., It was not made for production or sales to general public. It was one post, not a formal campaign or advertisement. Bud Light campaign is easy to drink, easy to enjoy.


    It’s don’t think the company is concerned at all.
     
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    They most likely would not have had this problem if they picked someone other than Mulvaney. They are quite frankly an arse and a poor representation of the trans community.
     
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    I see your survivorship and must go one further. As not only a survivor but a veteran of…

    Mosh girl memes. Yes, back to the beginning.
     
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    I seriously doubt it. The same people who are throwing their tantrums now would be throwing the same tantrum if this were a different trans woman.
     

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