{"id":1970577,"date":"2023-07-12T10:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/costco-appears-to-have-handed-bud-light-a-painful-death-star\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:22:23","slug":"costco-appears-to-have-handed-bud-light-a-painful-death-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/costco-appears-to-have-handed-bud-light-a-painful-death-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco&#8217;s &#8216;Death Star&#8217; Deal Deals Blow to Bud Light"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcostco-appears-to-have-handed-bud-light-a-painful-death-star%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=1970577&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>Social Media Reports Indicate Trouble for Bud Light as Costco Labels it the &#8220;Death Star&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Social media reports indicate things could even get worse for the beer that is making boycotts famous.<\/p>\n<p>To the uninitiated, the little asterisk on the upper right-hand corner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-star-roasted-appearing-new-bud-light-commercial-looks-desperate-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bud Light<\/a> price tags at a few Costco stores \u2014 as seen in images now making the rounds of Twitter \u2014 is just a little speck of type.<\/p>\n<p>But in the universe of the members-only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-democrats-want-to-require-costco-to-sell-gas-to-everyone-not-just-members\/\" title=\"New Jersey Democrats Want to Require Costco to Sell Gas to Everyone, Not Just Members\">warehouse retail chain<\/a>, the asterisk is noted as the \u201cdeath star,\u201d because when it appears on a label, it means the store does not plan to restock the product once its supply is sold out, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/bud-light-costco-death-star-plummeting-sales-1812119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Images show the \u201cdeath star\u201d on different can sizes and packaging, which could mean only certain Bud Light sizes are fading away at certain stores.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even Costco is getting out of the game\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUHE0CnPzr\">pic.twitter.com\/cUHE0CnPzr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Henderson (@aztraveldude) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aztraveldude\/status\/1675963724451172352?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At Costco this morning, practically giving away Bud Light. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tsyymCZjT5\">pic.twitter.com\/tsyymCZjT5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 colleen  (@plineytheelder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plineytheelder\/status\/1675277796376207360?\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">COSTCO says\u2026 STAR OF DEATH for Bud Light * it will not be restocked.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hWYTXEckDA\">pic.twitter.com\/hWYTXEckDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SHARKINTHEWATER (@s_h_a_r_k_e_y) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_h_a_r_k_e_y\/status\/1678574095397707776?\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Western Journal reached out to Costco for comment but did not immediately receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>Marie Clark, editor of the shopping site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costcontessa.com\/\">CostContessa<\/a>, offered confirmation that the mark shown on the Bud Light price tag is indeed called the \u201cdeath star\u201d by Costco customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Costco price tags, if you see an asterisk in the upper right-hand corner, this indicates an item won\u2019t be restocked,\u201d Clark said in a September 2022 interview on the food-centered website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/costco-price-tag-tips-expert-23425352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheKitchn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe item might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minimum-wage-hike-led-to-higher-prices-at-mcdonalds-study-finds\/\" title=\"Minimum Wage Hike Led To Higher Prices At McDonald\u2019s, Study Finds\">full price<\/a> or it might be discounted \u2014 an asterisk alone doesn\u2019t tell you more than that. But if it\u2019s something you want and you were thinking, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll come back and get it next week instead,\u2019 you might want to think twice and purchase it now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek noted that according to figures from industry consultant Bump Williams Consulting, over the four weeks that ended July 1, Bud Light\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/costco-appears-to-have-handed-bud-light-a-painful-death-star\/\" title=\"Costco's 'Death Star' Deal Deals Blow to Bud Light\">revenue dropped 28 percent compared<\/a> with the same time a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Anheuser-Busch InBev beer showed a 31.2 percent drop in the volume sold.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2023\/07\/10\/bud-light-sales-lose-modelo-especial-second-consecutive-month\/70398376007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, Bud Light, which had been America\u2019s <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> until its dalliance with transgender influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-rogan-loose-dylan-mulvaney-amid-bud-light-fiasco-mentally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dylan Mulvaney<\/a>, has now fallen into second place for two months in a row \u2014 in spite of the fact that prices have been slashed across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican beer Modelo Especial was the top seller nationally in May and June.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should Costco remove Bud Light nationwide?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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beer holiday in terms of retail sales and an opportunity to move a lot of volume, and there has been no notable signs where the course has changed for Bud Light,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless something dynamic happens to bring the lapsed Bud Light customers back into the fold, I don\u2019t think we can expect anything to reverse the course\u201d of Bud Light\u2019s fall, Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/costco-appears-handed-bud-light-painful-death-star\/\">Costco Appears to Have Handed Bud Light a Painful &#8216;Death Star&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media suggests more trouble ahead for the boycotted beer. Images circulating on Twitter show Bud Light price tags at Costco stores with a small asterisk in the upper right-hand corner. 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