Free drink refills could be banned in Wales under Welsh government consultation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51ye8e5dr0o

by topotaul

29 comments

  1. Where’s Jamie Oliver?

    He’s usually behind bollocks like this.

  2. This seems a bit much, really. Aren’t most drink fountains full of sugar-free stuff now anyway? And does anyone even get more than one refill?

    Strikes me that this is twiddling at the margins and they might want to take a closer look at offers on unhealthy food and kebab shops first.

  3. This is just about sugary drinks, free refills of water are still fine.

  4. Yup. Please keep stripping away the simple little pleasures of hardworking regular folk in the interest of corporate profit.

  5. I usually use the water dispenser on the bar for refills.

    Article doesn’t seem to say that it only applies to fizzy pop, though I might have missed it. Simply:

    “It includes a proposal to prohibit retailers from offering free drink refills”

    And the word “water” does not appear in the article

    Wouldn’t surprise me if they threw the baby out with the bath pop.

  6. I love paying £4+ for a drink at a restaurant for 330ml of coke and not getting any refills. I hope this catches on! /s

  7. Can anyone explain to me why Wales is always so much more into being a “nanny state” Vs England?

  9. As long as the coffee refills at spoons aren’t affected then idaf.

  10. >”They should try to make healthier food more affordable.”

    Fr

    >A Welsh government spokesman said it wanted to support people in Wales to make the “healthy” and “easy choice when it comes to food shopping and eating out.”

    No you just want to force people

  11. And this is how you lose your majority in the Welsh Assembly to Plaid Cymru, ladies and gentlemen.

  12. Eating out is a treat, not like people have the disposable income to be doing so that often. Let people enjoy themselves.

  13. Ahh yes, more “fat people are lazy, stupid, and have no self-control” legislation.

    Way to be massively offensive, wrong, and propose legislation that doesn’t work. Good job there Wales…

  14. I swear every time a new policy comes out of the Senedd support for the Abolish party grows.

  16. Good.

    Nobody needs a litre plus of coke in a single sitting. It’s American bollocks.

  17. I wonder if we’ll ever actually punish the companies chucking a tonne of sugar into products rather than the consumer that fancies a treat every now and then

  18. Can we just dissolve the bloody assembly already? Garbage oppressive waste of tax payers money

    Turn the building into a hospital or some shit

  19. The only reason I go to nandos is because their unlimited refills aren’t watered down.

    Without the refills I can get spicy chicken anywhere else at half the price.

  20. For clarity:

    – It only applies to drinks that are classified as HFSS (high in fat, salt or sugar) so Coke/Sprite Zero and other zero sugar equivalents are exempt

    – It’s not just Wales planning this, England are doing so in 2025 and Scotland are planning something similar

  22. I used to think that think kind of “nannying” was going too far, but the sugar tax on drinks in the UK does seem to have worked – here is one analysis from what I consider to be a reliable and honest source:

    [https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sugary-drinks-tax-may-have-prevented-over-5000-cases-of-obesity-a-year-in-year-six-girls-alone](https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sugary-drinks-tax-may-have-prevented-over-5000-cases-of-obesity-a-year-in-year-six-girls-alone)

    Although i think this kind of thing should be in a manifesto before it is unilaterally enforced on us by the government.

  23. Five Guys is sweating. “Free refills” is the excuse they use to charge £4 – that’s *four fucking quid* – for a soft drink from the soda fountain.

  24. I usually have time for 2 or 3 drinks anyway which id order plus most drinks are sugar free now.

  25. None of this would even be considered without the smoking ban…

  26. Being in North Wales this is no real consequence for me as the nearest five guys and Nando’s is over the border in England 😂

  27. Welsh gvt demonstrating its absolute inability to understand normal people yet again.

  28. Thank fuck for that! I was in Swansea the other day getting knifed by a crackhead and was only just think I should cut down on my sugar!

    * none of this happened, I’m live in Sheffield where I’m just as likely to get knifed as Swansea. This is a joke to illustrate how ludicrous shits getting.

  29. Devolution continuing its ground breaking legislative path for over paid under qualified politicians….a fact finding task force to study the issue overseas is on the cards

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