Tesco urges ban on cheap alcohol sales
Tesco is urging the Government to bring in legislation to ban the sale of discounted alcohol, according to the Daily Telegraph.
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| Lucy Neville-Rolfe |
Lucy Neville-Rolfe, executive director at Tesco, told the newspaper: "We accept that we have a role to play in addressing the problem of anti-social drinking.”
She said that because of competition law, businesses were prevented from discussing anything to do with price with each other, adding: "The only safe solution is for the Government to initiate and lead those discussions and to bring forward legislative proposals which Tesco and others in our industry can support.
"Such proposals would have to apply to all retailers of alcohol otherwise they would be ineffective, as those looking for cheap alcohol would simply shop with lower-priced operators not covered by the legislation, undermining our business and achieving nothing."
Asda also said today it was planning a series of measures to restrict access to alcohol in its stores.
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