Anheuser-Busch CEO on Bud Light boycotts, his company's reponse and comeback strategy

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  • Опубликовано: 27 июн 2023
  • Bud Light was unseated as America's top selling beer in May, following protests against the company's inclusion of a trans actress in an online promotional campaign. Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch, which brews Bud Light, joins CBS Mornings to discuss the boycott, his company's response and its comeback strategy.
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  • @nathanthrockmorton4106
    @nathanthrockmorton4106 11 месяцев назад +1897

    This guy avoids answering questions better than politicians

    • @nelson8360
      @nelson8360 11 месяцев назад +75

      The only thing going through his head is stick to the script and don't make the woke Belgian overlords mad. This "Interview" did nothing good for him or Transheuser Busch.

    • @Inquiring_Minds
      @Inquiring_Minds 11 месяцев назад +34

      He is a BS artist. He was talking about farmers, and they will not buy Bud Light anymore and it is too late to kiss up. They are talking about investing in the company and I hope he realizes that it is too late. This guy has been there for years and has already destroyed that company. He has a feeling that they will get through this, and he is delusional. People are determined to push this point because it is the only way we can express how we feel. Money talks and when the wallet is involved, they listen. Greed is what will teach them. Hit them in their pocketbooks. I hate to break it to them, but the trans community likes foo foo drinks. Not a beer. LOL

    • @JackieDaytona1776
      @JackieDaytona1776 11 месяцев назад +7

      What exactly was he supposed to say?

    • @robertsudano4304
      @robertsudano4304 11 месяцев назад +34

      @@JackieDaytona1776 sorry for starters...

    • @ahh980
      @ahh980 11 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@JackieDaytona1776Sorry for mocking women maybe?

  • @btwlegal8528
    @btwlegal8528 11 месяцев назад +1410

    This isn't a boycott. It's a funeral.

    • @ceooflonelinessinc.267
      @ceooflonelinessinc.267 11 месяцев назад +14

      I find it funny how Americans constantly take pride how individual they are but as soon as someone acts differently they have literally a mental break down. In this case over a transman drinking a beer. Over a beer.

    • @mlmoreno75
      @mlmoreno75 11 месяцев назад +4

      Spot on!!!

    • @theshield2207
      @theshield2207 11 месяцев назад

      @@ceooflonelinessinc.267found a pedophile

    • @jakemon4550
      @jakemon4550 11 месяцев назад +51

      @@ceooflonelinessinc.267 We treasure our individualism above almost all, but when so many of us are under attack like we currently are by these insane leftist, we band together and for me personally it makes me proud to know that it proves that an individualist society can and will indeed band together to protect each others individualism.

    • @ceooflonelinessinc.267
      @ceooflonelinessinc.267 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@jakemon4550 In which way did this lady or this company attack you?

  • @saugusguy
    @saugusguy 11 месяцев назад +392

    Listening to this guy is like listening to the Congressional hearings I never knew there were so many ways to never answer a question

    • @KatjamiErosEa
      @KatjamiErosEa 11 месяцев назад +2

      better than Al Gore!!

    • @nw6070
      @nw6070 11 месяцев назад

      What's worse is the pathetic interviewers who are too cowardly or dumb to get to the actual question. And to make a point about dylan being an awful person making offensive narcissistic content completely regardless of any trans issues. I would have asked the ceo why they endorced such a pathetic narcissistic human.

  • @bestman7776
    @bestman7776 11 месяцев назад +119

    😂 he killed it, and not in a good way, he literally killed the brand lol
    RIP Bud

    • @suntzu6122
      @suntzu6122 11 месяцев назад +4

      Wonder how much money his friends are making shorting the stock while he purposefully destroys his company.

    • @steeldriver1776
      @steeldriver1776 11 месяцев назад +2

      RIP all AB brands.

    • @ShamanSage
      @ShamanSage 10 месяцев назад

      @@suntzu6122 i would bet goooood money that's what's going on, really

    • @yusufalswar2120
      @yusufalswar2120 10 месяцев назад

      From kid rock to this. U cant be anymore right

  • @Lee-hd3gf
    @Lee-hd3gf 11 месяцев назад +979

    I’d like to take a moment and say thank you for bud light ceo for helping me stop drinking. He saved my life ❤

    • @Howler-qt8gd
      @Howler-qt8gd 11 месяцев назад +10

      Amen!! ❤❤

    • @tapsnova23
      @tapsnova23 11 месяцев назад +8

      😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

    • @skepticalbutopen4620
      @skepticalbutopen4620 11 месяцев назад +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @DDuMas
      @DDuMas 11 месяцев назад

      From Bud "Light"? :-S

    • @bellinghamfpv
      @bellinghamfpv 11 месяцев назад +2

      Wow. You are easily controlled.

  • @tomsharonmoyer
    @tomsharonmoyer 11 месяцев назад +266

    Dear CEO: You can’t serve two masters. You’ve crossed a moral line, and now the company must suffer.

    • @orksplace81
      @orksplace81 10 месяцев назад +6

      Brendan still doesn't seem to really understand what this has boiled down to...knowing your client base and staying firm with those beliefs.
      May these words of Warren Buffett resonate with him....
      "It takes 20 years to build a reputation, and only 5 minutes to ruin it."
      We are witnessing that today.

    • @googpix540
      @googpix540 7 месяцев назад +3

      You serve your target market and you don't belittle your target market in favor of trans market that makes up .0001 % of the market and their advocates whick make up 1% of the remainder of the market.

  • @brentkuehne435
    @brentkuehne435 11 месяцев назад +389

    It's astonishing that this guy is still the CEO! I am retired now, but for 40 years, there wasn't a single company I worked for that would not have VAPORIZED me for loosing 25 billion! Crazy days are here!

    • @1Corinthians151-4
      @1Corinthians151-4 11 месяцев назад +17

      You've seen nothing yet.

