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Taf · 23-03-2012, 10:18

So who gets the extra profit? The shop or the exchequer?

The cynic in me says that someone from Tesco went to HMG and said "Lidl is hammering our profits in the cheaper booze sales. What can you do about it?"

I can't see this move doing anything at all, except penalise those on low incomes who enjoy the occasional tipple at home because they can't afford pub prices.

Shop bought alcohol is not "cheap", it is just "cheaper" than pub prices which have been racing upwards for years. So maybe the pub chains have been moaning to the exchequer too, as drinkers moved from pub to home?

23-03-2012, 10:18	#15
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 68 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 9,812	Re: Coalition to set minimum alcohol price So who gets the extra profit? The shop or the exchequer? The cynic in me says that someone from Tesco went to HMG and said "Lidl is hammering our profits in the cheaper booze sales. What can you do about it?" I can't see this move doing anything at all, except penalise those on low incomes who enjoy the occasional tipple at home because they can't afford pub prices. Shop bought alcohol is not "cheap", it is just "cheaper" than pub prices which have been racing upwards for years. So maybe the pub chains have been moaning to the exchequer too, as drinkers moved from pub to home?