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How America’s Largest Restaurant Franchisee Decides When to Raise Prices

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Miller Lite Pushes Back Against Critics of Satirical Ad

Conservative commentators target the brewer for a spot hitting past depictions of women in beer marketing. Conservative commentators target the brewer for a spot hitting past depictions of women in beer marketing. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you…

Coca-Cola Trials Turning Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Into Bottles

Coca-Cola is trialing technology in Europe that turns hard-to-recycle plastic into new bottles, as part of its effort to meet its sustainability goals.  The company’s biggest European bottler, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, is funding a startup in the Netherlands that will produce food-grade recycled plastic from plastics that usually get sent to landfill or are incinerated—such as films, trays, clothing and colored…

ChatGPT and Bard AIs Made Me 12 Nasty Cocktails

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris (Getty Images)The rapid proliferation of ChatGPT-style chatbots over the past year has led a decent chunk of salesmen, doctors, journalists, and other keyboard warriors to nervously fret over their future job security. One group of workers that probably don’t need to worry about chatbots anytime soon, however, are bartenders.Gizmodo decided to test out our supposed AI overlord’s ability to create craft cocktails by probing it to serve up around a dozen drinks inspired by Silicon Valley’s biggest

Bud Light Maker Compensates Workers Targeted in Dylan Mulvaney Backlash

The maker of Bud Light said it would triple its U.S. marketing spending on the brand this summer and is providing financial support to front-line teams and wholesalers who have taken the brunt of a backlash to a company promotion with a transgender influencer.  Bud Light’s delivery drivers, sales representatives and independent distributors have been confronted by angry people on the streets, in bars and in stores. “They are our neighbors, family members and friends. They are in every community in…

Samsung wants to bring 1,000 fans to the 2023 World DJ Festival, free drinks included

Last updated: May 3rd, 2023 at 11:22 UTC+02:00 Samsung has joined the World DJ Festival (WDJF) for 2023 as a sponsor. And the company plans to invite 1,000 people to the event through an online contest soon to be held on Instagram. The 2023 World DJ Festival will take place at the Seoul Land theme park in Gwacheon between June 2 and June 4. As usual, DJs from around the world will host the event and spin records to keep the party going for two days. However, because Samsung is a WDJF sponsor this year, the company is…

Bud Light Maker Offers Distributors Free Beer, More Ad Spending After Dylan Mulvaney Backlash

The maker of Bud Light is working to make amends with its distributors, who say they have taken the brunt of the backlash to a company promotion with a transgender influencer. Anheuser-Busch InBev , the country’s largest brewer, has pledged to boost its marketing spending on Bud Light, accelerate production of a new slate of ads, and give a case of Bud Light to every employee of an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler, distributors said.  The maker of Bud Light is working to make amends with its…

Transgender Influencer Dylan Mulvaney Speaks Out After Bud Light Controversy

Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney spoke out in a social-media video weeks after her sponsorship with Bud Light ignited calls to boycott the brand, prompting the beer maker to put two executives on leave. “I’ve been offline for a few weeks and a lot has been said about me, some of which is so far from my truth that I was like hearing my name and I didn’t even know who they were talking about sometimes,” she said in a 3½-minute video posted Thursday night. Transgender influencer Dylan…

The Risks Brands Take When Touching on Social Issues

The outcry over Anheuser-Busch InBev SA’s partnership with a transgender advocate could cause brands to rethink whether and how they address contentious social issues, putting in question an increasingly common strategy for marketers as they try to reach younger consumers. Anheuser-Busch’s trouble began when the world’s largest brewer enlisted social media star Dylan Mulvaney to help generate some publicity for its Bud Light beer brand during the annual March Madness college basketball…

McDonald’s, PepsiCo Flex Their Pricing Power

Shoppers looking for price breaks on basics may have to wait. Consumers remained willing to pay more for burgers, soda, diapers and other everyday items in the beginning of the year, lifting sales of companies including McDonald ’s Corp., PepsiCo Inc., and Kimberly-Clark Corp. even as some executives warn that shoppers may be losing their appetite for price hikes.  Shoppers looking for price breaks on basics may have to wait. Consumers remained willing to pay more for…