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Bud Light Backlash Will Cost Brands Up to 15% of Shelf Space

  • AB InBev likely to lose footage, while Molson brands rise
  • Constellation’s Modelo has been gaining on Bud Light for years

Major grocery chains are starting an annual spring rite: reshuffling the alcohol aisle to give more space to top sellers.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Bud Light’s comeback hopes are about to get dashed in the beer aisle.

Major grocery chains are just starting an annual spring rite: reshuffling the alcohol aisle to give more space to top sellers. That reset means fewer feet of shelf space for Bud Light, which hasn’t fully recovered from a conservative-led backlash over its collaboration last year with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.