Thread: Miller Brewing responds to call for boycott

Miller Brewing responds to call for boycott
The Business Journal of Milwaukee - 10:57 AM CDT Thursday

In response to a recent call for a boycott of its products, Miller Brewing Co. said it has never supported illegal immigration and has always supported the full enforcement of current U.S. laws.

Miller released the statement Wednesday in response to a call by a coalition of groups calling for a boycott of Miller beers like Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft and Milwaukee's Best. The group, which launched the boycott with the inception of a Web site -- www.MillerBoycott.com -- on Tuesday, claims that Miller gave money to "groups that support illegal aliens and illegal immigration," a claim Miller denies.

"Miller did not sponsor the Labor Day immigration march held in Chicago," Milwaukee-based Miller said in the statement Wednesday.

A recent Chicago Tribune report said Miller provided $30,000 to the March 10 Committee, a Chicago group that the Tribune said organized marches supporting the legalization of illegal immigrants. In a statement to the boycotting groups that was released by the group on its Web site, Miller said the money was donated to an immigration convention in Chicago and was dedicated to efforts that help immigrants become legally naturalized citizens of the United States, a stance the brewer supports.

In its statement, Miller said it "will closely review all requests for support from community and charitable organizations to ensure that we are not indirectly funding or associating our name with advocacy efforts on the immigration issue."

The boycotting groups claimed in a Tuesday press release that more than 100 groups were calling for a boycott of Miller, but the group's Web site lists only 43, including Americans for Legal Immigration, a political action committee in Raleigh, N.C., and 9/11 Families for a Secure America, Hawley, Pa., a group that supports protecting the United States from terrorism through strict enforcement of immigration laws.

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We are up to 56 groups now in less than three days! This now sets a new record for coalition efforts in the immigration enforcement movement! We will not stop till we have 100+

Miller is really trying to retreat but they are lying when they say they support the enforcement of our existing immigration laws. Our existing immigration laws call for illegal aliens to be deported, not allowed to stay and become US Citizens.

Nice Try Miller, but this simply will not fly.

W

We really need to spread this boycott to the African Newswires as well. The stock is up there but down in the UK for the past two days.

Be sure to tell the editor how you feel about this article

http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwau ... ditor.html

Here's a possible reason for Miller becoming so anti-American. They have a brand new marketing executive.

Originally Posted by Miller Brewing

Randy Ransom
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Randy Ransom is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the Miller Brewing Company. He was appointed to that position in August 2006. Previously, Ransom was President of ConvergencePoint Group, a business consulting firm focusing on assisting organizations with capitalizing on cross-cultural market trends and opportunities. Prior to this role, Ransom served as Coca-Cola North America’s senior vice president of its Trademark Business Unit. Earlier in his career, Ransom served as director of International business development for FEMSA Corporate and chief marketing officer for FEMSA Cerveza. While at FEMSA, Ransom was a member of the company board. Prior to FEMSA, Ransom held a series of domestic and international positions within The Coca-Cola Company. Before his original stint at The Coca-Cola Company, Ransom spent more than 10 years in ethnic marketing and advertising. Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, Ransom is a dual citizen of Mexico and the United States. Ransom earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California-Berkeley and an MBA from UCLA. Source

What's FEMSA, you say? Here's what they say about themselves:

Originally Posted by FEMSA

We are the largest integrated beverage company in Latin America serving more than 179 million consumers. In 2005 the company reported revenues of US$ 9.857 billion, total assets of US$ 11.7635 billion and 90,731 employees. Founded in 1890 in Monterrey, Mexico, FEMSA is comprised of three complementary business units: FEMSA Cerveza, Coca-Cola FEMSA and FEMSA Comercio. These units are supported by an area of common services named Strategic Procurement, Business Processes and Information Technology, specially designed to drive the business units. Together they accomplished the FEMSA innovation commitment, from differentiated brands to containers designed to meet the consumer needs, convenient points of sale and efficient distribution systems. FEMSA operates in nine Latinamerican countries (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina) and exports its products to selected American, European and Asian countries.... Source

I hope we hear much more about this insidious form of funding and this heretofore hidden agenda of another US corporation. I'll never drink another Miller. Asahi's better anyway.

can someone locate Miller's release on their website for us please?

W

OK William, since I'm already signed on, here's the September 6, 2006 release.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

can someone locate Miller's release on their website for us please?

W

I couldn't locate a statement on their website but will keep digging.

Thanks Tom.

We are on it now. Good to see you.

W

Here's another link with supporting info on the subject:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=469846

Looks like a rat in every bottle to me. Their agenda is clear now and it seems they have no qualms about lying on a very large scale. Kinda' like the French wine industry, they've stirred politics into the marketplace and for most of us, no matter what they do now, it's too late. I've heard Lone Star Beer and Asahi are better anyway. Certainly beers from micro and mini breweries are better too.