Posted on 12/28/2020 11:01:40 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Supermarkets in England are to be barred from displaying unhealthy food and drinks at checkouts or using them in buy one, get one free offers, as part of a proposed government crackdown on obesity.
The planned restrictions were praised by health campaigners as a “bold first step” in Downing Street’s promised campaign against obesity.
The checkout restrictions will apply to other sales-boosting locations such as the entrances to stores or at the end of aisles. Similar rules will apply for websites, banning sales links to unhealthy foods on places such as homepages, or at checkout or payment pages. Restaurants will no longer be able to offer free refills of sugary drinks.
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Put fresh carrots and celery at the checkouts..That should get them fired up for snacks....
No more buy one get one free...
Solution: Buy one get one for one penny (or whatever the lowest denomination coin they have there.)
When government pays expect them to get the say.
Next Step: To purchase sugary foods you must weigh this much or less.
Oh for crying out loud! As if Downing Street doesn’t have more pressing issues than candy at checkouts!
The government - taking responsibility for your well being. How nice.
I thought Breitling would bring more freedom to the UK. Boy, was I wrong.
Brexit. Damned autocorrect.
The Brits should be more worried about their teeth which can sometimes resemble baked beans in a row.
It has to - this is what socialized medicine is always all about Charlie Brown.
Totalitarian government. The only way to cut health care costs is to make sure your populace obeys from womb to the tomb.
That is not a farfetched prediction.
They could easily calculate BMI with cameras and perhaps a walk on scale and laser height measurement.
I’d laugh at the British for letting the government play mommy for them, but let’s face it - we’re right there with them.
Good to know they’ve got their priorities right in these challenging times!
I’m thinking of the motor chairs with severe overhang who have trouble reaching those sugary goodies on that top shelf. It’s discrimination against the poundage challenged.
But liquor, beer, cigarette, cigar and chewing tobacco display/sales posters litter the widows, walls with 2 for 1 promotional buys in the check-out lanes!
Just ban impulses.
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