Target Is Now Carding People to Buy Zero-Proof Drinks — What Does That Say About the Future of Nonalcoholic Retail?

Food & Wne ^ | April 8, 2024 | Oset Babür-Winter

[Openurmind]

The real question is what does that say about the intelligence of Target? lol

[V_TWIN]

Much like bed bath and beyond.....there’s nothing at target I can’t find at Walmart and more than likely cheaper

[Qwapisking]

drinking non-alcoholic beverages is like drinking decaffeinated coffee...what’s the point?

[blackdog]

Kroger has been doing that for a decade. It’s vendor driven. If it’s stocked by their beverage distributor, it’s SKU code triggers the ID request in the database. Dumb, yes.

[Ikeon]

???? non alcoholic beverages? like lemonade? sweet tea, koolade? hot chocolate? Coke, pepsi, mt dew, gatorade, orange juice?? non alcoholic sparkling wines? you mean like grape juice with soda water?

If people are that stupid to pay for this stuff, we really arent going to make it, are we?

[V_TWIN]

If they’re scanning the IDs they’re collecting personal data

[ChildOfThe60s]

Drinking non alcoholic beer is like watching porn on the radio

[Openurmind]

I would never let a store “scan” my ID at the counter for ANY reason, not even alcohol. Not even pharmacies “scan” IDs.

[thinden]

What it says is: “it’s tougher to buy an NA drink than it is to vote”

[Liz]

Ghia non alcoholic aperitifs.

[Openurmind]

“Drinking non alcoholic beer is like watching porn on the radio.”

Lol, never heard it put better.

[lefty-lie-spy]

This is kind of like buying a blowup doll. So stupid.

[Skywise]

Odd… we just had a non-alcoholic bar abruptly close here that had only been open a few months.

Gossip was that the city had shut them down because their non-alcoholic drinks were just above the .05% alcohol content that the law claims is “non-Alcoholic” and the liquor board shut em down.

[FreedomPoster]

>The real question is what does that say about the intelligence of Target? lol

It may say they’re pretty smart. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a publicity hound DA going after them for selling a zero-proof drink to a minor.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Exactly what I was wondering. What’s the difference between a nonalcoholic drink and a nonalcoholic drink?

[Openurmind]

“It may say they’re pretty smart. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a publicity hound DA going after them for selling a zero-proof drink to a minor.”

You have to be pretty stupid If you can’t tell the difference between an alcoholic drink and a non-alcoholic drink.

They have labels clearly written in simple english...

One says Alcoholic and the other says non-alcoholic.

It clearly says this to plainly and legally protect themselves from stupid people...

[No name given]

Not much. Target has pretty much gone downhill in the last few decades anyways.

[FreedomPoster]

You haven’t been paying attention to how DA’s actually act, have you?

[nuconvert]

For people who can’t or prefer not to drink alcohol, but would like to be able to participate in the social activity of having a drink, I recommend Fre Sparkling Brut or Rose non alcohol “ champagne”.