Alcohol recognised as leading cause of harm at global safety conference
Alcohol recognised as leading cause of harm at global safety conference The Sydney Morning Herald By Julie Power November 7, 2018 Global safety experts meeting in Bangkok on Wednesday agreed to recognise that harmful alcohol use contributes to morbidity, injury and violence in all types of injuries. In a last-minute addition to the traditional declaration that […]
Sense Group welcomes National Alcohol Policy
Sense Group welcomes National Alcohol Policy Times of Malta November 7, 2018 The Sense Group has welcomed the setting up of an advisory board to put the recently launched National Alcohol Policy into action. It said in a statement that, as an organisation, which along with other non-governmental industry and business entities was consulted in the process […]
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 […]