Tesco refuses to sell BBQ sauce to woman without ID

Delirium · 13-06-2008 09:47AM #1

Seems like Tesco are worried about people getting drunk on BBQ sauce.:)

A Tesco store refused to sell barbecue sauce to a customer because it contained a tiny amount of alcohol and she couldn't prove her age.
Claire Birchell, 25, was told she could not buy the Jack Daniel's barbecue sauce which has an alcohol content of 2 per cent.
Staff at the store in in Flitwick, near Bedford also refused to sell the bottle to her brother-in-law, Philip Dover, 27, who did have ID, because they believed he would just give the bottle to Miss Birchell.
She was visiting her parents in Flitwick at the time and wanted to buy the sauce because shops near her home in Liverpool didn't stock it.

Mr Dover said: 'We just could not believe it. It's not as if we were going to go and sit down the park drinking it.
"Claire lives in Liverpool and she can't buy the sauce up there so she was really disappointed she couldn't get it in Flitwick. It just seems crazy over a sauce."
A spokesman for Tesco said "Our staff are incredibly vigilant when it comes to the sale of alcohol.
"However in this case it appears that there has been an error of judgement. We apologise for any upset caused."
Last month Tesco stopped selling alcohol to parents with their children in case they passed it on to the youngsters.
The supermarket chain defended the policy, saying it wanted staff to "err on the side of caution."
The Government has imposed tougher penalties on selling alcohol to minors and stores caught selling to under-18s three times in three months face fines of £10,000.

Source Telegraph.co.uk

Steve_o · 13-06-2008 09:51AM

lol, Thats crazy... I can imagine a rake of young lads sitting in a field with bottle of BBQ sauce.

Thats a bit much on Tescos part in fairness!

Sherifu · 13-06-2008 10:01AM

Well played Tesco, well played.

Keano · 13-06-2008 10:16AM

I have a similar story invloving CkOne

On a school story we went to England. On the ferry home I wanted to buy a bottle but the guy said he couldn't sell it to me as I was underage. I asked why not and he said because it contained alchohol. Overhearing this the other till guy said he is hardly going to drink it!

I still have the bottle - didn't like the taste.

Maximilian · 13-06-2008 10:18AM

Bravo Tesco! Its about time someone did something about this alcoholic condiment crisis.

I for one am sick of being harassed by the saucaholics where I live. Causing nothing but trouble and begging for chips and burger buns. Its sad because I can see the younger kids getting into ketchup in their teens. They'll end up the same way unless Tesco can stop it.

Hornswoggle · 13-06-2008 10:18AM

You can get JD barbeque sauce! :eek:

Gotta get me some of that shizz

Defenestrate · 13-06-2008 10:32AM

Guys, anyone know where I can score me some sauce? I got some Chef Ketchup but that's poor quality sh*t.

jester77 · 13-06-2008 10:32AM

I can hear the skangers now, "get us some BBQ and we'll go on the sauce"

littlejp · 13-06-2008 10:36AM

Maximilian wrote: »

Its sad because I can see the younger kids getting into ketchup in their teens. They'll end up the same way unless Tesco can stop it.

LOL. Ketchup is a gateway sauce.:D

Third_Echelon · 13-06-2008 10:41AM

Hornswoggle wrote: »

You can get JD barbeque sauce! :eek:

Gotta get me some of that shizz

It is very good... and I can confirm, that I did not get drunk after marinading my spare ribs and chicken wings in it :pac:

Red Hand · 13-06-2008 10:45AM

littlejp wrote: »

LOL. Ketchup is a gateway sauce.:D

It's comments like this show just how misinformed people are about sauces. Ketchup is no more a getway than alcohol is. Do you even realise how much art and music was produced while people were under the influence of sauces? A big bl**dy chunk of culture, that's what.

Anyway, everyone knows that legalisation is the only way to stop sauce wars and sauce shootings. Why can't we have a mature sauce outlook like the Netherlands?

Defenestrate · 13-06-2008 10:53AM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

It's comments like this show just how misinformed people are about sauces. Ketchup is no more a getway than alcohol is. Do you even realise how much art and music was produced while people were under the influence of sauces? A big bl**dy chunk of culture, that's what.

Anyway, everyone knows that legalisation is the only way to stop sauce wars and sauce shootings. Why can't we have a mature sauce outlook like the Netherlands?

It's time that people wake up and smell the sauce.

Delirium · 13-06-2008 10:55AM

Just because I like a bit of sauce with my breakfast doesn't mean I have a problem.

r3nu4l · 13-06-2008 11:03AM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Ketchup is no more a getway than alcohol is.

Yeah you say that now but I know people, who know people that started out putting ketchup on their chips and within months they were pouring Yorkshire Relish onto their cheese sandwiches!!!

