MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Newscenter 11 got reaction from some Meridian business owners after the city council voted to create a new downtown entertainment district. It’s part of a new ordinance that will allow customers to legally walk from restaurant to restaurant in the downtown area with an open container of alcohol.
The ability to market tobacco products on social media is being crimped on both sides of the Atlantic, according to media reports. Facebook and Instagram unveiled new policies Wednesday that prohibit all private sales, trades, transfers and gifting of tobacco and alcohol products, CNN first reported.
A growing group of Americans are reducing their consumption of alcohol or cutting it out entirely. Interest in the "sober curious" community can be seen at new alcohol-free bars and events and online, with more than 1.2 million #soberlife Instagram posts and more than 500,000 #soberissexy posts.
Liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways will have to shut down from Saturday, the Supreme Court on Friday said, exempting hill states of Sikkim, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh and areas having population up to 20,000.
If you’ve enjoyed an old fashioned at Tattersall or a gin and tonic at Du Nord, you have Minnesota statute 340A.22 to thank. That’s the Minnesota law that gives microdistilleries the right to operate a cocktail room at their production facility, and it’s why we get to sip cocktails at the two dozen microdistilleries scattered across the state.
Innovation, and an increasingly creative response to pressing social, health and environmental issues are driving major consumer trends in South Africa's alcohol beverage sector.
Each year, as the calendar turns from December to January, millions of people make resolutions. And each year, surveys show, many of those self-promises relate to wellness, whether it’s losing weight, eating better, exercising more or simply getting healthier.
As the climate crisis accelerates, fueling powerful storms, unprecedented droughts and wildfires, more consumers are focused on making purchases that are environmentally sensitive. Companies hoping to capture their dollars are increasingly trying to do something—anything—to show they are part of the solution and not the problem.
The most recent example: Walmart announced this week that alcohol is being picked up from a car in around 2,000 of its stores in 29 states, including California, Florida and Texas. (See the full list below.)
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Don't drive drunk. Those three words are amplified by authorities every year at this time with the slogan Booze it and Lose It.