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Bud Light's downward spiral has accelerated in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney debacle -- and the carnage has begun to spill into Anheuser-Busch's other mega-buck brands, The Post has learned.
Nationwide retail sales of Bud Light were down 23.4% versus a year ago in the week of April 29 -- worse than the 21.4% decline it suffered a week earlier, according to Bump Williams Consulting and NielsenIQ data.
Meanwhile, as beer drinkers discover how many other beer brands fall under the Anheuser-Busch umbrella, the backlash is widening, according to the fresh data.
The company's flagship Budweiser brand took an 11.4% sales hit for the week ended April 29.
Sales of Bud's Michelob Ultra brand -- the third-biggest-selling in the US behind No. 1 Bud Light and No. 2 Modelo Especial -- were down 4.4%, according to Bump Williams data.
"It's not just a Bud Light issue," said Bump Williams, chief executive of the consultancy.
"It's an Anheuser-Busch portfolio problem now."
Anheuser-Busch's smaller US brands also got dinged, with its Natural Light brand down 5.2% and its Busch Light seeing a 1.8% drop.
"If Bud Light doesn't fix its trend by the end of this month, it will continue to lose market share because it will lose Memorial Day. That kicks off the summer season," Williams told The Post. "There has to be a sense of urgency for InBev to correct these trends."
It's the fourth consecutive week of double-digit sales drops linked to Anheuser-Busch's brief marketing tie-up with the transgender influencer, which began on April 1 when Mulvaney posted videos of herself sitting in a bubble bath drinking Bud Light.
"Anecdotally we are hearing that sales of Bud Light are declining more rapidly at bars and restaurants where some consumers don't want to be seen drinking it or they are getting into arguments over the brand," said Benj Steinman, editor of Beer Marketer's Insights.
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