rackrent: Give this man a Pulitzer for bad punnery!

I have no idea why an article writer would want to stirrup trouble and saddle us with awful wordplay. They don't need to spur anybody on.

/clearly, Fark's just stallion for time until this goes green

If you have ever seen them, up close and personal, I think you would agree it is worth the price. They are absolutely beautiful, and the $2,000 can't possibly cover the costs involved.

dancing bear: If you have ever seen them, up close and personal, I think you would agree it is worth the price. They are absolutely beautiful, and the $2,000 can't possibly cover the costs involved.

You know how I know you didn't read the article?

The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

InBev now charging...

And yet another way InBev proves itself to be a horse's ass.

TFA: "appearing, for example, in two presidential inaugural parades."

I call shenanigans. Bush the younger was a tee-totaler, Clinton was almost one, Bush the elder -- OK, maybe, Reagan's wife wouldn't associate with anything so downscale, Carter had enough beer problems with Billy, Ford didn't have a parade, Nixon wasn't cool enough. Who had the damn Clydesdales march in their inauguration parade?

Manfred J. Hattan: TFA: "appearing, for example, in two presidential inaugural parades."

I call shenanigans. Bush the younger was a tee-totaler, Clinton was almost one, Bush the elder -- OK, maybe, Reagan's wife wouldn't associate with anything so downscale, Carter had enough beer problems with Billy, Ford didn't have a parade, Nixon wasn't cool enough. Who had the damn Clydesdales march in their inauguration parade?

Clinton in '93 and Truman in '49.

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Seacop: dancing bear: If you have ever seen them, up close and personal, I think you would agree it is worth the price. They are absolutely beautiful, and the $2,000 can't possibly cover the costs involved.

You know how I know you didn't read the article?

Because he didn't say that the horses cost 8,000 a day? He is right.

/8000 dollars a day
//that must be some farking horse trailer.

A-B should send the nags to the glue factory, and chip up the wagon for paper recycling.

Might not go over with the public very well, but just think about how good it'll be for the bottom line next quarter.

//Corporations are people
//retarded people, mostly

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: rackrent: Give this man a Pulitzer for bad punnery!

I have no idea why an article writer would want to stirrup trouble and saddle us with awful wordplay. They don't need to spur anybody on.

/clearly, Fark's just stallion for time until this goes green

That bit of writing really chaps my hide.

The $2000 is due to the lost productivity from having to shut down the bud light bottling line while the horses are away from the factory.

Captain obvious says that nobody's going to pay a company $2 grand to see their advertisement.

Is it 2k to visit or 2k to leave and go get me a real case of beer?

fillahbuster: The $2000 is due to the lost productivity from having to shut down the bud light bottling line while the horses are away from the factory.



Interesting.

the company charges YOU to allow them to advertise their horsies/booze.


only in america.


too funny, and pathetic.

betona: Captain obvious says that nobody's going to pay a company $2 grand to see their advertisement.



how long have u been living in the Land of Stupid America??

SuperCatBarf: What an incredibly stupid move. Beancounters and crony capitalists, go to hell. Shareholder value can only be lost, medium and long term, due to such idiocy, which, of course, is great. the owners need to be put in their places. this is a nation of citizens, not stockholders.


fixed that for ya'.

What pisses me off even more is that the season at Grant's Farm is getting shorter and shorter.

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zez: What pisses me off even more is that the season at Grant's Farm is getting shorter and shorter.

Grant's Farm (new window)

And the lines get longer and longer.

The horses live in my town. I get to see them for free :)

pkellmey: zez: What pisses me off even more is that the season at Grant's Farm is getting shorter and shorter.

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And the lines get longer and longer.

And Leon's getting LAAARRRGGGEEERRR

spacechicken170am: Is it 2k to visit or 2k to leave and go get me a real case of beer?

That reminds me of this Marx Brothers rountine

gimlet: The horses live in my town. I get to see them for free :)

They are all over, actually. A pretty big operation. About 10 miles from me is a farmer that they pay to breed them and take them to shows and fairs all across the country.

betona: Captain obvious says that nobody's going to pay a company $2 grand to see their advertisement.

Haven't you ever heard of the brand Louis Vuitton, handbags. They avg. around $2000.00 each and they are plastered with the company's logos.

And charging only $2000.00 for a visit from those horses is a bargain.

keytronic: The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

I've never been able to make payroll or pay my suppliers with good will. They must have some business school whiz kids over there in St. Louis.

This was more impressive

dancing bear: and the $2,000 can't possibly cover the costs involved.

That's what I was thinking. Only $2,000?

/DNRTFA

Ball of Confusion: keytronic: The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

I've never been able to make payroll or pay my suppliers with good will. They must have some business school whiz kids over there in St. Louis.

You can't make money while losing sales. AB is an easy target right now and doing anything to hurt it's mindshare is a bad idea, especially with the rise of the american microbrew. Just ask Tom Schlafly who is making a killing with their word of mouth "Made in St. Louis" beer.

Beer sales down

kbotc: Just ask Tom Schlafly who is making a killing with their word of mouth "Made in St. Louis" beer.

Schlafly is actually running out of capacity, and is looking to have some beers made elsewhere under contract. Could go for a coffee stout right about now....

$2000 per day isn't real expensive. Especially if you compare it to the costs of moving the horses around, or the cost of getting any other mid-tier celebrity to come out and do an appearance. The only thing I didn't like was at the bottom of the article it mentioned A-B would consider waiving the fee if the event was big enough to justify the publicity. I understand waiving it for Busch Stadium, but the little guy has to pay and the big ones don't?

