It’s almost as if Bud Light is trying to enter the way back machine and return to the golden pre-Dylan Mulvaney days — like it never even happened.
Seems the company is willing to try anything short of apologizing to its once-loyal consumers for disrespecting their values, even running a corny ad trying to capture past glories. The ad features a more rural summer setting as Chic’s 1979 disco tune Good Times plays — the lyrics begin: “Good times. These are the good times. Leave your cares behind.”
If only, Bud Light. If only.
Crack a cold one: we’ve got an epic summer ahead. Sock tans included. pic.twitter.com/CGRCvkHC60
— Bud Light (@budlight) June 22, 2023
“The company hopes its new 60-second spot, set to the 1979 disco hit “Good Times” by the band Chic, can bring back customers,” CNN reported, before noting that the brand’s partnership with Mulvaney “sparked a transphobic backlash from conservatives.”
Turns out, Anheuser-Busch’s solution to Bud Light’s continued market struggles is to throw a whole lot of money at the problem.
“In addition to the new spot, Bud Light’s broader ad campaign for summer includes partnerships with country singers to bring concerts to fans’ backyards and new ads featuring NFL players, including Travis Kelce and Dak Prescott, set to roll out in a few weeks,” CNN reported, citing a press release. “It’s also giving away $10,000 weekly to drinkers to ‘make summer easy to enjoy and stock up for all the backyard parties.'”
Meanwhile, Bud Light just suffered its worst weekly sales hit since the Mulvaney controversy, with the latest data from Bump Williams Consulting and NielsenIQ showing that sales dropped by an incredible 26.8% for the week ending June 10.
As for the ad, while you never want to say “never,” Bud Light definitely has a long, hot road ahead on the road to recovery.
Here’s a quick sampling of the responses to the story, as seen on Twitter:
Here for the ratio pic.twitter.com/VLhey9pAh4
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) June 22, 2023
I was going to say that the only way to get people to drink Bud Light is to put them in a commercial and pay them to do it but upon a second watch I realize that not even the actors are drinking it.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) June 23, 2023
It’s too late. You can’t walk back the Dylan Mulvaney endorsement.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 22, 2023
Still waiting on the heartfelt apology.
— Conodontas (@Conodontas) June 22, 2023
None of this is funny until & unless you apologize for using Dylan Mulvaney—a man pretending to be a woman—as your spokesperson. It’s insulting that you think an ad about summer will make us forget our principles. The boycott continues.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) June 22, 2023
right…. pic.twitter.com/1vPccvJo4C
— Sol (@Solmemes1) June 23, 2023
— Charles Weber – aka THE Jew from Boca (@CWBOCA) June 22, 2023
This is who you are now, just accept it pic.twitter.com/AEc5wI7W3D
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) June 22, 2023
Bud Light’s social media team sending this Tweet: pic.twitter.com/PIeTULZAK1
— Tyler Carditis (@TyCardon) June 22, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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