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Failed Geordie and Parmothief
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alcohol pricing in supermarkets that is.
'doctors' (who ever these may be) suggested that minimum alcohol pricing in supermarkets is raising the price of everyones shopping bill. apparently the supermarket increase the prices of other goods when they lower the price of booze. therfore, without minimum prices, our shopping bills will remain high.
we must bring in minimum alcohol pricing.
however, these 'doctors' forgot one small thing. supermarkets are a business. if they can charge £1.20 now for 2L of milk, i doubt theyl knock the price down to 1.10 just because a can of strongbow went up by 10p. theyl simply raise the price of booze, and keep the same pricing strategy in place for everything else. or am i being unfair to these fatcat supermarkets?
maybe they are ran by decent people that care about the consumer.
im failing to see a single valid argument for enforcing minimum alcohol prices in supermarkets.
anyone care to propose one?
'doctors' (who ever these may be) suggested that minimum alcohol pricing in supermarkets is raising the price of everyones shopping bill. apparently the supermarket increase the prices of other goods when they lower the price of booze. therfore, without minimum prices, our shopping bills will remain high.
we must bring in minimum alcohol pricing.
however, these 'doctors' forgot one small thing. supermarkets are a business. if they can charge £1.20 now for 2L of milk, i doubt theyl knock the price down to 1.10 just because a can of strongbow went up by 10p. theyl simply raise the price of booze, and keep the same pricing strategy in place for everything else. or am i being unfair to these fatcat supermarkets?
maybe they are ran by decent people that care about the consumer.
im failing to see a single valid argument for enforcing minimum alcohol prices in supermarkets.
anyone care to propose one?