    • @logicomega7
      @logicomega7 11 месяцев назад

      Liberalism is all about emotions and fantasy. Numbers, facts, math, science, good business and common sense don't matter to them. I'm sure we've not seen the last of this new leadership in various American companies. Many will fall never to return.

    • @kenyoung4881
      @kenyoung4881 11 месяцев назад +5

      They afraid of the backlash LOL

    • @derdefr
      @derdefr 11 месяцев назад +4

      he is the public face of the company. hes the one whos going to take all the blame. not the shareholders or the board. but they will use the ceo as a scapegoat

    • @kenyoung4881
      @kenyoung4881 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@derdefr he’ll have his golden parachute!

  • @RiskyOpinions
    @RiskyOpinions 11 месяцев назад +220

    This is not a left or right issue, the issue is corporate companies forcing their agendas down peoples throat and then doubling down thinking people would just accept it and move on

    • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
      @TheFakeyCakeMaker 11 месяцев назад

      Because quite frankly people used to. LGB was rammed down people's throats, people forget how nasty and aggressive the LGB community has always been and no one could say a damn thing without being cancelled and labelled but then Trans popped up and LGB started getting a taste of its own medicine and didn't like it. It's actually laughable. When people said that LGB would lead to T and gender confusion they were shouted down and called all kinds of names and now we are seeing exactly what the "bigots" predicted. The difference is that people didn't see the harm of LGB and talked all kinds of nonsense about "consenting adults" and when LGB started pushing for laws to reach out to "gay kids" everyone accepted it with a grin and then T stepped in and started reaching out to "trans kids" and suddenly everyone lost their minds but the thing is that instead of accepting it as we did previously people are finally emboldened to say "to heck with this shick" and do something about and unlike previously, they're not being dismissed or silenced.

    • @vickiekinner
      @vickiekinner 11 месяцев назад +5

      Exactly!

    • @middletech
      @middletech 11 месяцев назад +6

      The editor and chief of the LA times said that if you don’t reflect the values of the customers you won’t have sales.
      Bud Light forgot this.

    • @lexluthor573
      @lexluthor573 11 месяцев назад +1

      Y can't these companies keep doin what they do n make their product better instead of trying to always have some agenda to be politically involved with things that they have no idea about just to try n get more customers. Let your product speak for u n stop pretending u care about something that u really dont.

    • @mirb2093
      @mirb2093 11 месяцев назад +3

      Nobody forced an agenda. They sent *one* individual a can with their face on it. If you’re so hellbent on ignoring the existence of trans people that one person bothers you then you’ve got some deep issues.

  • @aceboogie_77
    @aceboogie_77 11 месяцев назад +377

    The CEO said a whole bunch nothing during this interview . Let the boycott continue !

    • @JRB644
      @JRB644 11 месяцев назад +17

      Never apologized, never admitted Allissa Weinschnitzel should not have said what she said. More lies and stupid commercials without sincere apologies will continue to tank this brand. It will never ever recover due to sheer arrogance.

    • @paulhoffer3123
      @paulhoffer3123 11 месяцев назад +5

      Apologize for WHAT! This world is A to Z! "ALL PEOPLE HAVE RED BLOOD IN THERE VAINS"!!!

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 11 месяцев назад +6

      Boycott, haha, yeah. I sincerely think they have a dead brand on their hands. People still buy it, but the company can't afford supplying it anymore. Eventually they'll bury the brand probably after the disastrous holidays to come.

    • @jooson2826
      @jooson2826 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@paulhoffer3123*their

    • @partymaster5
      @partymaster5 11 месяцев назад +7

      He will be remembered as the guy who killed budweiser. 2 yrs and this guy destroyed a 100 yr old company. 😮😮😮 amazing.

  • @kimanimzalendo367
    @kimanimzalendo367 11 месяцев назад +622

    This is the kind of CEO who, when the company is at rock bottom and seemingly can only go up, continues digging

    • @zomalfa4363
      @zomalfa4363 11 месяцев назад +3

      They're in a hole and they're just gonna have to dig themselves out.

    • @situated4
      @situated4 11 месяцев назад

      He absolutely cannot get out of his own way. Loser.

    • @TheFakeyCakeMaker
      @TheFakeyCakeMaker 11 месяцев назад +2

      hahahahahahahaha! Hilarious and true.

    • @AdamWaffen
      @AdamWaffen 11 месяцев назад +2

      He's what you would call an "Anti Steve Jobs."

    • @mateoleon524
      @mateoleon524 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yep all he has to say is we are sorry we dont stand with them, we stand with our customers who make us money

  • @dermotosullivan3065
    @dermotosullivan3065 11 месяцев назад +21

    His coached replies and refusal to give a straight answer only intensify my disrespect for the company.

  • @Crookedroadpodcast
    @Crookedroadpodcast 11 месяцев назад +30

    Let's focus on what we do best: Bringing people together to avoid a beer that's easy to pass over.

  • @figiharris8929
    @figiharris8929 11 месяцев назад +623

    A masterclass in pissing off both sides and throwing away every last customer possible.

    • @danar810
      @danar810 11 месяцев назад +1

      They just slapped a Maga hat on it ... whichever way the wind blows!

    • @tdestroyer4780
      @tdestroyer4780 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@danar810 Someone said in another comment that if they just made a commercial with half naked chicks splashing beer around it would probably end all of this.

    • @goodlookinouthomie1757
      @goodlookinouthomie1757 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@tdestroyer4780 I'm not so sure. People started pushing back against this nonsense a long time ago. Now people are also waking up to the cynical duplicity of these corporations. They did rush out stock-footage patriotic advert of a horse running through the desert a couple of months ago if you recall that, when the drama first kicked off.

    • @idonuttylikezenorship4547
      @idonuttylikezenorship4547 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@danar810Zion Trump or Zion Biden.
      Illusion is choice.
      Honestly Robert Kennedy is the real deal.

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yep, it's really "it" this time. A SHTF moment for the corporate boards out there.

