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Portsmouth Sainsbury's store hit with booze ban after selling to kids
12:46pm Wednesday 6th May 2009 in News
Hampshire supermarket banned from selling alcohol
A HAMPSHIRE supermarket has been banned from selling alcohol for 48 hours after repeatedly selling to underage people.
The Sainsbury's store in Farlington, Portsmouth was served with an alcohol closure notice that will come into effect at 7am on Friday.
The store will remain open but it will not be allowed to sell any alcoholic drinks.
The notice was served after staff at the store sold alcohol to young people under the age 18 three times during test purchase operations between January and March this year.
Sainsbury’s accepted the 48 hour alcohol closure instead of the option of going to court.
Sergeant Wendie Douglas, said: “Officers have carried out a number of test purchase operations at Sainsbury’s since March and on each occasion staff have refused to sell alcohol to the young people which shows they are taking their responsibilities seriously.
"Sainsbury’s have taken the failures very seriously and will continue to work with us in training their staff and refusing to sell alcohol to young people.”
Principal Trading Standards Officer, Neil Fitzpatrick, said: “After the disappointing initial results, we are pleased that subsequent re-tests have resulted in Sainsbury staff refusing to serve alcohol to persons under the age of 18.
"This clearly demonstrates that there is significant room for improvement even in large supermarkets."
Comments(15)
Red & White Never Blue, Bitterne
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1:01pm Wed 6 May 09
Condor Man wrote:Exactly. Worst thing about it is the little skates parents drop the little **** off in their cars and wait for them because they're too **** to get the booze themselves
Portsmouth, say no more.
Georgem
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1:32pm Wed 6 May 09
Red & White Never Blue, Bitterne
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1:37pm Wed 6 May 09
hm86
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1:38pm Wed 6 May 09
Nearly an OAP
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1:50pm Wed 6 May 09
Red & White Never Blue, Bitterne
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1:53pm Wed 6 May 09
hm86 wrote:Yeah but, no but, yeah but, no but my kids don't need to be dropped off by me or one of me ****. They steal cars and drive there themselves. Innit. Us people from Soufamptin is better than you lot.Innit. You's talkin a load of rubbish. I'm not p'fetik or that uvver word you said innit. so do one!
People that use every article about Portsmouth on this website to slag it off are either very insecure or pathetic. Both cities have problems with under age drinking get over it!
timjim
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2:25pm Wed 6 May 09
Major Sir Jerry Pending
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3:49pm Wed 6 May 09
Red & White Never Blue, Bitterne wrote:Plenty of aerosols in Portsmouth!
They'll make do with aerosoles or glue for a while. Sainsburys sell them as well don't they?
soton1980
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4:14pm Wed 6 May 09
48 hours is pathetic. Why no fine??? Sainsburys should simply take it out of the store budget. That would teach the employees to check IDs!
Costa Baz
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4:52pm Wed 6 May 09
Especially as the tills should be prompting them to ASK for id!!!!!!!!
Mind you the person selling it was probably underage as well.
Their rules used to involve a minor being supervised by an 18+ member of staff, when selling alcohol, but that supervision, owing to the usual staff shortages, was normally a harrassed member of staff nodding their head in the kids direction.
Bet things haven't changed.
Well it's cheaper to pay a kid than an adult, isn't it.
Reality-man
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8:38pm Wed 6 May 09
hm86 wrote:Yes it is terrible that they use such opportunities to take the pee out of the inbred pikey skate mugs who's auntie is also their mother and who's brother is also their dad
People that use every article about Portsmouth on this website to slag it off are either very insecure or pathetic. Both cities have problems with under age drinking get over it!
scottthomas
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9:55pm Wed 6 May 09
The Grey Mystery
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10:03pm Wed 6 May 09
m11
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6:51am Thu 7 May 09
Condor Man says...
12:53pm Wed 6 May 09