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Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

MUP - coming in January. Going to be €2 for a can of anything half decent.

It will be from €1.70 for a can for the average alcohol content of a beer such as 4.8.  Anything stronger than that such as the craft beers is usually 2 euro a can anyway.  

 

So the days of a slab of 24 cans for 24 beans will be gone. Closer to 40 now. 
Or 20 bottles of Carlsberg for €12 as it was last week with your clubcard, I remember buying cans of Carlsberg in 1986 at 89p a can.....I wonder will we see the return of the famous Booze Buses to Newry. 

Is there any talk of the nordies bringing in minimum price for booze?

If not, I'll be making regular trips up (and probably do my non beer shopping while I'm there too)
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The faux caring for people.on the breadline by posters on here is laughable.  Pretending to care for others when all they want is their cheap crate of beer 😀😀😀😀
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Originally posted by Wheelo Wheelo wrote:

Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

MUP - coming in January. Going to be €2 for a can of anything half decent.

It will be from €1.70 for a can for the average alcohol content of a beer such as 4.8.  Anything stronger than that such as the craft beers is usually 2 euro a can anyway.  

 

So the days of a slab of 24 cans for 24 beans will be gone. Closer to 40 now. 
Or 20 bottles of Carlsberg for €12 as it was last week with your clubcard, I remember buying cans of Carlsberg in 1986 at 89p a can.....I wonder will we see the return of the famous Booze Buses to Newry. 

Is there any talk of the nordies bringing in minimum price for booze?

If not, I'll be making regular trips up (and probably do my non beer shopping while I'm there too)
Yes but not as soon as January, they had agreed to do it in tandem but Donnellys taken a run at it to get his name attached to it. 
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The faux caring for people.on the breadline by posters on here is laughable.  Pretending to care for others when all they want is their cheap crate of beer 😀😀😀😀

It's not about faux caring.

It's a legitimate gripe about an outcome that is an inevitability of bad policy, or the failure to use consumption taxes (or in this case government surcharges, which will benefit the retailer) properly.
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Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The faux caring for people.on the breadline by posters on here is laughable.  Pretending to care for others when all they want is their cheap crate of beer 😀😀😀😀
I own my own house, am I allowed care about people stuck with their parents &/or renting due to sh*te policy? 
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what exactly is the experience from Scotland ? As they have an unhealthy affair with alcohol like our selves 
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Did the sugar tax reduce consumption?
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Originally posted by Wheelo Wheelo wrote:

Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

MUP - coming in January. Going to be €2 for a can of anything half decent.

It will be from €1.70 for a can for the average alcohol content of a beer such as 4.8.  Anything stronger than that such as the craft beers is usually 2 euro a can anyway.  

 

So the days of a slab of 24 cans for 24 beans will be gone. Closer to 40 now. 
Or 20 bottles of Carlsberg for €12 as it was last week with your clubcard, I remember buying cans of Carlsberg in 1986 at 89p a can.....I wonder will we see the return of the famous Booze Buses to Newry

Is there any talk of the nordies bringing in minimum price for booze?

If not, I'll be making regular trips up (and probably do my non beer shopping while I'm there too)

As long as you leave the bottles of Stella alone you’ll be fine 

It does seem strange that they are not waiting for the north to bring it in at the the same time - you don’t need to be mystic meg to know an6body within an hours drive will head north 
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I’m not buying all this is about public health.

For as long as I can remember the politically backed vintners association has been trying trying to tackle booze sold in supermarkets, etc.

A lot of those running pubs are a bunch of money hungry f*****, ripping off the public for years. I remember when they started charging people to go into pubs on New Years, I remember first time I was charged over a fiver a pint and never went back into the rip off place (was a very long time ago, was unheard of at the time).

I’ve always been a boozer at home. But more people might’ve got used to it during Covid, and the publicans and could be getting a bit concerned now if the trend of home drinking/ house parties keeps increasing. 

Then they bring in minimum pricing for cans - nothing to see here...