  • @DaveEPie
    @DaveEPie 11 месяцев назад +146

    The fact that this guy is responsible for 18 billion dollars in loses and has not stepped down or gotten fired says it all.
    It’s not a boycott
    It’s a life decision.
    Let the stockholders lawsuits BEGIN!!

    • @DaveEPie
      @DaveEPie 11 месяцев назад

      @@ajae... maybe if you had half a brain you would look at the stock price and figure it out.
      The stock price is reflecting the future earnings.
      Did you short the stock 2 months ago??
      Of course you did not
      That 18 billion went into someone’s bank account.
      Get back to me when you google the ticker BUD and read on the internet how to short stocks
      Tool

    • @reapthewhirlwind4166
      @reapthewhirlwind4166 11 месяцев назад +7

      Anheuser won't admit any wrongdoing because they don't think they've done anything wrong

    • @christopherarmstrong2710
      @christopherarmstrong2710 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@TilaTequilaOfficialThe CEO is still responsible for damage control and turning the ship around. He’s failed at both.

  • @Hastur805
    @Hastur805 10 месяцев назад +37

    He's right. Bud lite definitely brought people together.

  • @robertroyal6478
    @robertroyal6478 11 месяцев назад +19

    I once knew a woman who talked too much. She would run her mouth carelessly until she insulted someone. When it was undeniably apparent that she had insulted the person, instead of admitting her mistake and apologizing for it she would change her tone and then praise and compliment that person in the belief that her insincere flattery would manipulate the person into forgetting the insult. This only made the matter worse as she was just further confirming her opinion that the person was pathetic and not worthy of an apology. It will be interesting to see if Bud Light's next ad will try to flatter the public into realizing we're not such pathetic wretches after all and that we deserve to buy their product.

    • @josephdotson-vo8gj
      @josephdotson-vo8gj 9 месяцев назад +4

      have you not seen their latest adds? bunch of good ole boys in the back yard relaxing and another with a few friends at a concert. it has already started with the flatter but still no apology

  • @johnmycroft3065
    @johnmycroft3065 11 месяцев назад +802

    How this guy still has a job is beyond me. This will be taught in Business 101 in every school on what not to do as a company.

    • @allbaugh04
      @allbaugh04 11 месяцев назад +16

      I doubt he knew what marketing was doing.

    • @magatsrlosers
      @magatsrlosers 11 месяцев назад +4

      Why?

    • @kimoandrews5802
      @kimoandrews5802 11 месяцев назад +25

      The only Business 101 lesson here is to be careful of letting your brand be hijacked by weirdos. Harley Davidson is a good example of a brand associated with lawless jerks that no honest person wants to be associated with. If they stop selling to criminals, nobody else would purchase their oil leaking garbage.

    • @jasonfranks9949
      @jasonfranks9949 11 месяцев назад +16

      ​@taxreligion5704 why??? It torpedoed a brand that may now never recover

    • @imaginedmountains2311
      @imaginedmountains2311 11 месяцев назад +27

      ​@@magatsrlosersFor overseeing the most devastating single marketing campaign in history. For totally failing to understand your consumer base. For completely failing to recognize the most divisive issue in America.

  • @chuckynocheese3271
    @chuckynocheese3271 11 месяцев назад +87

    This dude dodges questions better than Neo dodging bullets in the matrix.

  • @yjb854
    @yjb854 11 месяцев назад +5

    Yep just got laid off at an AB distributor after almost a decade. These idiots threw our jobs away. It goes beyond their 65,000 employees, it hits the distributors as well, and the bottling manufacturers.

  • @desert4seat
    @desert4seat 11 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks for putting up all the other beer brands that they make.. I’ll definitely avoid them too

  • @frankdux3605
    @frankdux3605 11 месяцев назад +144

    Hey Brendan, hope your ESG score was worth all this! But what good is a high ESG score if you don’t have any customers left to sell to?

    • @markmilitant
      @markmilitant 11 месяцев назад +11

      💯

    • @amerycarlson1326
      @amerycarlson1326 11 месяцев назад

      They 'changed the conversation'...to how they are bunch of raging unapologetic pedos.

    • @arlenesmith1708
      @arlenesmith1708 11 месяцев назад +2

      YES! THESE OTHER COMPANIES BETTER TAKE NOTE!! This could be you..and we know the stockholders are upset too. In this business climate, skip the ESG requirements and just do good business. You'll MAKE A LOT OF MONEY!

    • @cindydt4339
      @cindydt4339 11 месяцев назад

      The whole pint of the ESG is too ruin the companies and have to close and all the middle class workers are out. ESG is meant to destroy.

  • @famfam6205
    @famfam6205 11 месяцев назад +6

    This guy is good , at dodging questions 😂

  • @Horton13
    @Horton13 11 месяцев назад +2

    How could he think this interview would help the brand in any way? It boggles the mind

  • @stephcurran1724
    @stephcurran1724 11 месяцев назад +476

    How hard is it to say “I’m sorry that we called people who buy our beer fratty and out of touch?”

    • @hus390
      @hus390 11 месяцев назад

      He can't help himself! .. Should have said from the day after, that the company is withdrawing the partnership because it's was seen as a political stand in hot button issue. .... And no, it's not about partnering with a trans influencer, it's about doing it to "celebrate" Dylan "transitioning to womanhood". ..... This company relied on recent woke Ivy League grads who demonstrated how they know nothing about people outside their bubble.

    • @randomthoughtstoday
      @randomthoughtstoday 11 месяцев назад +27

      Exactly. Nope instaed the marketing team says hey lets ignore that but instead do a bunch of random commercials. NOT GONNA WORK

    • @fauxque5057
      @fauxque5057 11 месяцев назад +8

      The name calling has very little to do with it

    • @lordy1952
      @lordy1952 11 месяцев назад +2

      Will that make you buy bud light again? Don't think so. So why apologize?

