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FOUND: Bud light maker to lay off hundreds after boycott over trans influencer - You Need To See This

Bud Light has been the subject of a conservative backlash over its association with a transgender influencer [File: Fred Prouser/Reuters]

Bud Light manufacturer Anheuser-Busch has announced plans to lay off hundreds of workers in the United States after a boycott against the company’s association with a transgender influencer sent sales plummeting.

The St Louis, Missouri-based brewer will let go of “less than 2 percent” of its US workforce to “reduce layers” in the organisation, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

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