Booze deals [Megathread]

mik_da_man wrote: »

Will tesco accept more than one Dunnes voucher per transaction do you know?
Eg 100 spend, will they take two of the 10 off 50 ones..

No - they only take one. You will have to queue twice!

Charlie19 wrote: »

This minimum pricing thingy, does the extra € go towards tax or is it to the retailers benefit?

if a beer which was €1 now costs €2 then of that extra €1 the government get 19cent via VAT, and the supermarket get 81cent. This is the pure madness of it all, and something all the pro-campaingers/supporters are keeping very quiet about.

most people presume it is some sort of tax, this is a sound assumption as it would be incredibly stupid to just let the supermarket cream in this huge profit on what is supposed to be a "sin tax" -it is incredibly stupid and is exactly what they plan to do. Most people I spoke to thought it was a tax, some refused to believe it was not.

L1011 wrote: »

Particularly people who drink spirits at home and pints in the pub as spirits will suddenly appear a lot dearer.

I do not understand what you mean, you said similar in this thread too and I was asking what you meant?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105079029

Branded spirits need not rise in price much at all. A 700ml bottle of 37.5% will be €20.71 under MUP. I predict a rise in spirit drinking and so a rise in negative health effects due to MUP. Young lads drinking cheap 3.8% beer will see it more than double in price, while many naggins of vodka are already above MUP. Young lads will turn to naggins as they can get drunker on less units. It would be difficult to get them into a state where they require stomach pumping drinking 3.8% beer.

L1011 wrote: »

Branded spirits will rise in price, significantly, if the floor is set at 20 quid for own brand products.

There is zero chance that we're going to see everything priced around the floor price.

It will be interesting to see what happens. I don't think MUP like this one has come into any other country, Canada's is different.

Initially I did think the same as you, but then thought, no, there is free competition. If smirnoff do jack up the price and I owned a small offie I would simply import my smirnoff from the likes of spain or the UK, all above board, pay the duty, pay the much lower wholesale price, and have an offie that is known for miles around for selling smirnoff at the MUP. If tesco were charging "significantly" more, I would have qeues down the street, I might only need to stock smirnoff and nothing else in a tiny offie!

Before stolichnaya was properly distributed here a small independent offie near me used to import it and it was cheaper than bog standard red smirnoff.

Supervalus near me used to import 5% heineken from scotland and sell it cheaper than the 4.3% Irish stuff, both brewed & canned in holland.

If you go to many independent small offies you will see all sorts of beers, ciders & spirits that you do not see in supermarkets or chains like o'briens. All presumably from independent importers, or importing themselves which are more profitable than buying off say a diageo distributor.

There is also free competition between brands, if smirnoff do increase their price significantly the likes of absolut could just retain the current price and easily become the market leader. They are already presumably making a good margin. They could actively have marketing saying "we are not ripping you off like the others", they are already well established and so not considered low quality, which is what some will think will happen if they are the same price as own brands.

Wetherspoons are already doing off sales, someone like them with little respect for distributors/breweries wishes could make a killing selling bottles of vodka at MUP.

I also predict there will still be own brand vodka effectively being sold below cost, "meal deals" etc can still be offered by supermarkets. The 12.99 tesco vodka will have to be sold at 20.71, but could have a couple of fillet steaks bundled with it.

ablelocks wrote: »

bargains - focus on the bargains folks...

tesco have some good reductions on whiskey and whisky...chivas regal is €30 ...

Is this nice d'ya know?

rubadub wrote: »

These posts are extremely relevant to this thread, esp. as it is very popular. There may be no more bargains if this does go ahead. As many people as possible have to understand the issue, the ignorance about it is astonishing. People were up in arms at the thought of paying a hundred or so for another non alcoholic drink per year, marching in the streets about it, in court for harassing TDs.

The main reason this MUP cannot go ahead if the EU deem it illegal, which happened in scotland. The only way they can do this is to argue that excise or some other form of tax is not a feasible alternative. It most certainly is an alternative, not only feasible but far better at tackling this "health issue" which is not effecting alcoholics who chose to drink alcohol already above MUP.

The biggest problem is that so many people are just sitting back and not hounding the pro campaigners online, I guess mostly as they wrongly think it is tax. It is really weird that it is not being picked up by the media. Only in the last week for some reason, have I seen more realistic figures on the impact.

If you want people to stay ignorant then best report the posts and demand they be deleted.

this forum and this thread are for deals on alcohol. I see booze deals as the title, i expect to see bargains in the thread. nothing else.

anything else is irrelevant to this thread and belongs in different threads and/or in different forums.

and to clarify, i do find those posts interesting and educational - I just think they don't belong in this thread. I didn't say or imply that i wanted people to "stay ignorant"

edit - 12 bottles of tiger beer €12 in supervalu - i assume all stores

SuperValu today only. 2 bottles of spirits for €30.

Just picked up a litre of Paddy in Tesco for €25, had a €5 off when spending €25 voucher expiring today so I got it for €20, which is almost half price!

Supervalu. Until Sunday 19th- Carling, Molson & Bavaria 24 for 20 Euro