    • @undasea
      @undasea 11 месяцев назад +20

      @@fauxque5057 I disagree entirely, things didn't really hit the fan until the Alissa Heinerscheid interview came out. If it wasn't for that, there's very little chance we would even know her name and their agenda.

  • @prpplague
    @prpplague 11 месяцев назад +157

    No apology, no public firings, no AB/InBev ever again! this CEO still doesn't get it!

    • @kcmia7774
      @kcmia7774 11 месяцев назад

      Nah, they fired the top 2 ad execs who did the collab

    • @scotta4620
      @scotta4620 11 месяцев назад +2

      apology for what!?

    • @geometerfpv2804
      @geometerfpv2804 11 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@scotta4620Publicslly calling their prime customers "fratty and out of touch" for not supporting someone as nutty and strange as Dylan Mulvaney. Did you miss that part?

    • @lennybrewster4673
      @lennybrewster4673 11 месяцев назад +3

      He gets it I'm sure. Nobody's THAT dumb. But he's not in control here. Anheiser-Busch's esg score is. But that little perk has cost them billions. He literally made his beer embarrassing for men to drink.

    • @JeMangeLaPoubelle
      @JeMangeLaPoubelle 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@geometerfpv2804so to be clear, you want people fired bc they hired a trans person?

  • @robafett
    @robafett 10 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks ESG, you kept this CEO from saying what he really feels. He is in a landmine field and really can't say anything at this point. The all about the employees and being humble is basically all he can say that will offer the smallest blast.

  • @Dizzle72
    @Dizzle72 7 месяцев назад +2

    The issue is, Americans vote for politicians who avoid answering questions just like this guy

  • @bottomsupbarmaid1987
    @bottomsupbarmaid1987 11 месяцев назад +200

    Digging a deeper grave with this interview. This was bud lights final words right here.

    • @partymaster5
      @partymaster5 11 месяцев назад +3

      It's done. I can't wait to hear about their stock crashing after the horrible sales numbers for the 4th. This dudes fired for sure and I give budweiser about 5 more yrs of circling the drain

    • @ginger57350
      @ginger57350 11 месяцев назад

      💯💯💯💯

    • @ecinaz
      @ecinaz 11 месяцев назад

      Yup

  • @ONE_22
    @ONE_22 11 месяцев назад +42

    Sounds like they need a new CEO.

    • @christopherarmstrong2710
      @christopherarmstrong2710 9 месяцев назад +2

      💯

    • @T_LANelson
      @T_LANelson 7 месяцев назад

      They won’t get rid of him or the woke marketing vp she only went on vacation for a month

  • @chrisab66
    @chrisab66 8 месяцев назад +3

    This is what happens when you employ people who place their own agendas at the top of the list and not their customers. Same thing is happening at Disney, if you annoy your main customer base it isn't rocket science to realise what will happen.

  • @GbawlZ
    @GbawlZ 10 месяцев назад +2

    ESG requirements are killing legendary brands, that's the only explanation I can think of that would describe a CEO working against profit motive and against the best interest of his shareholders. What was formerly "Corporate Social Governance", an optional good-will gesture, has become a driving factor in the bottom line. Corporations have no business getting involved in politics, which is what all social and economic issues are; they are politics. They bend themselves into pretzels trying to convince people how modern companies need to promote x or y to be competitive in the modern economy, but that's complete nonsense and it has never been the case. It's sad because corrections in societal norms take far too long to occur in the US, but make no mistake, ESG and DEI are toxic to economic growth and antithetical to profit motive, which is the ONLY legitimate function of corporations. If CEOs want to be charitable, they should donate to charities, or get involved in nonprofits in their own free time, not hijack Fortune 500 companies and shareholders' investments.

  • @thymessenger9549
    @thymessenger9549 11 месяцев назад +123

    Master Politician of not answering any questions and making everyone angry.

    • @walloffire2225
      @walloffire2225 11 месяцев назад +3

      ANGRIER

    • @mlmoreno75
      @mlmoreno75 11 месяцев назад +5

      He is ex-CIA

    • @ashdav9980
      @ashdav9980 11 месяцев назад +1

      He said if he had it to do over, he would do it again....pretty sure he is saying go fly a kite. So, yeah, he did answer, around the convoluted bs.

  • @dansbird
    @dansbird 11 месяцев назад +50

    That was an impressive display of deflecting.

    • @kimanimzalendo367
      @kimanimzalendo367 11 месяцев назад

      Nah, if this is the CEO talking, it shows the fire is still gutting the building and they have no idea where the hydrants are

    • @dermotosullivan3065
      @dermotosullivan3065 11 месяцев назад

      It was deflecting alright but much too obvious to be impressive.

  • @asturiasion
    @asturiasion 8 месяцев назад +2

    I’ve switched to Modelo. It does the job. Never ever in my life that I’m drinking buds products again.

  • @ethandougherty3585
    @ethandougherty3585 10 месяцев назад +1

    XD I love how he avoided every question they asked.

  • @derekrogers5858
    @derekrogers5858 11 месяцев назад +50

    We’re looking for a human response not someone who talks like AI and dodges everything.

  • @jessicushlarush
    @jessicushlarush 11 месяцев назад +103

    No wonder Bud has issues. It’s starts with the CEO. He can’t even answer the question! He can’t stay neutral. This didn’t make it any better, I don’t think.

    • @paulw2872
      @paulw2872 11 месяцев назад +6

      What a ❄️

    • @connernickerson5509
      @connernickerson5509 11 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@paulw2872yeah, that CEO sure is a snowflake, you got it.

    • @hus390
      @hus390 11 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@connernickerson5509He can't help himself! .. Should have said from the day after, that the company is withdrawing the partnership because it's was seen as a political stand in hot button issue. .... And no, it's not about partnering with a trans influencer, it's about doing it to "celebrate" Dylan "transitioning to womanhood". ..... This company relied on recent woke Ivy League grads who demonstrated how they know nothing about people outside their bubble.

