{"id":1963363,"date":"2023-07-03T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-controversy-causes-glass-bottle-plant-shut-down-leaving-more-than-600-unemployed\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:30:29","slug":"bud-light-controversy-causes-glass-bottle-plant-shut-down-leaving-more-than-600-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-controversy-causes-glass-bottle-plant-shut-down-leaving-more-than-600-unemployed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Light controversy shuts down glass bottle plant, leaving 600+ jobless."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbud-light-controversy-causes-glass-bottle-plant-shut-down-leaving-more-than-600-unemployed%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=1963363&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for GLAAD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah Herring<\/a><br \/>11:27 AM \u2013 Monday, July 3, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A glass bottling company will shut down two of its locations, causing more than 600 layoffs, due to the botched Bud Light campaign that featured transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ardagh Group, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-controversy-causes-glass-bottle-plant-shut-down-leaving-more-than-600-unemployed\/\" title=\"Bud Light controversy shuts down glass bottle plant, leaving 600+ jobless.\">global glass producer<\/a> that has a contract with Anheuser-Busch, announced that it will be closing its North Carolina and Louisiana plant locations in July, leaving around 645 employees jobless, according to WRAL.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bottling company did not reveal a specific reason for the shutdowns, but an investigation by WRAL reportedly revealed that the plants are struggling because of the tanking Bud Light sales amidst the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/dylan-mulvaneys-bud-light-march-madness-sponsorship-sparks-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">national boycott<\/a> due to the controversial partnership celebrating Dylan Mulvaney\u2019s \u201c365 days of Girlhood.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Numerous longtime employees at the plant, based in Wilson, North Carolina, said that most of their business came from making bottles for Budweiser and Bud Light. Employees who were laid off reported that a manager at the plant last Wednesday revealed to them that the boycott and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-fragility-author-robin-diangelos-new-book-flops-still-makes-new-york-times-best-seller-list\/\" title=\"\u2018White Fragility\u2019 Author Robin DiAngelo\u2019s New Book Flops, Still Makes New York Times\u2019 Best Seller List\">low sales<\/a> were forcing them to shut down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBecause of Budweiser no longer selling the bottles, they no longer needed our product,\u201d said David Williams, Machine Repair Mechanic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bud Light sales reportedly fell 24.3% during May after the nationwide boycott. Despite attempts to alleviate the backlash, such as discounting beers and offering rebates that make the drink \u201cbasically free to the consumers\u201d in some markets,\u00a0the brand has purportedly lost billions of dollars in market value.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Modelo Especial also passed Bud Light as the No. 1-selling beer brand on a dollar basis for the four-week and single-week period ending June 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mulvaney has since attacked the beverage company he worked with for prompting an influx of backlash, which the influencer described as \u201cmore transphobia than I could\u2019ve ever imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI was waiting for the brand to reach out to me, but they never did,\u201d Mulvaney said, claiming: \u201cI\u2019ve been scared to leave my house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse than not hiring a trans person at all,\u201d the influencer added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After SINGLE HANDEDLY costing Bud Light $20B\u2026..Dylan Mulvaney is now attacking Bud Light for not standing with him!?!<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/efvKKA0MvR\">pic.twitter.com\/efvKKA0MvR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrahamAllen_1\/status\/1674781298542653441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch released a statement in response saying that it is \u201ccommitted to the programs and partnerships\u201d they have created with the LGBTQ community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. 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This decision follows a failed Bud Light campaign featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. 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