Posted on 07/02/2023 12:31:46 PM PDT by Libloather
Bud Light's sales have plummeted so much that a glass bottling company was forced to shut down two of its plants and lay off nearly 650 employees.
The Ardagh Group, one of the largest glass producers in the world, announced last week it was shuttering its Wilson, North Carolina, and Simsboro, Louisiana, plants on July 17. The Wilson plant employed nearly 400 people, and the Simsboro plant had 245 - all of whom now find themselves without jobs.
The company did not cite a reason for the closures in its statement, just saying it was part of a 'multi-year performance optimization program.'
But an investigation by WRAL found Ardagh was forced to close the plants due to declining sales of Bud Light - one of its major contractors.
The one-time beer giant has lost its reputation as America's top-selling beer amid a boycott from both leftists and conservatives over its partnership with controversial transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney in April.
Mulvaney, 26, recently slammed the company for not supporting her amid the backlash to her March Madness ad, prompting the beer company to double down on its support for the LGBTQIA community.
Workers at both the North Carolina and Louisiana bottling plants have said they have faced decreased production since Mulvaney's promotion was posted online in early April.
Both plants were forced to put some of their machines offline amid the decreased demand, which was 'of course, being pointed towards the Bud Light situation,' James Munhall, a journeyman machine repair mechanic, told WRAL.
By May 18, an internal memo obtained by the news station, company executives said they would shut down the two plants 'due to slow sales with Anheuser-InBev,' the parent company of Budweiser and Bud Light.
Longtime employees explained that the majority of their business was making bottles...
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Not in the US.
I’m predicting you NEVER see an apology. I think that would be damaging to their ESG score.
I think you nailed it.
The Ts need to be counted separately from gays.
Then they are willing to go down with the ship. Can’t fix stupid. I can’t wait to see the end result of this train wreck.
I saw a very large, blue semi rig yesterday with a big messy blob of not-quite-matching blue paint on the side panels and back of the trailer in the shape of the Bud Light logo. I pity the driver, who has apparently lost a job that was once so lucrative that he had an oversized delivery vehicle.
Anyone with more time than I have, please post when AB’s financials come out.
I fully expect the SHTF at that point and a corresponding stock correction.
From:
How big is the transgender population, really?
“A Gallup poll from January 2017 reveals that 4.1 percent of all Americans identify as LGBTQ, up from 3.5 percent in 2012.”
Me too!
At the last AB board meeting, Brendan proposed gluing horns on the Clydesdale's foreheads and dying their coats in rainbow colors. It did not go over well and now they are sending the Clydesdales to the glue factory.
lol
Not a “boycott”. It’s Banishment
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