/can we have a Tuesday beer thread?

kbotc: Ball of Confusion: keytronic: The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

I've never been able to make payroll or pay my suppliers with good will. They must have some business school whiz kids over there in St. Louis.

You can't make money while losing sales. AB is an easy target right now and doing anything to hurt it's mindshare is a bad idea, especially with the rise of the american microbrew. Just ask Tom Schlafly who is making a killing with their word of mouth "Made in St. Louis" beer.

Beer sales down

Of course you can increase revenue despite sales slipping. It's called "cost-cutting measures."

"Mindshare" and "good will" don't pay the bills, and they generally don't increase revenue or gain you new customers either.

kbotc: Ball of Confusion: keytronic: The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

I've never been able to make payroll or pay my suppliers with good will. They must have some business school whiz kids over there in St. Louis.

You can't make money while losing sales. AB is an easy target right now and doing anything to hurt it's mindshare is a bad idea, especially with the rise of the american microbrew. Just ask Tom Schlafly who is making a killing with their word of mouth "Made in St. Louis" beer.

Beer sales down

You can home brew better beer and cheaper beer than anything the macrobrewerys make.

/just bottled 5 gallons of passionfruit wheat.
//finally got all of the hydrometer pieces of out of my hand by 1am.
///wtb beer wench

gimlet: The horses live in my town. I get to see them for free :)



you should scrounge up some horse turds and sell them on ebay.

R.A.Danny: Ball of Confusion: kbotc: Ball of Confusion: keytronic: The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

I've never been able to make payroll or pay my suppliers with good will. They must have some business school whiz kids over there in St. Louis.

You can't make money while losing sales. AB is an easy target right now and doing anything to hurt it's mindshare is a bad idea, especially with the rise of the american microbrew. Just ask Tom Schlafly who is making a killing with their word of mouth "Made in St. Louis" beer.

Beer sales down

Of course you can increase revenue despite sales slipping. It's called "cost-cutting measures."

"Mindshare" and "good will" don't pay the bills, and they generally don't increase revenue or gain you new customers either.

Thanks for the savvy business acumen I hope you're raking it in like the boys at Bud are.

If "good will" paid the bills, they wouldn't be charging for horsey appearances, now would they...

Hey, let's do a public promotion and advertising campaign.

Hey, let's charge people for it! No thanks. I would hope no organization would be dumb enough to pay a huge corporation to advertise their product. Wow.

Clearly, the people at InBev are Cubs fans... dicks.

Ok, it costs about $5,000(with vet monitoring en route) to ship a horse to Europe. How does it cost $8,000 for Budweiser to show up somewhere for a day? Shenanigans!

Ashelth: You can home brew better beer and cheaper beer than anything the macrobrewerys make.

/just bottled 5 gallons of passionfruit wheat.
//finally got all of the hydrometer pieces of out of my hand by 1am.
///wtb beer wench

True that on better beer, but cost? Do you know how insanely cheap stuff like Bud Lite is? The passion fruit alone could easily be more than the cost of a case of macrobrew for your average homebrewer. (discounting the possibility that you are a passion fruit farmer or something).

Even if you're a bulk buyer of grains, re-pitch your own yeast and grow your own hops, you still have the value of your time spent doing all that's needed to brew, ferment and bottle/keg. Plus the cost of any brewing equipment.

I'm an avid homebrewer, but it is definitely cheaper to walk across the street to the store and pick up a 30 of Bud. But, cost is the last reason I'm into this hobby.

Ball of Confusion: R.A.Danny: Ball of Confusion: kbotc: Ball of Confusion: keytronic: The 1-2 million dollar price-tag is probably recouped three times over by the massive good will those horses generate in the communities they visit.

I've never been able to make payroll or pay my suppliers with good will. They must have some business school whiz kids over there in St. Louis.

You can't make money while losing sales. AB is an easy target right now and doing anything to hurt it's mindshare is a bad idea, especially with the rise of the american microbrew. Just ask Tom Schlafly who is making a killing with their word of mouth "Made in St. Louis" beer.

Beer sales down

Of course you can increase revenue despite sales slipping. It's called "cost-cutting measures."

"Mindshare" and "good will" don't pay the bills, and they generally don't increase revenue or gain you new customers either.

Thanks for the savvy business acumen I hope you're raking it in like the boys at Bud are.

If "good will" paid the bills, they wouldn't be charging for horsey appearances, now would they...

A-B did it that way for eons and they were profitable basically the entire time. In-Bev is changing things and the market is off. Do you think it's just a coincidence? Economics of a growth market don't really work here, as the market is heavily saturated with cheap American lagers. What sells is brand loyalty and advertising AKA that mindshare idea you keep slamming.

I imagine it costs 2000 dollars just to load them into trucks. What's the big deal? Were you going to have them appear at your briss?

Linux_Yes: fillahbuster: The $2000 is due to the lost productivity from having to shut down the bud light bottling line while the horses are away from the factory.



Interesting.

the company charges YOU to allow them to advertise their horsies/booze.


only in america.


too funny, and pathetic.

Ah, but you're forgetting this little gem from the article:

"But not all Clydesdale visits face the $2,000 fee. Levy said A-B would continue to cover the cost of supplying hitch teams to major events such as the baseball All-Star Game."

So if you're rich corporate assholes, they'll come for free. If you're a non-profit group, show me the money or GTFO.

Jack offs.