Be glad you don’t live in the UK then. You have to be able to prove that you’re over 16,
or 18 - I forget which. Luckily I don’t have to worry about that being 27, but it does get annoying when I forget about it and take a monster through the self checkouts. Normally I have to wait maybe 5 minutes for the overworked employee to notice me and authorize the purchase.
They did this in Sweden too. Then people stopped buying energy drinks, because most people self checkout and you had to wait for an employee to come check that you are an adult. And swedes being swedes, they would rather die than go through that.
Now they have a permanent employee checking from afar with a tablet, approving people without any intervention or interruption. I wouldnt be surprised if the energy drink brands partially pay for them.
I know about Systembolaget because rum nerds want to know how much sugar is in a given rum and Systembolaget is a great source of information for that.
I’d be awesome PR for them if they were paying for it because waiting for an employee to check your ID for a damn energy drink while you’re trying to get on with your day sounds annoying as shit
I tolerate it for alcohol but energy drinks would be too much
hmm, there’s gotta be some agreement or contract that makes them.
no business is going to willingly get in the way of their own profits like that. no companies id
for alcohol because they’re concerned for your health lol. if there isn’t a law or legal incentive for them to do that then they have credible evidence that there will be if they don’t.
you can’t survive as a business in 2025 if you willingly do things that could show down sales for something silly like “health and safety”
There’s no legal minimum age, but some retailers voluntarily limit sales of high-caffeine drinks to under 16s.
UK retailers also mostly operate a “challenge 25” policy, which means for any age-restricted items (alcohol, tobacco, blades etc.) with an 18 or 16 limit they ask for ID from anyone who looks under 25, to make sure they’re catching people who look old for their age.
I never got ID’d buying Sparks (basically four loko before four loko was cool). The places I went that had it, stocked it with the RedBull and it only says it has alcohol in it in the smallest of print. I was getting that shit when I was still just 18.
Never been ID’ed for an energy drink.
Be glad you don’t live in the UK then. You have to be able to prove that you’re over 16, or 18 - I forget which. Luckily I don’t have to worry about that being 27, but it does get annoying when I forget about it and take a monster through the self checkouts. Normally I have to wait maybe 5 minutes for the overworked employee to notice me and authorize the purchase.
They did this in Sweden too. Then people stopped buying energy drinks, because most people self checkout and you had to wait for an employee to come check that you are an adult. And swedes being swedes, they would rather die than go through that.
Now they have a permanent employee checking from afar with a tablet, approving people without any intervention or interruption. I wouldnt be surprised if the energy drink brands partially pay for them.
I need to move to Sweden
I only know about Sytembolaget thanks to Nanowar of Steel
I know about Systembolaget because rum nerds want to know how much sugar is in a given rum and Systembolaget is a great source of information for that.
I’d be awesome PR for them if they were paying for it because waiting for an employee to check your ID for a damn energy drink while you’re trying to get on with your day sounds annoying as shit
I tolerate it for alcohol but energy drinks would be too much
Energy drinks are pretty bad for you though. Probably should do the same thing in the US.
We don’t do public health here anymore. Soon RFK will advise babies drink energy drinks.
We are like two years max from the Brawdo timeline.
Soylent green has electrolytes
Oi m8? You got a loicense for that monsta?
Honestly caffeine should be age restricted to like 15+. Its a very addictive psychoactive drug.
Energy drinks are 14+ in my country. No idea whether it’s enforced though. Only became interested in the during uni.
Technically you dont have to, its not an actual law just supermarkets being melts
hmm, there’s gotta be some agreement or contract that makes them.
no business is going to willingly get in the way of their own profits like that. no companies id for alcohol because they’re concerned for your health lol. if there isn’t a law or legal incentive for them to do that then they have credible evidence that there will be if they don’t.
you can’t survive as a business in 2025 if you willingly do things that could show down sales for something silly like “health and safety”
Why do people have to be ID’d for an energy drink? We don’t have to be ID’d for them here
There’s no legal minimum age, but some retailers voluntarily limit sales of high-caffeine drinks to under 16s.
UK retailers also mostly operate a “challenge 25” policy, which means for any age-restricted items (alcohol, tobacco, blades etc.) with an 18 or 16 limit they ask for ID from anyone who looks under 25, to make sure they’re catching people who look old for their age.
I never got ID’d buying Sparks (basically four loko before four loko was cool). The places I went that had it, stocked it with the RedBull and it only says it has alcohol in it in the smallest of print. I was getting that shit when I was still just 18.
im rarely id’d for beer…