    • @Juniper122
      @Juniper122 11 месяцев назад +3

      Technically, he did answer it by not answering it. If you read between the lines, he was just basically saying we’re just gonna continue to bow down to the bigots and the ones who love cheap disgusting beer.

    • @Juniper122
      @Juniper122 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@hus390 that would’ve absolutely made more sense.

  • @adamgrimsley2900
    @adamgrimsley2900 5 месяцев назад

    That impact has taken place..
    It was a gift...
    There is a conversation taking place...
    We need to appreciate the consumer...

  • @katydudeus9278
    @katydudeus9278 10 месяцев назад +2

    Why hasn't the shareholders kicked him out?

  • @HPunch54321
    @HPunch54321 11 месяцев назад +103

    The CEO blew his chance for reconciliation with the American people!

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 11 месяцев назад +4

      Yep, we're all like angry ex-wives who finally faced the spouse in court, where he announces no more money to us, no sympathy, and basically, "hey, FU totally, okay?" We're like: Ok, it's going to get much much worse for you, sonny."

    • @madmvd
      @madmvd 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@Pimp-MasterI think you’re the only one can relate to that, sweetie. Hope things get better for you.

    • @DixiePokerAce
      @DixiePokerAce 10 месяцев назад +4

      He basically thought American people were stupid and would drink Bud Lite regardless.

    • @orangecookie3132
      @orangecookie3132 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Pimp-MasterWTF is that analogy.

  • @actionanimations4879
    @actionanimations4879 11 месяцев назад +91

    If you think anyone is picking up a Bud Light beer for the 4th of July then you're a darn fool.

    • @kimoandrews5802
      @kimoandrews5802 11 месяцев назад

      I love how the powerless maga get to beat their chests and say "we did this" like they individually destroyed a company.

    • @fauxque5057
      @fauxque5057 11 месяцев назад +2

      The Fruitbats will

    • @jinwanc
      @jinwanc 11 месяцев назад +4

      Stop drinking so much anyways. You can celebrate July 4th without drinking. Wow what a concept.

    • @kimoandrews5802
      @kimoandrews5802 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@jinwanc Best comment on YT!

    • @BillyColeII-dr6dk
      @BillyColeII-dr6dk 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@jinwanc Nicely done.....don't know which is the worst on our nation's highways, drunks or texters?

  • @YoushouldNeilAnblomi
    @YoushouldNeilAnblomi 11 месяцев назад +198

    Losing your customer base to chase an ESG score. There should be a class action lawsuit against this guy for abandoning his fiduciary duty to shareholders.

    • @auburnjewels2
      @auburnjewels2 11 месяцев назад +7

      Facts💯

    • @dr.elvis.h.christ
      @dr.elvis.h.christ 11 месяцев назад +7

      Yes, there should be, and probably will be. The sad truth is a case like that can take many years and won't likely yield much for the shareholders. Maybe 10 years down the road they'll get a coupon for a case of Bud Light while the shysters get rich.

    • @walloffire2225
      @walloffire2225 11 месяцев назад +3

      it will happen...no SHOULD about it!

    • @ceooflonelinessinc.267
      @ceooflonelinessinc.267 11 месяцев назад +2

      I find it funny how Americans constantly take pride how individual they are but as soon as someone acts differently they have literally a mental break down. In this case over a transman drinking a beer. Over a beer.

    • @FreshlySnipes
      @FreshlySnipes 11 месяцев назад +3

      100%

  • @hobsdigree2
    @hobsdigree2 8 месяцев назад +2

    So, using certain apps you can once again see the number of dislikes on a RUclips video. This video as of 9-17-2023 has 748 likes, and 15,309 dislikes.

  • @tjones5719
    @tjones5719 11 месяцев назад +2

    Here is what he should have said on whether to do it again. He should have said the act of sending the can, yes, but our messaging criticizing our current consumers was stupid, alienated those people, and I am deeply sorry because those consumers are the people we love.

  • @jesusvalle2685
    @jesusvalle2685 11 месяцев назад +211

    This is why the boycott will continue to work and will ultimately be the downfall of Bud Light. This CEO continues to play both sides. You need to pick a side and move on, after deciding to get political with your product and dividing your customers with such a highly controversial topic.

    • @MichaelHiers-gy4jk
      @MichaelHiers-gy4jk 11 месяцев назад +12

      Budlight is a dead brand walking BYE FELICIA

    • @lynneryczek9089
      @lynneryczek9089 11 месяцев назад +6

      No apology to those who were offended Right or Wrong the customer is always right but this dude & his administration will go down in history as what not to do in marketing. Talking about other companies??? He doesn't represent other companies he represents Anhieser Bush.

    • @sandersGG
      @sandersGG 11 месяцев назад +2

      Pick a side of what this ain't twitter fam this is irl we are all American

    • @stephanied6451
      @stephanied6451 11 месяцев назад +1

      But picking sides is the biggest problem in America

    • @blitzxkid
      @blitzxkid 11 месяцев назад +6

      Picking sides ? Someone doesn’t seem to be educated or have common ethical sense

  • @joelleeman
    @joelleeman 11 месяцев назад +28

    The AB PR team has to be so happy with this interview where he successfully said absolutely nothing.

  • @flouserschird
    @flouserschird 11 месяцев назад +3

    As a closeted trans man. Thank you Budweiser. I’m an alcoholic now from drinking so much Budweiser beer. Such a privilege

    • @Chloe-qd5vx
      @Chloe-qd5vx Месяц назад

      Do you still identify as transgender?

  • @Procrastinatorsachin
    @Procrastinatorsachin 11 месяцев назад +3

    The whole company needs to be shut down. Boycott the whole company and all of it’s products.

  • @k1ngly84
    @k1ngly84 11 месяцев назад +28

    Too little too late. Anheuser-Busch is done ✌🏻

  • @Rabbi_Rabbs
    @Rabbi_Rabbs 11 месяцев назад +55

    He repeated the same debunked lie that "partnering" with Mulvaney wasn't a campaign.

