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Anheuser-Busch InBev laid off hundreds of workers at its U.S. offices after months of slumping sales at Bud Light. The world’s largest brewer, which also sells Stella Artois and Budweiser, on Wednesday said the cuts would affect less than 2% of its roughly 18,000 U.S. workforce. The layoffs won’t impact front-line workers such as brewery and warehouse staff, the company said. “While we never take these decisions lightly, we want to ensure that our organization continues to be set for future long-term success,” Anheuser-Busch Chief Executive Brendan Whitworth said in a written statement. “These corporate structure changes will enable our...

Transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who sparked a backlash against Bud Light due to a promotional campaign, is now seeking speaking engagements at colleges and universities. In an Instagram Story, Mulvaney shared a link for followers to request the influencer for public speaking events, focusing on topics such as LGBTQIA+ advocacy, social media, women’s empowerment, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Mulvaney’s agency, Creative Arts Agency (CAA), represents the influencer for speaking inquiries.

Ron DeSantis wants the state's pension fund to investigate Bud Light-makers AB InBev and possibly explore a lawsuit for putting social activism ahead of shareholders during its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney. The Florida Governor, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, sent a letter to the fund's interim director Lamar Taylor, where he said that 'all options are on the table after partnering with the transgender influencer caused Bud Light's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, a $27 billion loss. 'We must prudently manage the funds of Florida's hardworking law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, and first responders in a manner that focuses on growing returns,...

Dylan Mulvaney is back Stateside for a flashy film festival event in California after she traveled to Peru, claiming she didn’t feel safe in the US. The transgender influencer, 26, appeared in good spirits as she wore a daring dress at the celebrated LGBTQ+ festival Outfest at downtown Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre on Thursday. The model opted for a see-through dress for the star-studded premiere, pairing the look with bold eyeliner and a pair of black heels. She enjoyed several photo ops on the pink carpet, before posing for snaps with TikTok star Chris Olsen. Mulvaney attended the screening of...

Dog the Bounty Hunter delivered a string of homophobic comments during an interview Tuesday with online Christian ministry founder Sharell Barrera. Sitting alongside his wife Francie, who emphatically cheered him on, the reality star repeatedly targeted the LGBTQ+ community and said he’d give two black eyes to Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender woman swept up in the Bud Light controversy. “If I ever see him, I’m dropping him,” Dog said, in what appeared to be a purposeful misgendering of Mulvaney. “The pride comes before the fall,” Dog stated earlier in the conversation, referring to the recent Pride Month celebrations across the...

Anheuser-Busch’s botched promotion featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has led to the closure of two glass bottling plants operated by Ardagh Group, a global glass producer and contractor for the company. As Bud Light continues to face significant financial losses and declining sales, approximately 645 employees will be laid off as a result of the plant closures in North Carolina and Louisiana, according to WRAL. While the bottling company did not officially disclose the reason behind the closures, an investigation by WRAL revealed that the plants are shutting down due to plummeting Bud Light sales. Nationwide boycotts in response to...

Brendan Whitworth wants Bud Light boycotters to blame him for the fateful Dylan Mulvaney promotion and not punish the 65,000 people whose livelihoods depend on Anheuser-Busch. Speaking to CBS on Wednesday, the former U.S. Marine and CIA spy turned CEO of America’s largest beer brewer said the buck stopped with him when it came to the disastrous promotion with transgender influencer Mulvaney. “One thing that I’d love to make extremely clear is that impact is my responsibility. As the CEO, everything we do I’m accountable for,” he said in the interview, which he reposted to LinkedIn, but not before disabling...

Anheuser-Busch issued a response to Dylan Mulvaney after the transgender influencer alleged the beer giant never reached out during the backlash over their controversial partnership. In an Instagram post Thursday, Mulvaney, who identifies as female, described a torrent of online "bullying and transphobia" that erupted after Bud Light put Mulvaney's face on a customized beer can. "I was waiting for the brand to reach out to me, but they never did," the TikTok star said. "For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse in my opinion than not hiring a trans...

The more than 10,000-member Elevation Church in North Carolina, led by celebrity preacher Steven Furtick, has withdrawn its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention after more than 20 years of cooperation with the nation's largest Protestant denomination.While Elevation Church did not appear to make the decision public, a copy of a letter published online dated June 26 shows that the church informed the SBC Executive Committee that its withdrawal from the denomination was "effective immediately.""This letter is to inform you that Elevation Church is withdrawing its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention effective immediately. You will find that our Statement...

The boycott of Bud Light has continued apace for many Americans following the company’s disastrous decision to showcase transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney as a brand ambassador. What started with a custom-made can and a few short videos has culminated in huge losses for Anheuser-Busch, and there’s no sign those customers are coming back into the fold anytime soon.Perhaps that’s behind this latest move. According to a report from The Daily Caller, Bud Light has finally fired the two executives behind the Mulvaney stunt. That comes after they were initially put on “leave” at the outset of the public blowup.EXCLUSIVE: SOURCE:...