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My Dad is an alcoholic and it is down to cheap beer. Wasn't a big drinker up to his late 20's as he couldn't afford it with 3 kids and a mortgage but once he started to have enough disposable income to access cheap stuff, it became more regular, then a habit , then an addiction.

Doesn't matter what it was put up to now, he'll still drink, but it might stop someone else from starting or forming a habit.

That said, I am a fan of cheap cans myself so it will kill me having to shell out a few quid extra at the weekend!
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Originally posted by 9fingers 9fingers wrote:

Originally posted by Baldrick Baldrick wrote:

The faux caring for people.on the breadline by posters on here is laughable.  Pretending to care for others when all they want is their cheap crate of beer 😀😀😀😀
I own my own house, am I allowed care about people stuck with their parents &/or renting due to sh*te policy? 

Of course you are but I don’t believe any of the posters actually care, they are just pissed off they will have to pay a few more Bob for their cans. 
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Originally posted by Lenny82 Lenny82 wrote:

My Dad is an alcoholic and it is down to cheap beer. Wasn't a big drinker up to his late 20's as he couldn't afford it with 3 kids and a mortgage but once he started to have enough disposable income to access cheap stuff, it became more regular, then a habit , then an addiction.

Doesn't matter what it was put up to now, he'll still drink, but it might stop someone else from starting or forming a habit.

That said, I am a fan of cheap cans myself so it will kill me having to shell out a few quid extra at the weekend!

Good post.  Hope your Dad finds a solution that works for him and your family. 
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Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

what exactly is the experience from Scotland ? As they have an unhealthy affair with alcohol like our selves 
Think sales down between 3 and 8 %, 2018 was the year of implementation and had the lowest level of consumptionin 25 years..

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Originally posted by Cabra Hoop Cabra Hoop wrote:

Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

what exactly is the experience from Scotland ? As they have an unhealthy affair with alcohol like our selves 
Think sales down between 3 and 8 %, 2018 was the year of implementation and had the lowest level of consumptionin 25 years..

Id be in Glasgow few times a year. Friends of mine there, drive to Carlisle for cheaper drink every few months, and can see the same happening here. 
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Originally posted by Wheelo Wheelo wrote:

I’m not buying all this is about public health.

For as long as I can remember the politically backed vintners association has been trying trying to tackle booze sold in supermarkets, etc.

A lot of those running pubs are a bunch of money hungry f*****, ripping off the public for years. I remember when they started charging people to go into pubs on New Years, I remember first time I was charged over a fiver a pint and never went back into the rip off place (was a very long time ago, was unheard of at the time).

I’ve always been a boozer at home. But more people might’ve got used to it during Covid, and the publicans and could be getting a bit concerned now if the trend of home drinking/ house parties keeps increasing. 

Then they bring in minimum pricing for cans - nothing to see here...


I'd be pretty sure this was in the planning before covid.
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Originally posted by Artie Ziff Artie Ziff wrote:

Originally posted by Wheelo Wheelo wrote:

I’m not buying all this is about public health.

For as long as I can remember the politically backed vintners association has been trying trying to tackle booze sold in supermarkets, etc.

A lot of those running pubs are a bunch of money hungry f*****, ripping off the public for years. I remember when they started charging people to go into pubs on New Years, I remember first time I was charged over a fiver a pint and never went back into the rip off place (was a very long time ago, was unheard of at the time).

I’ve always been a boozer at home. But more people might’ve got used to it during Covid, and the publicans and could be getting a bit concerned now if the trend of home drinking/ house parties keeps increasing. 

Then they bring in minimum pricing for cans - nothing to see here...


I'd be pretty sure this was in the planning before covid.

As was the politically backed vintners association pressure on supermarkets selling cheap cans.

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Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Did the sugar tax reduce consumption?
I think that was tiny, something like 9 cent a can of Coke.


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Originally posted by Jackal Jackal wrote:

Originally posted by seanyshuffler seanyshuffler wrote:

Did the sugar tax reduce consumption?
I think that was tiny, something like 9 cent a can of Coke.
And times that by 45 billion cans sold = how much in tax revenue
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