Posted on 06/03/2023 5:10:07 PM PDT by Morgana
Salespeople promoting Bud Light for a Florida–based distributor have grown accustomed to car horns, middle fingers and jokes amid a weekslong boycott, but say they have struggled to ignore thousands of dollars in lost commission pay, two sales supervisors at the distributor told ABC News.
A typical salesperson at the distributor made roughly $2,000 less in May than he or she would have over each of the previous two years, suffering primarily from a decline in Bud Light sales that reached as much as 60% over the week ending on Memorial Day, the sales supervisors said.
"This has really, really killed a lot of the guys who are commission-based. That's who it's really hurting," one supervisor said. "There's nothing they could've done -- this was thrown in their faces."
A consumer boycott of Anheuser-Busch InBev over a promotion in April from a trans influencer has pummeled the company's stock, but it has also brought financial pain for thousands of salespeople at independent distributors nationwide, many of whom depend largely on performance-based pay, former Anheuser-Busch InBev executive Anson Frericks told ABC News.
Sales of Bud Light have recorded declines for seven consecutive weeks after a product endorsement from Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, sparked backlash among many conservatives.
The boycott gained momentum, meanwhile, after the initial response from the company was perceived as conciliatory by some LGBTQ advocates, prompting frustration on the left.
Those losses have slashed the income of salespeople who work for roughly 500 independent wholesalers that sell Anheuser-Busch beverages to restaurants, bars and grocery stores, according to interviews with two distributors, two sales supervisors and Frericks.
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Why the long face, Alissa?
Pizza Hut does not even do dine in anymore. Just pick up or delivery. I used to love eating there too.
“Elmer ...Kill the BUUUUD Liiiight”
Good one .... Fudd he’s not just hunting wabits any more ..
Is this were we say learn to code?
Their beef is with bud light who thought the marketing was a good idea.
Rather like chucking yourself off a roof and not liking the sudden stop.
They enjoyed the pain when they were getting sodomized by the homosexual Bud Light drinkers.
Now, they are receiving a different type of pain. May it continue forever.
Oh noes. Poor babies. We sad.
The lower level FBI folks will have the same problem soon. Just think of POTUS(Trump) throwing gasoline on the fire and saying they spied on MLK. Then he goes on to say who was the Atty. General at the time? Hint: the son is running for POTUS.
While he’s at it pardon Sirhan Sirhan on the anniversary of Chappaquiddik.
Bummer.
“As for Transheuser Busch, eff them now, eff them tomorrow, and eff them until their very molecules pop out of existance.”
Too bad we can’t just say this about the biden regime.
Complain to management, not the former customers.
From the LA Times, 1998:
“Anheuser-Busch Cos. said it agreed to sell a Chicago beer distributorship to a group led by two sons of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who 16 years ago spearheaded a boycott against the world’s largest beer maker.Transfer of the River North distributorship to Yusef Jackson, his brother Jonathan and a third partner, Donald Niestrom Jr., will take effect Dec. 1, said the St. Louis-based maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other brands.”
Once upon a time, before A-B got terminally stupid, they were quite happy to get mau-maued into rewarding JJ’s race-hustling by granting one of those cash cows to his boys.
Larry Fink of BlackRock is forcing Woke behaviors on people (vy short video).
LOL. She does have unique horse gums and teeth.
I feel sorry for some of these sales people because they could be 20 year vets and conservative. On the other hand, as such, they’ll find another job. So there you go.
Yup. ‘She’ still has a job and, I’m sure, full compensation.
I was at Fenway Park last Wednesday, where they sell Miller Light, Coors Light, Sam Summer, and Bud Light.
I did not see the Bud Light guy make one sale. Not one. The others were moving pretty well.
“made roughly $2,000 less in May than he or she would have”
Is ABC News sure those are the salespeople’s preferred pronouns?
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