United Kingdom: Sobriety tags: how alcohol monitoring could become the new norm
United Kingdom: Sobriety tags: how alcohol monitoring could become the new norm Consumption is monitored twice a day Times of Malta By Laura Bainbridge, University of York August 22, 2018 In a bid to crack down on alcohol-related violence, the British government is preparing a new strategy to reduce the risks associated with excessive drinking. Crime fuelled […]
Underage drinking will be targeted at colleges in Central PA this fall, police say
Underage drinking will be targeted at colleges in Central PA this fall, police say York Daily Record By Teresa Boeckel August 20, 2018 College students, parents and establishments: You have been warned. This fall, state police and liquor control enforcement officers will be targeting underage drinking in and around college and university campuses in Adams, Cumberland, […]
Study: Uber Impact on Virginia Drunk Driving Crash Rates Questioned
Study: Uber Impact on Virginia Drunk Driving Crash Rates Questioned Claims Journal By Jim Ducibella August 20, 2018 Brittany Young read Uber’s boast that “there’s a strong correlation between Uber’s presence in cities and a reduction on drunk driving,” and decided to find out if that claim held true in Virginia. Young was one of four […]
Alabama moonshine raids through the decades: 81 years of lawmen battling bootleggers
Alabama moonshine raids through the decades: 81 years of lawmen battling bootleggers AL.com By Jeremy Gray August 21, 2018 Bootlegging has been going on in Alabama for centuries and in recent decades photographers were often on the scene as lawmen smashed the stills where the moonshine was made. Alabama implemented statewide prohibition in 1915, five years […]
Sainbury’s in U.K. first with cashier-free convenience store
Sainbury’s in U.K. first with cashier-free convenience store Source: CSA BY DEENA M. AMATO-MCCOY August 14, 2018 Sainsbury’s is piloting a cashier-less, grab-and-go experience at one of its convenience stores in London. The U.K.-based supermarket chain is testing new scan, pay and go technology that enables customers to skip the checkout completely. Using the latest […]
Why does alcohol give you the munchies?
Why does alcohol give you the munchies? Source: https://kplr11.com/ AUGUST 17, 2018 If you’re like many people, the more you drink, the more you eat. Munching on a bag of Doritos while guzzling a beer or nibbling at cheese cubes with a glass of wine in hand may be pleasurable, but it can come with unwanted […]
What Minimum Wage Increases Mean for Bar Businesses
What Minimum Wage Increases Mean for Bar Businesses A month into San Francisco’s $15 an hour ordinance, here’s what operators have to say Source: https://daily.sevenfifty.com/ Amanda Schuster August 17, 2018 On July 1, San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to increase the minimum wage to its highest level yet-$15 an hour, more than twice […]
China now drinks more Budweiser than the US
China now drinks more Budweiser than the US Source: beveragedaily.com August 17, 2018 Overall beer consumption in the US hasn’t changed much since 2000. Data from Rabobank shows that 23.5bn liters of beer were consumed in the US in 2000, and 23.459bn liters were consumed in 2017. However, what types of beer people are drinking […]
North Carolina: Why we should keep our ABC system of selling alcohol
North Carolina: Why we should keep our ABC system of selling alcohol Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/ BY JOSEPH E. WALL August 16, 2018 North Carolina’s alcoholic beverage control (ABC) system has served our citizens well for many years, and we should resist all efforts to privatize the system. As a society, do we really want to flood our […]
Biometric alcohol purchase verification pilots at ballpark
Biometric alcohol purchase verification pilots at ballpark A system that uses a finger tap on a sensor to validate the age of a customer looking to buy beer recently went online at Seattle’s Safeco Field. Source: https://www.nrn.com/ Mike Buzalka Aug 16, 2018 Age verification to validate purchases of alcoholic beverages slows down concessions lines at sporting […]