Tag: Bud Light

Loyal Bud Light Drinkers Switch Brews Over Transgender Controversy

CORNVILLE, Ariz.—Whatever alcoholic beverage Scott Bradshaw was nursing in a tall glass while seated at the Old Corral Bar in Cornville, Arizona, it wasn’t Bud Light. “Bud Light” is not on Bradshaw’s list of favorite lower-calorie brews these days—not after Anheuser-Busch InBev Brewery mixed business and “woke” politics in promoting a transgender brand ambassador. The…


Anheuser-Busch CEO Breaks Silence After Bud Light-Dylan Mulvaney Controversy

Anheuser-Busch’s chief executive on Friday issued a statement amid Bud Light’s controversy over its sponsorship deal with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. It was the first public statement issued by the top executive since controversy started brewing over the campaign, announced by Mulvaney earlier this month. Mulvaney’s likeness was placed on cans of Bud Light as…


Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney Problem Have Have Long-Lasting Effects, Experts Say

Amid the continued controversy and reported boycott of Bud Light due to its using transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in an ad campaign, experts said that while parent company Anheuser-Busch won’t be crippled, its reputation will be tarnished. “I simply don’t understand why they hired the person who was doing the marketing,” Oxygen Financial CEO Ted Jenkin…


Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney Issue May Have Long-Lasting Effects, Experts Say

Amid the continued controversy and reported boycott of Bud Light due to its using transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in an ad campaign, experts said that while parent company Anheuser-Busch won’t be crippled, its reputation will be tarnished. “I simply don’t understand why they hired the person who was doing the marketing,” Oxygen Financial CEO Ted Jenkin…


Anheuser-Busch Lost Over $6 Billion in Market Value After Transgender Controversy

Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, has lost more than $6 billion in market value after controversially hiring transgender social media personality Dylan Mulvaney to promote its beverage. Shares of the beer company have crashed by almost 5 percent since the start of April, after a nationwide backlash among its customer base, which normally…


Bud Light Boycott Over Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney Ad Campaign ‘Has Legs’

The boycott of Bud Light following an ad campaign featuring transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney appears to be having an impact, industry analysts say. “This boycott seems to have more legs than most,” Justin Kendall, editor of beer industry trade publication Brewbound, told the New York Post on Tuesday. “It started out as a conversation on social…


Bud Light Boycott Over Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney Ad Campaign Has ‘Legs,’ Analyst Says

The boycott of Bud Light following an ad campaign featuring transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney appears to be having an impact, industry analysts say. “This boycott seems to have more legs than most,” Justin Kendall, editor of beer industry trade publication Brewbound, told the New York Post on Tuesday. “It started out as a conversation on social…


Customers Stop Ordering Bud Light, Says Country Singer and Bar Owner

The public backlash against Bud Light is growing after the company featured transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in a promotional campaign, according to country music singer John Rich. “The customers decide. Customers are king,” Rich, who founded the Redneck Riviera bar and restaurant in Nashville, said Monday during the show of Fox host Tucker Carlson. “I…