  • @glenkepic3208
    @glenkepic3208 11 месяцев назад +2

    For years BL was a fave. I haven't bought it for well over a 5 years now. I moved on (SR, OE...)
    Funnily enough, i just got back from the 'store and a guy was buying a 12 pack of bottled Modelo.
    I think i've had it just once or twice. Maybe time for a revisit.

  • @xXKrYPT1CxShOXx
    @xXKrYPT1CxShOXx 11 месяцев назад +6

    "How has it affected your employees?" Having worked at one of the breweries for a year, i can honestly say almost every employee is a hard conservative and they all hate those pride campaigns. One thing i noticed while there, is that most of the beer they give away to the employees is on the way out of the factory, and its all different types on pallets. One of few pallets that was never touched was the bud light packs with the pride art on them.

    • @reapthewhirlwind4166
      @reapthewhirlwind4166 5 месяцев назад

      I wondered about those rainbow 🌈 cans. It seems like the CEOs at Anheuser-Busch would have learned their lesson that they just don't sell

  • @surgicaltechcrafter2169
    @surgicaltechcrafter2169 11 месяцев назад +142

    I'm so proud of my entire family boycotting this company.

    • @sendit8942
      @sendit8942 11 месяцев назад

      You claim to be patriot, yet you have no understanding of liberties.

    • @alvnphmn
      @alvnphmn 11 месяцев назад +6

      My family right there with yours

    • @ColonizerChan
      @ColonizerChan 11 месяцев назад

      what is this boycott over again? the fact yall can't handle the decisions other people make with their own lives?
      lmao, mfing snowflakes the lot of ya

    • @ginakeith1928
      @ginakeith1928 11 месяцев назад +3

      Are you boycotting EVERY company that supports the lbgtq+ community? I highly doubt it. There’s literally thousands. You and/or your family are probably wearing something at this very moment that comes from one of those companies.

    • @surgicaltechcrafter2169
      @surgicaltechcrafter2169 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@ginakeith1928 Thank you for you inquiry and your concern. The companies that are coming after our children, to the companies that push it on me, to any person in the "limelight" (actors, songers etc....) YES I AM AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. I could care less what any person identifies as. You Do You. But when you start pushing your AGENDA On me THAT is where I draw the line. Share bathrooms, play sports with your new identity. Special treatment. Nope not happening. Let me finish by saying "I'm saving a lot of money canceling many

  • @qwerty6789x
    @qwerty6789x 11 месяцев назад +74

    Let's just endorse the other brand that don't succumb to this kind of BS

    • @Jayhow90
      @Jayhow90 11 месяцев назад

      What is the BS? A trans person promoted a product? Who cares

    • @partymaster5
      @partymaster5 11 месяцев назад +3

      I'm not drinking modelos and I'm not drinking bud. I'm drinking lienikuegles or PBRs

  • @blindliberty4478
    @blindliberty4478 10 месяцев назад +1

    Did they even listen to any of the complaints?

  • @hughjassol2072
    @hughjassol2072 11 месяцев назад +105

    Imagine the awesome conversations going on in ever marketing and business class in America.

    • @Marshall_EL34
      @Marshall_EL34 11 месяцев назад

      Wrong! Those classes are dominated by Federally funded dollars, and democrats run them. You cannot say anything that opposes their agenda.

    • @brucecampbell4528
      @brucecampbell4528 11 месяцев назад

      it's a simple conversation, you see that stupid crap? Don't do that.

    • @gilberttorres8
      @gilberttorres8 11 месяцев назад +5

      Believe it or not marketing classes try to take a rational take on political issues, and for example my textbook mentioned that companies should try to avoid to side to a political issue. Which they should I don’t know why companies want to get political unless they directly are selling something for a specific political party. This guys marketing team dropped the ball by not doing a marketing research job.

    • @Johnnys_World859
      @Johnnys_World859 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@gilberttorres8yes but classes are still talking about how bad of an example this is for marketing a brand

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 11 месяцев назад +5

      First of all class: don't wave a metaphorical red flag in front of your customers as you literally call them useless people that the brand doesn't need anymore.

  • @nickt.7305
    @nickt.7305 11 месяцев назад +147

    He has no idea of how to get out of the mess he created. He sounds more like a politician than the CEO of a beer company. If they’re not going to admit that they made a mistake and apologize, it would be better to just be quiet and hope that consumers forgive and forget. The CEO just made the situation worse. How deep of a hole can you dig for yourself?

    • @scotta4620
      @scotta4620 11 месяцев назад +3

      how was it a mistake that they gifted a can? what is there to apologize for?!

    • @fox1actual
      @fox1actual 11 месяцев назад +5

      Well, he worked for the CIA. What did you expect?

    • @jeffhodge7272
      @jeffhodge7272 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@scotta4620 Right? People are pathetic.

    • @madison8568
      @madison8568 11 месяцев назад +4

      Well y’all politicized it so what else are you expecting. They gifted Dylan one can. Why are you mad at them for giving Dylan one can?

    • @jeffhodge7272
      @jeffhodge7272 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@madison8568 They have no life or relevance.1 can.Geezus!

  • @ZiadSidawi
    @ZiadSidawi 10 месяцев назад +1

    How much he paid CBS to setup this interview with pre-rehearsed questions 😂.

  • @lance5041
    @lance5041 9 месяцев назад +1

    He said he was going on a summer roadshow--is this what he meant?

  • @anomalythinking
    @anomalythinking 11 месяцев назад +19

    This ceo needs to be canned. He is blind to the problem. The can is irrelevant. The problem is that they put politics in the beer. People prefer beer without politics

    • @tedfort1698
      @tedfort1698 11 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed. They shouldn't be supporting republican politicians.

  • @eric3434
    @eric3434 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Wants to do right by his employees.' 3 weeks later, fires 350 of them.
    Cause its 'what weighs most heavily on him.'
    The only thing weighing heavy on this guy is his shareholders.

