<span style="font-weight: 400;">Question for you guys North of the border. What had been the effect of the minimum alcohol pricing? I assume cheap/high ABV drinks; white cider/super strength lager etc. are more expensive. But what's happened to cooking lager (Carling/Fosters/Carlsberg etc.) and has there been a knock on effect on more 'premium’ drinks (decent bottled Ale/imported lager/palatable wine etc.)? Or has it literally just made the tramp/underages drinker's tipple of choice more expensive?* </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, what happens to the extra cost? Is it in the form of extra tax/duty? Or is this unchanged and the supplier just increased their costs? Or does the seller just make more profit due to the increased selling price? (Though I assume they sell less)</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">*Said tongue in cheek. No offence intended if you're a STWer who enjoys the odd White Lightning or Special Brew </span>
I haven't seen any increase on any of the alcohol products I buy.
The additional cost is profit for the retailer (though of course that's taxed).
Bottle of malt price doesn't seem to have been affected by MUP. Bottle of wine has risen a bit . It's a minimum unit price as the Scottish government doesn't have the power to raise or lower tax on drink
I gave up reading that!
Cheap high ABV drinks have gone up e.g. white lightning cider
Own brand spirts have gone up, value gin is now roughly the same price as some branded gins.
"Premium" drinks have been unaffected.
Duty hasn't changed but the VAT overall will increase.
Apart from the tramp-drinks there’s not really a noticeable difference in price per bottle / can. What you’ll see less of (or rather has gone) is supermarkets doing multi-pack deals , 3for2 etc on higher price drinks etc that would bring the price per can below the threshold
Our local authority - South Ayrshire - outlawed 3 for 2 or bogof on alcohol years ago, as well as happy hour in pubs.
Was much criticised at the time, no one mentions it now. Hopefully it's had an effect, but don't think there's any studies been done since.
Haven't noticed it much at all to be honest, festival multi buys are dearer but my normal IPA's and that are just the same, and I already had a decent stock of single malts which wouldn't be affected anyway.
I no longer get a discount on beer and they have changed pack sizes so they tend not to sell 20 or 24 packs now. Pretty much the only thing that is affected was the cheap strong cider.
I actually forgot this was a thing.
The stubbie bottles of cheap "European" lager have gone up to 50p a bottle in the packs of 10.
As above, no effect on "normal" alcohol, just the cheap cider, buckfast etc.
Multi buys and bogof type deals were made illegal a few years ago under a different piece of legislation, as were happy hour promotions.
Couple of interesting changes is that a bottle of cheap own brand vodka is now the same price as the branded equivalent, and small corner shops are the same price as big supermarkets.
Will be interesting to see if it makes any difference.
