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> a lot of restaurants are changing out their taps of beers that are universally liked for craft beers. I've noticed this too at a few of the bars I frequent,
by bmelton 9y ago
> a lot of restaurants are changing out their taps of beers that are universally liked for craft beers.
I've noticed this too at a few of the bars I frequent, and there seem to be two commonly cited reasons for it:
[1] People are boycotting Anheuser-Busch because they believe that the SuperBowl ad they aired in SBLI was anti-Trump, and
[2] More commonly, people are boycotting Anheuser-Busch because of their attempts to buy up craft breweries that threaten their business, or anti-competitively strongarm the ones they can't buy by abusing the power they have through the three-tier distribution system.
More rarely, I've heard cases in which Busch (or their distributors) attempted to strong arm bars who cleared out a couple taps to make room for craft brewers by threatening their supply of their more popular products, to which the bar owners just decided to quit carrying them altogether.
[1] - http://fortune.com/2017/02/05/budweiser-super-bowl-commercial-immigration-boycott/ http://fortune.com/2017/02/05/budweiser-super-bowl-commercia...
[2] - https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/09/budweiser-owner-accused-stifling-competition-with-giveaways-hundreds-bars-and-stores-massachusetts/ZK4GlD6BTUTSkpQwMuP4uN/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/09/budweiser-ow...
Edit: s/immigration/Trump/
- maxerickson 9y agoPeople upset about the ad are upset because they think it is anti-Trump. It's overtly positive about immigration.
- bmelton 9y ago100% correct. Edited.