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South Wales Argus
3 days ago
- Business
- South Wales Argus
Brains Brewery calls on Meta to restore Facebook page
Brains Brewery, which is renowned for its beers, lost access to its Facebook page in January after a hacking incident led to all administrators being removed. The account in question has been active for over 15 years and has over 34,000 followers. A spokesperson for the company said: "Our Facebook page is one of our most important tools for staying connected with customers, marketing new products, and sharing our story. "Being locked out for this long is genuinely damaging." Despite numerous attempts to contact Meta and regain access, the page remains inaccessible. They explained: "Each time, the case is closed without resolution. "It's incredibly frustrating and genuinely damaging to our brand and business." The company says it has submitted multiple forms of ID to prove its legitimacy and even pays for Meta's premium business verification service. The spokesperson said: "I've spoken to call centre agents on 18 separate occasions and submitted all necessary proof of identity, both for Brains as a business and myself as Head of Brains. "We've sat for hours on chats, waiting in queues, chasing email threads that go nowhere." Further explaining, they added: "I've even tried reaching Meta's PR team, but nothing. "Technically, they haven't taken any action at all." The issue is particularly urgent now as Brains prepares for a major brand refresh, a relaunch that the brewery sees as vital to its growth after recent challenges. The spokesperson explained: "This rebrand is a comeback moment. "We've had huge support from our followers and community. "Losing access to our largest communications channel at a time like this is devastating." While Brains has retained control of its Instagram account, it only reaches around 4,000 followers, a fraction of the Facebook page's audience. Despite selling their pub estate in 2020, the company remains committed to producing its beloved beers and engaging the fans who have stood by them. The brewery is now publicly urging Meta to act, saying: "We didn't want to go public, but we've run out of options. "We're not asking for anything unreasonable. "We're simply asking Meta to help a legitimate, historic business regain access to its own account, one we've invested in and built for over 15 years." Brains Brewery is encouraging customers and supporters to help amplify its message in hopes that Meta will finally take notice and restore access. They said: "We're a proud Welsh institution with over 140 years of heritage, we never expected to be ignored like this." The brewery's Facebook page, @BrainsBrewery, remains publicly visible but is inactive. Brains continues to engage with customers via other social media platforms but says being locked out of their Facebook account is a major setback at a critical time. Despite attempts, Meta has yet to respond with regards to the matter.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lansing's Olive Burger Festival canceled for this year
LANSING - Organizers of the Olive Burger Festival have hit pause on the event, canceling this year's celebration. The event, organized by local group Lansing Foodies and held at Jackson Field, will resume in 2026, said Erin Brains, Lansing Foodies' president and event coordinator. MORE: How does Lansing match up against Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids? New study tackles question "We want to continue to throw an amazing burger party, but need some more time to pull it all together - so we will skip this year and throw the next Olive Burger Festival to 2026," organizers wrote in a May 19 post to Lansing Foodies' Facebook page. Brains said several factors played into the decision to cancel what would have been the third-annual event, initially planned for September. An estimated 1,800 people attended the second-annual Olive Burger Festival, held last October, she said. The crowd was smaller than the first year's estimated 2,500 people. Organizers lost about $5,000 on the event, Brains said. Several other events were being held the same weekend including a Detroit Tigers' playoff game, she said. "There are a lot of factors that went into our decision, but ultimately it came down to wanting to make sure that our beloved Olive Burger was given the proper celebration it deserves," organizers wrote on the Facebook post. Brains said a family obligation will require her to travel out of the area during the month of August "and I didn't want to rely on doing all the planning from afar." MORE: Delta Township to cancel popular July 3 fireworks show Lansing Foodies, a local group that's amassed more than 81,000 members on Facebook, is not a nonprofit organization but organizers plan to pursue becoming one in hopes that it will help the group secure more sponsorships and grants for the festival, she said. Pausing the event for a year will help organizers ensure that it can grow when it resumes next year, Brains said. "When we started planning the Olive Burger Festival, we did it in mind that each year we would make it bigger and better," she said. "We don't want do something that isn't going to be up to the standards of what our vision is with it, which is an increasingly larger celebration of Lansing area food and hopefully an attraction that brings foodies into our region." Contact Reporter Rachel Greco at rgreco@ Follow her on X @GrecoatLSJ. This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Lansing's Olive Burger Festival canceled for this year
