Supermarket beer cheaper than water By Sophie Borland
12/11/2007
Supermarkets are selling beer at a cheaper price than bottled water and risk fuelling the binge-drinking crisis, it has been claimed.
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda now offer lager at just 22p a can, which is significantly less per pint than own-brand bottled water.
The major supermarkets are locked in a fierce price war which means that in some cases cans are so cheap that the stores actually pay more in excise duties than they charge at the till.
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