BudNet Tracks Your Suds

An anonymous reader writes "CNN is carrying a story about Budweiser's national internal sales tracking network called BudNET. It allows Anheuser-Busch to instantly track sales across the country, and 'If Anheuser-Busch loses shelf space in a store in Clarksville, Tennessee, they know it right away.' It brings up some interesting privacy issues, because according to the article 'The last time you bought a six-pack of Bud Light at the Piggly Wiggly, Anheuser servers most likely recorded what you paid, when that beer was brewed, whether you purchased it warm or chilled, and whether you could have gotten a better deal down the street.' Frankly, I don't want Budweiser knowing when I choose to buy their beer versus another brands."

Comments

God I can't understand who drinks that crap...

[smkndrkn]

...its got to be some of the worst "beer" in the world. What went wrong with American taste buds that so many millions think this is "the good stuff".

My father drank budweiser for a VERY long time as did I when I started drinking. I then moved on to better tasting beers and now I drink micro brews and homebrew almost exclusively. They just taste better...

So I say to you that are worried about this development....experiment with better beers and don't worry about it....

"Relax...Don't worry, have a homebrew" Charlie Papazian