UK: Retailers fight S&N "irresponsible drinking" claims
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 31 July 2006
The UK's largest retailers have "refuted" claims from the country's largest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, that they are encouraging irresponsible drinking by selling alcohol at "below cost".
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The UK's largest retailers have "refuted" claims from the country's largest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, that they are encouraging irresponsible drinking by selling alcohol at "below cost".
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