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2023-08-11 -Land of the Free

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Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-11 09:59|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Went to the grocery store yesterday and there was NO Bud Light. Other Budweiser products were there but no Bud Light.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-08-11 12:12|| 2023-08-11 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Saw my first booze rep Youngling tagged van today.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-08-11 12:28|| 2023-08-11 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Somebody will buy Budweiser eventually as a distressed asset. I’m not sure that the brand can be fixed.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-11 13:07|| 2023-08-11 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The Belgians have discovered what the American term "Fuck around and find out" means...

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-08-11 15:26|| 2023-08-11 15:26|| Front Page Top

#5 This fiasco is home grown stupidity. Not to say that the idjits here didn't set out to please their eurine masters when they stepped in it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-11 15:30|| 2023-08-11 15:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Re #3, when buying a brand, it's market share and goodwill you are buying. Think Diehard or Craftsman. I don't see anything like that here.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-11 15:31|| 2023-08-11 15:31|| Front Page Top

#7 The Witcher Series of beer.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-08-11 16:17|| 2023-08-11 16:17|| Front Page Top

#8 ^6. In this case it would be buying the production facilities and/or distribution network. Eventually, they will lay off enough folks such that the overhead of the facilities will drive the sell off. It will be similar to what you have seen by GM over the last forty years. One GM plant makes a lot of Teslas currently. If Swabb gets his dream, the plants could be used to make our porridge.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-11 16:37|| 2023-08-11 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ That would not be buying the brand. I stand corrected.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-11 16:52|| 2023-08-11 16:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Went to a favorite pub yesterday. The wife pointed out they still have Bud Lite etched on some glasses.

We'll see how long they last.

Posted by AlanC 2023-08-11 17:32|| 2023-08-11 17:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Re #3, beware the 'pyrex' label on a glass cooking utensil. Pyrex™ is borosilicate glass and (*spit*) 'pyrex' is a trademark for marketing soda glass.

Posted by magpie 2023-08-11 17:42|| 2023-08-11 17:42|| Front Page Top

#12 Borosilicate....I love it, J.B., I love it!

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-08-11 19:42|| 2023-08-11 19:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Hapless local SoCal K&B just chopped its unpriced monolith next to the cattle chute down to a high- priced half-a-lith. Overnight. Same store hasn't restocked sucralose in several weeks. Folks going back to sugar?

Posted by Bertie Lover of the Veps3067 2023-08-11 23:55|| 2023-08-11 23:55|| Front Page Top

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