The Guardian
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Jonathan LaPaglia: ‘My muscles are T-shirt muscles – they don't do anything'
What's your biggest takeaway about human behaviour from hosting Australian Survivor for 10 years? What I've learned is that there's a really deep seated desire to belong. It's interesting to watch how people struggle with that. Because the conceit of the game is that you're trying to vote out one of your own, right? And the best way to do that is to blindside them … and so when you get voted out, I think it's quite confronting – even though it's a game, and everyone goes in knowing it's a game. I think we inherently want to belong. If you auditioned for Survivor, would you pick the Brains or the Brawn team? Well, my muscles are T-shirt muscles – they don't do anything, they're just there for looks – so I think they'd be kind of useless. And I'm somewhat of a thinker, so I probably would gravitate toward the brains tribe. That being said, people have been known to say that I overthink things, so I might end up being useless for both tribes. I think I have to be the host, because I'd be hopeless as a player. If you had to appear as a contestant on a reality TV show tomorrow, which one would it be? The Great Australian Bake Off? There's something kind of goofy about that which appeals, I don't know why. I can't bake at all. I'm terrible. But if I could provide comedy just for one episode, that would be good. You studied medicine in Adelaide and worked in emergency rooms for a few years; when was the last time you used your medical training? Professionally, maybe 30 years ago. Actually, I picked up the books again in Covid and started studying to sit the medical board [examinations] here in the US. And I don't know why – I didn't really think it through, because I don't know who would employ me at my age. But for a couple of months, I hit the books – and it was one of the hardest things I've ever done, trying to recall information from 35 years ago. Because a lot of the stuff I had to learn was from my first years as a medical student. So iIt was a lot of basic sciences and stuff, and trying to dredge up that information was physically painful. What book do you always return to, and why? I usually don't read books again, but the one book I've returned to is The House of God by Samuel Shem, from 1978. I've read it a bunch of times, and maybe it's because of my medical background, because he was a doctor and he wrote this book about being an intern. But it's very sardonic in its approach, it has a very David Sedaris tone to it. I felt as if he nailed the whole experience of being a medical intern, but in a very entertaining, humorous way. What's the oldest thing you own, and why do you still have it? Maybe my 1967 Pontiac GTO. I've owned it for 20 or 25 years. I don't use it much, and I keep thinking I should sell it, but every time I pull it out, it's such a work of art that I just can't get myself to part with it yet. If you could only drive one car for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? I have a 1973 Dodge Challenger that I built myself. It's a bit of a Frankenstein – it has a new motor gearbox, all that sort of stuff. And even though it's not perfect, it really has an appeal because my hands created it. What's the best lesson you learned from someone you've worked with? I don't know where I got it from, but the philosophy that I have is: you're better off dying on your feet than living on your knees. Stand up and do what you think is right in the moment, rather than acquiescing to someone else or playing it safe. What are you secretly really good at? I'm good at watchmaking. It started when I was doing an Aussie show called Love Child, a period drama set in the late 60s. They gave me a watch from that period, and it really piqued my interest in watches – particularly from the 60s and 70s – even though it didn't work. At the end of the show they gave it to me, and I took it to a local watchmaker who just kind of buggered it up – basically, I was going back and forth for six months, and it never really worked properly. So then, because I've always had an interest in anything mechanical, I decided to figure it out. I bought toolsand books, I went online, and I started teaching myself through trial and error, stumbling my way through. It just kind of snowballed from there. And now I have too many tools. If you had to fight a famous person, who would it be, how would you fight them and who would win? Maybe Will Ferrell, just because I think he's hilarious. A thumb wrestle. And I think he'd probably win, because there's no way I could keep my shit together. I would lose it. Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn premieres 17 February on 10 and 10 Play.
