Apple
Posts: 2,620
Jun 1, 2010 10:24am
Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light sales are way down.
ArticleAnheuser-Busch's Bud Light, the largest U.S. brand, is down 5.3% year to date, and the drop is in comparison to 2009, the first negative year in the brand's 28-year history. It's no less grim at No. 2 U.S. brewer MillerCoors, where the company's leading lights, Coors Light and Miller Lite, are down 0.5% and 7.5%, respectively.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jun 1, 2010 10:28am
Even though I would probably be considered a beer snob I do drink my fair share of the Bud Light product!
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Jun 1, 2010 10:30am
I hate so much about the things Bud Light chooses to be. Sucks that it is down so far, though.
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Jun 1, 2010 10:36am
Maybe so. I know I haven't had a Miller Lite or Bud Light since May/June of 2005.MillerCoors Chief Marketing Officer Andy England said that unemployment remains particularly pronounced among the 21- to 35-year-old men who are the primary targets of beer companies, and also among Hispanics, another key segment. In many cases, they're opting for cheaper brews, or saving their consumption for a special occasion by splurging on craft-style beers. As a result, the "premium" lights are being squeezed by moves in both directions.
Mohican00
Posts: 3,394
Jun 1, 2010 10:48am
I'm doing my part
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jun 1, 2010 10:50am
Miller and Coors are just plain terrible IMO
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Jun 1, 2010 10:51am
How in the hell that someone that drinks natti light... Comment on beer snobs?? 
Apple
Posts: 2,620
Jun 1, 2010 10:58am
lol!Devils Advocate;375211 wrote:How in the hell that someone that drinks natti light... Comment on beer snobs??
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Jun 1, 2010 11:05am
I guess i'm a "beer snob," but i still have had my fair share of Bud Light this past year.
Refuse to drink Coors or Miller, though.
Refuse to drink Coors or Miller, though.
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yobro08
Posts: 237
Jun 1, 2010 12:54pm
natty is better than coors
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Jun 1, 2010 12:56pm
It's a pretty well known statistic that sales of good beer always soars during a recession. Same with top shelf liquor and cigarettes.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Jun 1, 2010 1:24pm
Liquor > Beer always.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Jun 1, 2010 2:33pm
I used to drink Coors Lite alot......and went to the pussy Mmiller 64 then bud55 when I do drink....yeah...i know...i know....s
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jun 1, 2010 2:38pm
That bud select 55 is awful!!
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Jun 1, 2010 3:23pm
Fab1b;375210 wrote:Miller and Coors are just plain terrible IMO
To hell you go!!!
Apple
Posts: 2,620
Jun 1, 2010 3:35pm
I think MGD is a decent beer. I also like Miller High Life Light better than Lite.GoChiefs;375551 wrote:To hell you go!!!
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Jun 1, 2010 3:35pm
My ticket there was punched a long time ago my friend
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Jun 1, 2010 3:37pm
Apple;375567 wrote:I think MGD is a decent beer. I also like Miller High Life Light better than Lite.
I was a Bud guy until about, oh, 2000. Then it was whatever wasn't Bud, until right around 2005. Now it's Miller products only (normally Lite...but on occasion...I'll drink some Chill)! Until the end of this year!
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captain_obvious
Posts: 82
Jun 1, 2010 4:17pm
I only drink American Beers... to make up for driving a Honda (that was made in Ohio)...
BORIStheCrusher
Posts: 1,893
Jun 1, 2010 4:46pm
More and more people are starting to drink beer that actually tastes good, and AB has known that for a while. Thats why you've seen them try to tap into the craft scene with the American Ale and Golden Wheat garbage. But even with their numbers "going down", the big 3 still control so much of the market it's going to be decades before the entire craft brewing scene can even put a dent in the market.
nc52
Posts: 419
Jun 2, 2010 3:07am
how can i considered a beer snob? i drink pabst blue ribbon all the time, when i'm not drinking yuengling, heiniken, or summer ale
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jun 2, 2010 6:03am
I drink Coors Lite when it comes to beer. Bud and Miller taste like ass (not that I would know what ass taste like, but if I did, I'm sure it'd taste like those two beers)
However, I'll stick mostly to my Jack Daniel's thank you.
However, I'll stick mostly to my Jack Daniel's thank you.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Jun 2, 2010 8:13am
I don't often drink BL but had one a couple of weeks ago and it tasted like ass. I am in no way a beer snob I usually drink Miller Lite or Coor's Light.