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      The Bud Light one was actually impactful for several months:

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Light_boycott

      “On June 3, Brayden King, a professor of management and organizations, gave an interview to CNBC calling the Bud Light boycott an outlier in the right’s attack on “woke capitalism” because it is the first one to actually harm the company’s sales. King studied 133 political boycotts from 1990 to 2005 and none of them accounted for more than a 1% drop in sales for a company; the Bud Light boycott had resulted in an estimated 18% drop in all AB InBev sales.”

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        Bunch of rednecks and angry fundies boycott a higher cost department store/coffee shop… meh. The same people boycott $2/gal alcoholic piss water? Real shit

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        Interesting. I had assumed it went like the other 133 that source mentions.

        Wonder if there’s just an extremely over-sized overlap between conservatives who were going to be offended about and willing to boycott and people who drink cheap beer that led to that statistically unusual outcome.

        Also maybe cheap beer is cheap beer and there’s limited enough brand loyalty that other types of products don’t?

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              Kind of…

              “Although AB InBev did have to sell the U.S. distribution rights to Modelo to rival Constellation Brands as the result of an anti-trust suit in 2013, one could still make the argument that Anheuser-Busch still technically retains its top ranking since it still owns the Modelo brand.”

              They just don’t have US distribution.

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          I don’t think there was any real strong attachment to it. It was a recognizable go-to cheap beer. But nowadays there’s dozens of cheap light beers, and seltzers, and mixed drinks in a can, and ciders, and I can go on.

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    What is this weird as fuck idea these people have that they’re entitled to a company’s advertising money?

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    “LET THE MARKET DECIDE!”

    “Yeah, the market hates you!”

    “Wait, not like that!”

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    Another f-ing right-wing weirdo, lovely. I haven’t been in a DD since I was 10 and we don’t have them here on the left coast AFAIK but if there was any kind of boycott by these freaks, hell I’d mail order a half dozen boxes (if they do MO) and share at the local food pantry. DD donuts are awesome, loved them as a New England kid.

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      No, they’re not. The donut quality has gone to the toilet, both in terms of workmanship (they come in frozen and par-baked, I think) and materials (they taste plasticine). The coffee tastes like dishwater.

      Service is still quick and not terrible, and they’re everwhere, and reliable. But by no means are they awesome.

      (I still get a boston cream donut and medium regular after I’ve been away for a while. It’s just a sign of home for me, but that’s maybe twice a year at best.)

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      They’re a disappointment these days. Few varities, often sold out. Thry really want to move towards the crappy food Starbucks sells and figure out $7 coffee.

      I’d rather go to a local chain which has better variety and manages to have stock at 2PM.

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        Also one open into the evening. Sometimes I want a coffee when I’m going somewhere after like 3 PM, but the only place open is Starbucks.

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    I remember seeing on Shitter the founder of Home Depot was supporting Trump and people were saying they wouldn’t shop there anymore.

    The snowflake Trump supports were upset people would do that because it was hurting the workers. I guess it only matters when it is their cause.

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    Whatever blip Bud Light experienced was due to their flip flopping. I was ready to start stocking up for our annual July 04 bash and would have gone out of my way to buy some (even though I don’t normally) until they rolled over for the magas and fired the person responsible for sending that single can of bud light to a trans influencer. I know others had a similar thought process, because I’ve seen it discussed online and in meatspace.

    I’m sure I’ve bought products that they own since then unknowingly, but haven’t knowingly bought an AB product since then. All they had to do was take a stance, but they proved to be exactly what all megacorps are - greedy and spineless. Edit: Just like Target, I might add.

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      Say it ain’t so! I know DD formally changed its business name and nobody cared much (most probably ignored it and kept calling them DD) but damn if they cut off the New England donut supply the pitchforks would have come out!

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    Of Jewish people, Fuentes has also said: “We will make them die in the holy war.”

    Aren’t these the same people who complain about being called Nazis