{"id":1934562,"date":"2023-05-20T04:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T08:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/getting-worse-and-worse-former-anheuser-busch-executive-predicts-bud-light-backlash-is-not-going-away\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T04:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T08:14:31","slug":"getting-worse-and-worse-former-anheuser-busch-executive-predicts-bud-light-backlash-is-not-going-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/getting-worse-and-worse-former-anheuser-busch-executive-predicts-bud-light-backlash-is-not-going-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Anheuser-Busch exec warns of ongoing Bud Light backlash."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgetting-worse-and-worse-former-anheuser-busch-executive-predicts-bud-light-backlash-is-not-going-away%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bud Light&#8217;s Troubles Continue After Controversial Partnership<\/h2>\n<p>A former executive for Anheuser-Busch, the company which owns Bud Light, predicts that the beer brand&#8217;s troubles will continue after a controversial partnership with self-described transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy and Declining Sales<\/h3>\n<p>Bud Light faced backlash from conservatives after partnering with Mulvaney, resulting in a nearly 24% decline in sales for the week ending on May 6 compared to the same period last year. Other Anheuser-Busch brands also suffered, but to a lesser extent.<\/p>\n<h3>Boycott Until Meaningful Apology<\/h3>\n<p>Anson Frericks, a former Anheuser-Busch executive, believes that the boycott against Bud Light will continue until the brand makes a meaningful apology for the misstep. He states that consumers feel like they&#8217;re having an impact and that sales numbers are getting worse every week.<\/p>\n<h3>Alienating Both Sides<\/h3>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch has downplayed the partnership and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/getting-worse-and-worse-former-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-lv-all-the-best-commercials\/\" title=\"Super Bowl LV: All The Best Commercials\">anheuser-busch<\/a>-executive-predicts-bud-light-backlash-is-not-going-away\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Ex-Anheuser-Busch exec warns of ongoing Bud Light backlash.&#8221;>solicited veteran lobbyists<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-parent-company-taps-lobbyists-to-win-back-conservatives-upset-over-dylan-mulvaney-partnership\/\" title=\"Bud Light Parent Company Taps Lobbyists To Win Back Conservatives Upset Over Dylan Mulvaney Partnership\">win back conservatives<\/a>. However, the company has also alienated leftists and owners of gay bars who threatened additional boycotts after the firm backed away from Mulvaney.<\/p>\n<h3>Easy to Switch Brands<\/h3>\n<p>Frericks notes that Bud Light&#8217;s messaging sets it apart, but it&#8217;s easy for consumers to switch to an alternative brew since it&#8217;s just water, barley, and hops. The brand was enjoyed by both Republicans and Democrats equally because it was remarkably unpolitical, making this situation a political one they should not have gotten themselves into.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the controversy resulted in a downgrade of Anheuser-Busch stock and headwinds for the company. However, some brands have seen improved sales in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-anheuser-busch-exec-predicts-bud-lights-troubles-will-continue-after-controversial-partnership\">Click here<\/a> to get the DailyWire+ app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Anheuser-Busch executive believes that Bud Light&#8217;s problems will persist after partnering with self-proclaimed transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. The beer brand faced backlash from conservatives for collaborating with Mulvaney, who identifies as a woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1934563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4265,18499,27193,5316,5339,4085,3633],"class_list":["post-1934562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-backlash","tag-bud","tag-ex-anheuser-busch","tag-exec","tag-light","tag-ongoing","tag-warns"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1934563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}