{"id":1964756,"date":"2023-07-05T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-sales-plummeted-ahead-of-july-4-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T20:09:29","slug":"bud-light-sales-plummeted-ahead-of-july-4-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-sales-plummeted-ahead-of-july-4-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Bud Light sales dropped before July 4th."},"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\">14<\/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-sales-plummeted-ahead-of-july-4-weekend%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=1964756&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>\n<h2>Bud Light Sales Plummet Amidst Conservative Boycott<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sales of Bud Light have taken a significant hit in the week leading up to July 4, indicating that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-reverse-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"There is No Such Thing as Reverse Cancel Culture\">conservative boycott<\/a> against the brand&#8217;s partnership with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-runs-explosive-segment-featuring-young-transgender-individuals-who-decided-to-reverse-course\/\" title=\"60 Minutes Runs Explosive Segment Featuring Young Transgender Individuals Who Decided To Reverse Course\">transgender influencer<\/a> is still going strong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the week ending on June 24, Bud Light sales were 27.9 percent lower compared to the same period last year, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12264303\/Bud-Light-sales-shrunk-28-week-holiday-weekend.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>. These troubling numbers come despite Bud Light&#8217;s efforts to entice customers with rebates for free beer ahead of the Independence Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Parent company Anheuser-Busch offered customers a $15 rebate when purchasing a 15-pack of Budweiser, Bud Light, Budweiser Select, or Budweiser Select 55, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bud-light-sales-plummeted-ahead-of-july-4-weekend\/\" title=\"Bud Light sales dropped before July 4th.\">effectively providing free beer<\/a> in areas where the pack costs $15. You can find more information about the rebate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budlight.com\/budlightonusrebate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to win back its alienated customers, Anheuser-Busch has also increased its advertising spending this summer, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-bud-light-tries-to-win-back-fratty-image-with-country-music-ad\/\">Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Partnership with Transgender Influencer Sparks Controversy<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The brand&#8217;s troubles began in April when its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney was revealed to the public. Mulvaney, on April 1, shared on social media a Bud Light can featuring their face and even posted a video of themselves enjoying Bud Light in a bathtub.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since then, Bud Light has lost its position as America&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merchandiser-sounds-alarm-about-whats-really-happening-after-bud-lights-woke-move-they-dont-know-their-clientele\/\" title=\"Merchandiser Sounds Alarm About What\u2019s Really Happening After Bud Light\u2019s Woke Move: \u201cThey Don\u2019t Know Their Clientele\u201d\">top-selling beer<\/a>. According to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, it was the second-best-selling beer in the four weeks leading up to June 3, accounting for 7.3 percent of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dylan-mulvaney-slams-bud-light-for-not-giving-support-after-backlash\/\" title=\"Dylan Mulvaney criticizes Bud Light for lack of support post-backlash.\">retail-store beer purchases<\/a>. Modelo claimed the top spot with 8.4 percent of sales (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bud-light-modelo-best-selling-beer-6a4d6b27\">source<\/a>). As a result, Anheuser-Busch&#8217;s market cap has fallen by a staggering $20 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Mulvaney, the transgender influencer, recently criticized Bud Light for their lack of support following the backlash. In a video, they expressed disappointment, saying, &#8220;I was waiting for the brand to reach out to me, but they never did. I&#8217;ve been scared to leave my house&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuFQBdjRFFV\/?hl=en\">source<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>partnership with a transgender influencer continues to face backlash as Bud Light sales dropped by 27.9% in the week ending June 24 compared to the previous year. The conservative boycott against the brand remains strong, indicating that the controversy shows no signs of subsiding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1964757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1964756","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}