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Why Younger Consumers Are Cause for Concern in Alcoholic Beverages Category 

Why Younger Consumers Are Cause for Concern in Alcoholic Beverages Category  Source: https://csnews.com/ By Melissa Kress 11/06/2018 There are countless studies examining the shopping behavior of younger generations and the effect on the retail industry. Now, as Generation Z comes of age and millennials continue to wield extraordinary spending power, convenience store retailers need to begin […]

Why Younger Consumers Are Cause for Concern in Alcoholic Beverages Category 

Why Younger Consumers Are Cause for Concern in Alcoholic Beverages Category Convenience Store News By Melissa Kress November , 2018 NATIONAL REPORT — There are countless studies examining the shopping behavior of younger generations and the effect on the retail industry. Now, as Generation Z comes of age and millennials continue to wield extraordinary spending power, […]

ND:  Bars, police stay vigilant as fake IDs get better, easier to obtain

ND:  Bars, police stay vigilant as fake IDs get better, easier to obtain Duluth News Tribune By Sydney Mook November 6, 2018 GRAND FORKS — The use of fake identification to purchase alcohol has been going on for decades, but those fake IDs are only getting better and easier to obtain, officials say. Fake IDs have […]

Canada:  Life expectancy in Canada could follow that in U.S. — study

Canada:  Life expectancy in Canada could follow that in U.S. — study The Sudbury Star By Donald Macdonald November 6, 2018 TORONTO — A paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests life expectancy in Canada could be threatened by the same factors that are causing it to fall in the United States. “There […]

Ireland restricts alcohol advertising with new law

Ireland restricts alcohol advertising with new law Source: https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/ by Nicola Carruthers 5th November, 2018 Ireland’s minister for health Simon Harris has signed a “groundbreaking” law to ban alcohol advertising near schools and play areas and restrict visibility of alcohol in stores over the next two years. Harris has signed orders to commence 23 sections of […]

London Just Got Its First Whiskey Vending Machine (Additional Coverage)

London Just Got Its First Whiskey Vending Machine (Additional Coverage) Source: https://mentalfloss.com/ BY SHAUNACY FERRO NOVEMBER 5, 2018 Guests at London’s Napoleon Hotel don’t need to wait for a bartender to order a quality Scotch; they can order it from the vending machine. As Lonely Planet reports, the hotel now has a single-malt whiskey vending machine […]

Smugglers jailed for flooding the UK with illicit beer, wine and spirits

Smugglers jailed for flooding the UK with illicit beer, wine and spirits Source: http://www.drinksretailingnews.co.uk/ By Martin Green 06 November, 2018 Brothers that evaded paying £3.6 million in tax by distributing illicit beer, wine and spirits across the UK have been jailed for a total of 12 years. Tayfun and Taylan Donger were caught unloading smuggled beer […]

Here’s why champagne and prosecco make you feel more drunk than normal wine

Here’s why champagne and prosecco make you feel more drunk than normal wine Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/ Lisa Schönhaar August 16, 2018 Many often say they feel drunker when consuming sparkling alcoholic beverages than non-sparkling drinks. A higher alcohol content can actually be detected in the blood after drinking champagne. This is because the carbon dioxide in sparkling […]