[PJ] It’s the logo that Costco shoppers dread: when the "Death Star" appears next to their favorite item, indicating that the discount retail giant won’t restock once current inventory has sold out. Just this year, the Death Star has appeared on Filthy brand blue cheese olives, Kinder’s organic toasted onion dip mix, and Jonny Pops chocolate dipped strawberry pops.Now the Death Star has been spotted adorning the price signs for Bud Light, which was the most popular beer in America back in the olden days of [...checks notes...] a couple months ago.
If you think that’s a bad sign for Bud Light sales, you’re wrong. It’s much, much worse.
I first became aware of Bud Light’s Alderaan-like fate on Wednesday evening, when my friend and former RedState colleague Kira Davis tweeted that "they’re not even selling Bud Light at my local Costco anymore. Don’t know when it stopped but I’ve noticed it’s not in stock anymore." Kira was reporting from southern California, which, as I noted on Instapundit earlier today, "isn’t exactly overrun with conservatives."
Sure enough, sharp Costco buyers have been sharing photos on social media of the Death Star menacing Bud Light signs across the nation.
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