  • @ascheuring1
    @ascheuring1 11 месяцев назад +1

    If he would of just came and said look I want our beer to be inclusive for everybody and I thought this ad campaign was a step towards that obviously that was the wrong decision I want to apologize to the people that were enraged at the decisions we made and will listen to our customers going forward. And stuck to that at least I could respect him

  • @matthewdevoe8921
    @matthewdevoe8921 11 месяцев назад +177

    I am a conservative and I must say I am very impressed with the CBS Morning crew for the tough questions asked to Whitworth. However, he dodged every question, straddled the fence and did not answer a single question effectively. He says he listens to the consumer and what they want but he obviously is clueless as to what his consumers want and expect. He doubles down on stupidity. Let's go Brendon!

    • @JackieDaytona1776
      @JackieDaytona1776 11 месяцев назад +14

      Pretty ironic to say someone doubles down on stupidity, then say 'Let's go Brandon!'

    • @solanol9607
      @solanol9607 11 месяцев назад +11

      @@JackieDaytona1776 I was starting to take him seriously until he said "Lets go Brandon" complete buffoon.

    • @mazdaspeed1776
      @mazdaspeed1776 11 месяцев назад

      He’s an ideological rich person who obviously has no clue that his blue collar base doesn’t want anything to do with his woke agenda.

    • @darkspirits6498
      @darkspirits6498 11 месяцев назад +6

      "However, he dodged every question, straddled the fence and did not answer a single question effectively." == has what it takes to run for POTUS

    • @robertpalmer3166
      @robertpalmer3166 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@JackieDaytona1776 He didn't even get it right. Brendan? Trump loves him.

  • @mrs.herculepoirot7763
    @mrs.herculepoirot7763 11 месяцев назад +17

    This guy looks like his goal in life was to be an extra on Miami Vice.

  • @AndNoted
    @AndNoted 3 месяца назад

    This guy is so smooth with his answers. These journalists want to so bad to catch him and he's duckin and dodging

  • @nekad2000
    @nekad2000 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'd like to thank Anheuser-Busch. I didn't realize how terrible their beer really was until I switched.

  • @heatherpetet8051
    @heatherpetet8051 11 месяцев назад +21

    "I'm so sorry I made the biggest mistake of my life being greedy trying to gain market share and pissing off a very solid consumer base that I discussed in advance and assumed would take no action because they loved beer"-this guy

  • @mikeymunson9504
    @mikeymunson9504 11 месяцев назад +55

    Why do an interview if you're not gonna answer any questions? He's just pissing people off on both sides

  • @hillbillybeerdranker6678
    @hillbillybeerdranker6678 11 месяцев назад +1

    Why is AB not saying that they own Modelo?

  • @Potatinized
    @Potatinized 10 месяцев назад

    we learned nothing through this other than "i'm too scared to answer any of these questions"

  • @Xaito
    @Xaito 11 месяцев назад +82

    Inserts politics into marketing. Bemoans the conversations moving away from beer. Genius.

    • @laurencewhite4809
      @laurencewhite4809 11 месяцев назад +3

      If a black guy is featured in an bud light ad, is that “politics”?

    • @Xaito
      @Xaito 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@laurencewhite4809 It depends. Are you trying to build a straw-man argument or is this going somewhere?

    • @dannielcruz460
      @dannielcruz460 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@laurencewhite4809depends is he just drinking or was he doing wearing showing some agenda

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah, they're almost saying: we got your money for all those years, but now you owe us your soul. Well, that negotiation is a bit rich for them.

    • @nothingineternityterms
      @nothingineternityterms 11 месяцев назад

      @@Xaito It's not a straw man argument, this is literally how people rn actually feel when they see a mixed family in an ad.

  • @readerviewer9177
    @readerviewer9177 11 месяцев назад +21

    A Master In Not Answering Questions!

  • @TheLordSexington
    @TheLordSexington 11 месяцев назад +1

    I preferred it when they said noting. Sitting on the fence after loosing 20 billion, seriously? Why work with politicians to grow the business if you're actively destroying it

  • @jackhughes7840
    @jackhughes7840 10 месяцев назад +1

    Haha love how he kept dodging the question if he would have given the can to Dylan again.

  • @al_alldaychriswilliams85rf16
    @al_alldaychriswilliams85rf16 11 месяцев назад +43

    At this point, Budweiser will have to change it's name, and do a total marketing makeover at this point.

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester 11 месяцев назад +4

      They might as well market to the lgbqtwhatever now and change the beer name to....
      well, I can think of a few names.

    • @scotta4620
      @scotta4620 11 месяцев назад +1

      what is there to be so upset over?

    • @partymaster5
      @partymaster5 11 месяцев назад

      It's done for. After they get wrecked this July 4th, the writing will be on the wall. They'll try to hire some cool guy celebs to distract ppl, maybe get a spike in sales but it'll never get back to #1. The favorite joke for old men now is budweiser is trani fluid. Ya, they ain't buying a bud again. The young kids, they probably be enhaling a smoke form of LQ or they drink their borgs. Any way you write it. Bud is done. It'll have to downsize which equals crappier ads, bad buzz and then slowly start cutting back on stores its in. Those bud platinum or other buds choices will gets reduced.

    • @partymaster5
      @partymaster5 11 месяцев назад

      ​@scotta4620 bud said they didn't want our business. Wants to focus on selling to the kids so we just alrighty then. No one's upset about Trani fluid

    • @dr.elvis.h.christ
      @dr.elvis.h.christ 11 месяцев назад +2

      Or fire all top management, especially this sociopath, and start a new campaign theme: "Under new management".

  • @hotsoup1001
    @hotsoup1001 11 месяцев назад +16

    The problem wasn't that 1 can was sent to 1 person. The problem was the utter stupidity of the marketing VP to take to the camera afterwards to insult and disrespect the major demographics that comprise her customer base. That interview will live in infamy along with Hilary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" speech.
    I don't have any idea how the VP thought Dylan M was the perfect representative for women. She should never work in marketing ever again.