Bud Light is once again angering the right after footage shared on social media shows the brand sponsoring a Toronto pride event that included controversial entertainment and a parade with naked adults, despite children being present. During a Friday night event, one performer strutted around stage essentially topless dancing provocatively, The Post Millennial reports, noting that while there was a 19+ age requirement to enter, the stage was visible in the surrounding area. The move comes despite a massive boycott against the brand following its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in April. Sales volumes for the week that ended...

Bud Light off-premise sales have continued to see sustained contractions compared to the same time last year, as the beer brand suffers its worst decline in year-on-year volumes since its brief partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney brought on calls for boycott. The latest tracking figures by Nielsen IQ, provided to Newsweek by Bump Williams Consulting, show that in the week ending June 10, Bud Light sales volume—the number of units of beer sold—was 30.3 percent lower than in the same week in 2022, the largest such drop since the week ending April 1. However, Dave Williams, vice president for...

Bud Light’s controversial partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney could have been a “strategic” attempt to permanently alter the brand’s audience, according to an anonymous former employee. The popular beer brand came under fire in April after a post from Mulvaney’s Instagram account featured a personalized Bud Light can. The backlash against the brand in response to partnering with the transgender figure led to a massive slump in sales. Though the company’s CEO insisted in a statement that it “never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people,” the ex-Anheuser-Busch worker suggested that the move was intentional. “[Employees]...

Dylan Mulvaney, a biological male feigning womanhood, has become a market grim reaper. Mulvaney kills everything in sight. Bud Light, the king of beers, took less than two months to lose billions after the company entered a marketing partnership with Mulvaney, who quickly turned the beer into a punchline. Bud has lost billions since this disastrous endeavor, with some executives taking leaves of absence over the fallout. If Bud’s evisceration in the marketplace over these woke antics isn’t a red flag, I don’t know what will serve as one. Mulvaney’s latest victim of market brutalization was spotted at the Tony...

In his first interview since news of former President Donald Trump’s indictment in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case, Trump attorney Jim Trusty openly mocked CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins over her reporting on allegedly “leaked” evidence against his client. The nearly 15-minute interview got testy at times, as Trusty pushed back against Collins’ many questions. (Video: YouTube) Trusty called the Espionage Act charge “ludicrous under the facts of this case,” and the false statement charges, “kind of a crazy stretch.” The lawyer then detailed his “theory” about the indictment. “I have a theory that maybe some of the outrageous...

Left-wing nutballs have had the upper hand in America’s culture wars for a long time. They are hyperaggressive and focused on pushing America in a radical direction. They push their agenda on school boards, in local and national political venues, and on many corporations. To date, resistance has been isolated to a small number of dedicated conservative activists. Most Americans just want to get along whenever possible, not fight about sensitive social issues if they can help it and, most of all, not be mean to people. That’s a laudable attitude in general, but when up against radical, ideologically driven...

Dylan Mulvaney was a gay man for years and made his name as the guy who documented his 365 days of girlhood. He transitioned from a man to a woman in a year, we are supposed to believe. He uses tampons now. Uh-huh.He has been celebrated by the alphabet mob as so stunning and brave that the President of the United States sat down with him to do an interview intended to normalize transgender ideology. A vegetable pretending to be a man is interviewed by a man pretending to be a woman.He is also the man who destroyed Bud Light,...

As Target continues to endure backlash over its newly launched “Pride” line of clothing and merchandise for kids, the retail giant is not alone in carrying woke wares for children and teens. Similar items that have prompted some to call for the “Bud Light treatment” of Target can also be found at Walmart, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Old Navy, The Gap, Apple, and many more. North Face, a popular go-to for high-quality outdoor gear, has taken what some see as an especially deep dive into retail radicalism with its “Summer of Pride” campaign. Tracy Holmes, who lives in central Pennsylvania, told The...

Bud Light's parent company Anheuser-Busch has seen its market value plunge $15.7billion since the disastrous campaign with transgender-influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Since April 1, the company has consistently been dropping down the rankings, with experts saying it 'just keeps getting a little worse each week'. But their competitors have added $3.2billion in market value to their brands in the same time. Molson Coors, which owns Coors Lite, has seen an increase of $2.2billion market value, around 20 percent, while Heineken has a spike of $1billion – an increase of 1.7 percent. Sales of Bud Light are down more than 23 percent...

Bud Light sales show no signs of recovery as the Dylan Mulvaney controversy continues to bite, and now parent Anheuser-Busch Inbev ABI +0.02% may be unleashing a beer price war that could depress profits industrywide this summer. Bud Light sales volumes were down 28.4% in the week ended May 13, worse than the 27.7% decline in the previous week, according to Beer Business Daily, which uses NIQ scan data. Other Anheuser-Busch (ticker: BUD) brands are hurting, with Budweiser Red volumes down 14.9% in the latest week and Michelob Ultra, the company’s strongest U.S. brand, down 6.8%. Rivals continue to benefit,...