Booze deals [Megathread]

The_Conductor wrote: »

In any event- what is more likely to happen- is the cheapest crap simply won't be sold by retailers any longer.
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Its an attempt to curb the sale of cheap crap that many people who abuse alcohol depend on- nothing else.

There will always be some people who will drink whatever is cheapest.

This means you will still have the cheap crap on sale , except now it will cost more. Which means lots more profit for the supermarkets, which they can use to further undercut small retailers, and less pub money for people who enjoy the odd drink at home.

The other brands will price themselves above the minimum to justify they're "quality". Yes Diageo may try to increase the wholesale price, because, let's continue to screw the small retailers, but the discounters have other sources and Weatherspoons laughed in their faces.

And the best bit is that if the plan to reduce drinking actually works (cf. cigarettes on that) then the government will collect less excise duty.

Fairest way would be to increase excise duty across the board, so the rich get to pay more too, not just the poor. And the increase in duty should offset the lower volume of alcohol sold.

But no, let's take money off the poor and give it to businesses.


There is some argument that this is supposed to help publicans by making drinking at home closer to the price of drinking in a pub. But if people are drinking at home to save money then reducing their disposable income isn't exactly going to get them flocking back into pubs.



Anyway.

Most of you are probably aware of pubs selling super cold beer to numb your taste buds.

So if you just want generic lager you could stick a 79c can of Aldi Galahad or Lidl Excelsior in the freezer for a bit. Defo not classy, but way cheaper than Eurospar's Dutch Gold at €10 for an 8 pack.
79c x 8 = €6.32

Which just goes to prove the point that some people will pay over the odds for the cheapest crap.