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Caught out: Tesco has sold wine below cost price despite signing up to a Government campaign to ban giveaway prices on alcohol
Britain's biggest supermarket is being accused of encouraging binge drinking by selling bottles of wine for just ?1.11.
Tesco has supported a Government crackdown on the sale of alcohol below cost price.
Yet its stores are selling a Bulgarian Chardonnay under the Silver Rock label for as little as ?1.11 for a regular 75cl bottle.
Tesco defended the decision on the basis that the wine, which normally sells for ?2.99, has been delisted from some stores and has been reduced to a rock bottom price to shift it.
As recently as May, Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy went public with the group’s backing for efforts by the Government to ban giveaway prices.
The Silver Rock, which is 13 per cent proof, was found on sale for ?1.11 at Tesco in Linlithgow, West Lothian, this week.
Tesco confirmed it had been available across the country where managers have been authorised to cut the price to ?1.50 or less.
Dr Evelyn Gillan, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said: ‘It begs the question, can you rely on supermarkets to police themselves?
‘You have to ask yourself what the consequences are of continuing not to take action and continuing to rely on supermarkets to clean up their practices.
‘Alcohol is far too cheap. There is no point in just asking people to drink responsibly and our core aim is to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.’
Not every little helps: Anti-alcohol campaigners say Tesco's low-priced wine goes against its claims it can be trusted to self-regulate
A Tesco spokesman said: ‘We have Clubcard data which shows that the vast majority of alcohol is bought with the weekly shop.
‘And when people buy into alcohol promotions their subsequent spending decreases.’
Wine writer Bill Clapperton said of the Silver Rock: ‘It’s bottom end thinking for bottom end drinking.’
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cheapo booze
reminds me must get some paint stripper
should interest xant this he will drink any owd crap
Caught out: Tesco has sold wine below cost price despite signing up to a Government campaign to ban giveaway prices on alcoholBritain's biggest supermarket is being accused of encouraging binge drinking by selling bottles of wine for just ?1.11.
Tesco has supported a Government crackdown on the sale of alcohol below cost price.
Yet its stores are selling a Bulgarian Chardonnay under the Silver Rock label for as little as ?1.11 for a regular 75cl bottle.
Tesco defended the decision on the basis that the wine, which normally sells for ?2.99, has been delisted from some stores and has been reduced to a rock bottom price to shift it.
As recently as May, Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy went public with the group’s backing for efforts by the Government to ban giveaway prices.
The Silver Rock, which is 13 per cent proof, was found on sale for ?1.11 at Tesco in Linlithgow, West Lothian, this week.
Tesco confirmed it had been available across the country where managers have been authorised to cut the price to ?1.50 or less.
Dr Evelyn Gillan, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said: ‘It begs the question, can you rely on supermarkets to police themselves?
‘You have to ask yourself what the consequences are of continuing not to take action and continuing to rely on supermarkets to clean up their practices.
‘Alcohol is far too cheap. There is no point in just asking people to drink responsibly and our core aim is to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.’
Not every little helps: Anti-alcohol campaigners say Tesco's low-priced wine goes against its claims it can be trusted to self-regulateA Tesco spokesman said: ‘We have Clubcard data which shows that the vast majority of alcohol is bought with the weekly shop.
‘And when people buy into alcohol promotions their subsequent spending decreases.’
Wine writer Bill Clapperton said of the Silver Rock: ‘It’s bottom end thinking for bottom end drinking.’
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