Needless to say it all went downhill pretty quickly from then!! Everyone thinks they can handle it at first but pretty soon there's no way out and you have to try different sauces to get the same buzz you got the last time. :mad:

Red Hand · 13-06-2008 11:09AM

r3nu4l wrote: »

Yeah you say that now but I know people, who know people that started out putting ketchup on their chips and within months they were pouring Yorkshire Relish onto their cheese sandwiches!!!

Needless to say it all went downhill pretty quickly from then!! Everyone thinks they can handle it at first but pretty soon there's no way out and you have to try different sauces to get the same buzz you got the last time. :mad:

All right, I'll ask you a straight question. Have you tried any sauce? If so why? If not, why not?

WooPeeA · 13-06-2008 11:11AM

One day I wanted to buy one of those computer magazines with CD, and woman asked me for ID!

It happens sometimes. :P

Dave! · 13-06-2008 11:12AM

Hi everybody. My name's Dave, and I'm a sauceaholic.

The Bollox · 13-06-2008 11:18AM

the JD bbq sauce is terrific

Defenestrate · 13-06-2008 11:19AM

Dave! wrote: »

Hi everybody. My name's Dave, and I'm a sauceaholic.

It took a lot of courage for you to say that today.

Maximilian · 13-06-2008 11:31AM

Sauce is one thing but we all know the real problem here is Jam, particularly with young fashion conscious women. How many women have we seen with bright futures reduced to zombie like Jamwhores, selling their bodies for the next single portion carton of chivers or some toast.

Companies like Chivers are peddling there wares with total impunity, and all the responsibility they take is putting cynical, hypocritical warning labels on their life destroying products. Its sickening. They even specifically target young women with their ads, the cocksuckers.

r3nu4l · 13-06-2008 11:37AM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

All right, I'll ask you a straight question. Have you tried any sauce? If so why? If not, why not?

Okay, I'll admit it, I dabbled with sauce as a youth but, importantly, I didn't swallow :pac:

Red Hand · 13-06-2008 11:41AM

Well, then you are just being hypocritical then aren't you?

I mean you didn't slide down the slippery slope of being addicted to Mustard, did you?

MysticalSoul · 13-06-2008 11:42AM

Lol - wonder will they start asking for ID for deodrants next

Tar.Aldarion · 13-06-2008 11:43AM

Perfume abuse banned for minors! Finally the campaign makes some ground.

Tha Gopher · 13-06-2008 12:02PM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

It's comments like this show just how misinformed people are about sauces. Ketchup is no more a getway than alcohol is. Do you even realise how much art and music was produced while people were under the influence of sauces? A big bl**dy chunk of culture, that's what.

Anyway, everyone knows that legalisation is the only way to stop sauce wars and sauce shootings. Why can't we have a mature sauce outlook like the Netherlands?

:rolleyes:

Same old sh1te. The Netherlands and sauce outlook? If you ever actually hung around any Dutch people you would realise they are all psychogically dependant on mayonaisse. Cover chips, potatoes, even their toast with the stuff.

Dont get me wrong, Im not for outright prohibition. I occasionally hit the mayo in KFC burgers and chipper quarter pounders.

But toast.....that shows problems.

Red Hand · 13-06-2008 12:05PM

Tha Gopher wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Same old sh1te. The Netherlands and sauce outlook? If you ever actually hung around any Dutch people you would realise they are all psychogically dependant on mayonaisse.

You're just trolling now, matey. Pyschologically dependant on mayonaisse??? That's a national sterotype if I've ever heard one!:mad:

Carroller16 · 13-06-2008 12:12PM

I have a sauce problem. I haven't told anybody about it. Someday's I just sit there alone and drink the whole bottle

Tar.Aldarion · 13-06-2008 12:14PM

I'm into the heavy stuff, chef brown.

LadyE · 13-06-2008 12:16PM

I hear ya. Its a slipperly slope once you hit the chef.

dilallio · 13-06-2008 12:22PM

These retailers are totally irresponsible selling these type of products.
Just the other day I bought a can of Alphabet Noodles in Dunnes.
Imagine my shock & dismay when I noticed my 3 yr old niece had spelled out the words 'Sh*te', 'Wan*er', 'Bo**ix', and 'Fu*k Off' on her dinner plate!
I say Ban them All !

Spook_ie · 13-06-2008 12:34PM

dilallio wrote: »

These retailers are totally irresponsible selling these type of products.
Just the other day I bought a can of Alphabet Noodles in Dunnes.
Imagine my shock & dismay when I noticed my 3 yr old niece had spelled out the words 'Sh*te', 'Wan*er', 'Bo**ix', and 'Fu*k Off' on her dinner plate!
I say Ban them All !

You need to get your brother/sister to log on urgently to www.iagc.ie children like this need nurturing so that they may one day lead the country

Tesco refuses to sell BBQ sauce to woman without ID

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