  • @unkopower7899
    @unkopower7899 11 месяцев назад +2

    he blatantly LIED! "brewing great beer"

  • @a.scoob2
    @a.scoob2 11 месяцев назад +2

    You knew this was gonna be a lie fest when he said Budweiser is focused on brewing great beer. Let’s be honest, even people who drank Bud Light before this wouldn’t call it great beer😂

  • @user-rd6cm1lo3m
    @user-rd6cm1lo3m 11 месяцев назад +16

    ceo never answered 1 question.......he must have met with ceo of facebook on how to talk in circles

    • @Stoic_optimist_realist
      @Stoic_optimist_realist 11 месяцев назад +1

      He is a wet behind the ears kid to be in that role. Former CIA - wonder how that happened.

  • @Krrish85
    @Krrish85 11 месяцев назад +13

    Dude has a black belt in avoiding questions 🥷

  • @clintonjoyner4482
    @clintonjoyner4482 11 месяцев назад +2

    Never hire privileged people who went to Ivy League schools to be in marketing for products not aimed at privileged people. What does she know what a middle-class person in middle America likes or relates to?

  • @axelscharf2415
    @axelscharf2415 10 месяцев назад +1

    He declares himself accountable but doesn't fire himself and everybody around him . Accountability is cool of it means nothing .

  • @seeharvester
    @seeharvester 11 месяцев назад +25

    I don't think he's had enough yet.
    Let's turn up the heat.
    Continue the boycott.

    • @partymaster5
      @partymaster5 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's not a boycott. Bud said they wanted new customers cause us old frat boy men are dying off. So we just gave them what they wanted. Go get ur new customer bud

  • @imaginedmountains2311
    @imaginedmountains2311 11 месяцев назад +27

    Honestly, if he wasn't going to apologize, he may as well have just embraced being the beer of the Alphabetians. Now they won't drink the crap either😂😂😂😂

  • @aaroncoulter3462
    @aaroncoulter3462 9 месяцев назад +1

    “Big brands are right in the middle of it”. Yeah, and you did it to yourselves. You’d think they’d remain neutral on these issues to protect their business. Why in the world would you want to pick a side and alienate half of your customer base?

  • @AJ-HawksToxicFinger
    @AJ-HawksToxicFinger 11 месяцев назад

    So awesome of CBS to invite in a corporate sponsor to provide their rationalization for their choices and ensure they can spin and spin and spin and spi....

  • @johnbu1981
    @johnbu1981 11 месяцев назад +50

    Great interview Brendan, stock is down another 1% today!!!

    • @nickt.7305
      @nickt.7305 11 месяцев назад +1

      That must have been his intention. He couldn’t have been trying to help the company with that interview, right?

  • @mrmoore1423
    @mrmoore1423 11 месяцев назад +20

    Simple solution, if youre a multi billion dollar company, stay out of social issues and politics

  • @101519e
    @101519e 7 месяцев назад +3

    Dude, don't diss your customers

  • @BetterWorld0
    @BetterWorld0 11 месяцев назад +15

    He’d make a fine politician… evade the questions, make promises and keep a smirk.

  • @akira28shima32
    @akira28shima32 11 месяцев назад +20

    He won’t apologize for $10 billions lost in AB share price. Words worth more than that, otherwise he would have done it.

  • @thatgameguy4929
    @thatgameguy4929 11 месяцев назад

    people often nod or shake their head in the answer to the question they really feel rather than the words they trained to come out of their mouths. It's a natural tell.

  • @peterironrope
    @peterironrope 11 месяцев назад +1

    If college University's across the nation decided to create studies and courses on becoming a CEO 101, 102 etc, besides business schools' degree programs, the first video of the course on becoming a CEO of a major company/corporation would be watching the video documentary of the best former late CEO of Chrysler in America history Lee Iacocca. Iacocca cared about the company, the products, the workers, and America USA!!!

    • @andrewfurst5711
      @andrewfurst5711 11 месяцев назад

      Iacocca was a stand-up guy for sure. When Chrysler made a mistake, Iacocca would own it. Whitworth is just a snake, a male-model wanna-be who gives scripted non-answers and smugly thinks he's conned the public. We are not fooled.

  • @joshhoward1289
    @joshhoward1289 11 месяцев назад +12

    I don’t think AB gets to decide when the consumers are ready to “move on”

  • @cheaserceaser
    @cheaserceaser 11 месяцев назад +12

    Ain't drinking no Bud Light no mo'

  • @motodudu
    @motodudu 11 месяцев назад

    Why haven’t share holders sued yet? Absolutely unacceptable management and marketing.

  • @Rex80123
    @Rex80123 11 месяцев назад +1

    For a CEO to go on national tv and try explain the error of their wrongs with intentions to regain their lost profits from consumers and just say "sorry", he failed miserably.

  • @carywebster3307
    @carywebster3307 11 месяцев назад +28

    This guy still does not get it..........

    • @paulw2872
      @paulw2872 11 месяцев назад +1

      One can... one f. Can.. talk about ❄️

    • @user-nd7do9bl3v
      @user-nd7do9bl3v 11 месяцев назад

      @@paulw2872 you're the snowflake buddy. Budlight going to ZERO

    • @cowetascore8476
      @cowetascore8476 11 месяцев назад

      @@paulw2872 You're an idiot if you think this is about one can.

  • @JR-bj3uf
    @JR-bj3uf 11 месяцев назад +13

    The Bud Lite debacle was not a boycott as much as it was an anti-marketing campaign. They told their customer base that they hated them. pretty simple stuff.

  • @KgumpGump-iy2pu
    @KgumpGump-iy2pu 8 месяцев назад

    What brands does Anheuser-Busch own?
    The Company's brand portfolio includes global brands, such as Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; international brands, including Beck's, Leffe and Hoegaarden, and local champions, such as Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Victoria, Modelo Especial, Michelob Ultra, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya ...