{"id":41649,"date":"2020-03-03T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=41649"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:47:51","slug":"prices-double-after-50p-per-alcohol-unit-minimum-kicks-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/03\/prices-double-after-50p-per-alcohol-unit-minimum-kicks-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Prices double after 50p per alcohol unit minimum kicks in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Convenience stores struggle, but pubs may reap the benefits of new Welsh legislation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Alcoholic-drinks-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>The new law came into effect on Monday. <\/strong>Image: Rawpixel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>MINIMUM alcohol pricing has more\nthan doubled some Cardiff convenience store prices, while pubs have been\nunaffected. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>As of March 2, alcoholic drinks can\nno longer be sold at less than 50p per unit under the Public Health Act 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>For off-licences selling strong,\ncheap drinks such as large bottles of cider and high-percentage beers, it has\ncaused price hikes. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Shabnam Mohammed, manager of off-licence\nLifestyle Express &#8211; Save and Select which opened last year in Grangetown, said the\nchange left her frustrated and unable to shift some stock.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs with everything in a new\nbusiness it\u2019s been quite daunting. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get to grips\nwith it now, but we have stock gathered up and no use for it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n<p>A two-litre bottle of Strongbow will go up from \u00a33.79 to \u00a35.00 in Ms Mohammed\u2019s shop, and a 2.5ltr bottle of 7.5% strong Frosty Jacks cider has more than doubled from \u00a34.49 to \u00a39.39.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The new law has not hit most pubs, who already sell way above the minimum. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo one is going to buy that,\u201d\nshe said. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The new law means prices must now\nbe calculated like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"394\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-770x379.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-500x246.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-293x144.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-770x379.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-500x246.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Minimum-alcohol-pricing-293x144.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Image: Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Breaking the rules could result\nin a \u00a31,000 fine.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ms Mohammed added her shop was not visited by council licensing staff in the run-up to the change, and that she found out through posters.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can understand why the\ngovernment has done it, but they should have pre-warned retailers better and\nnot just dropped it on us.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe lack of a visit also begs\nthe question of how and if they\u2019re going to enforce it.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is what it is, we will have\nto adjust to it. We\u2019ll go with the flow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stadium Stores, an off-licence near the Principality Stadium, has also had to more than double the price of some drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The shop\u2019s manager, who did not want to be named, said she was sympathetic to the reasons behind the law, but the transition was hard. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we were told soon\nenough that it would be a one-day cut off and not a transition period. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut the worst-affected drinks\nare price-marked, and we never wanted to sell them for that cheap to begin\nwith.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n<p>She worries customers addicted to strong, cheap drinks may get aggressive when they find prices on some individual cans have doubled. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shock to the system for\nthem, so we could be in for a tricky few months,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey will suffer to start with,\nbut it\u2019ll be helping in the long run.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n<p>For pubs, the new law means a\npint of 4% lager has a minimum price of \u00a31.14 \u2013 far below the standard price of\na pint. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Alistair Darby, chief executive of SA Brain, said minimum alcohol pricing would not affect Brains beer and played no part in the company\u2019s recent decision to sell 40 of its pubs.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur retail selling prices are\nwell above the level set by this,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Brains Bitter contains 2.2 units of alcohol, meaning it cannot be sold for less than \u00a31.10.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Darby said the lowest cost of Brains Bitter, on promotion, is \u00a32 per pint. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said the increase in off-licence prices would actually help pubs as the price gap between the two would be smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/Brainnsssssss-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Brains pubs haven&#8217;t been hit by the new price minimum law, according to its Chief Exec. Image: SA Brain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe impact is likely to be hard to measure,\u201d added Mr Darby. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Minimum pricing is not a tax,\nmeaning no money will be going to the Welsh Government or Cardiff Council, who\nwill be enforcing it, as a result of this change.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<p>A Cardiff Council spokesperson said it expects compliance from local shops and pubs, and premises were visited by council representatives before the rules came into force. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Welsh Government passed the law on August 9, 2018, and Health Minister Vaughan Gething said he hoped the law would reduce the harm caused by alcohol. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know when alcohol is cheap\nand readily available, harmful drinking increases,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe minimum price won\u2019t affect\nmoderate drinkers who may be worried about the price of a pint going up. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe aim of this legislation is\nto reduce the harm being done by those most at risk of alcohol abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convenience stores struggle, but pubs may reap the benefits of new Welsh legislation MINIMUM alcohol pricing has more than doubled some Cardiff convenience store prices, while pubs have been unaffected. As of March 2, alcoholic drinks can no longer be sold at less than 50p per unit under the Public Health Act 2018. For off-licences selling strong, cheap drinks such as large bottles of cider and high-percentage beers, it has caused price hikes. 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