off licence Archives - Ireland's Forecourt & Convenience Retailer https://forecourtretailer.com/tag/off-licence/ Ireland's Only Forecourt & Convenience Retailer Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:21:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://forecourtretailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-IFCR-Site-Icon-32x32.png off licence Archives - Ireland's Forecourt & Convenience Retailer https://forecourtretailer.com/tag/off-licence/ 32 32 94949456 Harrington’s Mace Ardgroom celebrates its latest revamp https://forecourtretailer.com/harringtons-mace-ardgroom-celebrates-its-latest-revamp/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:21:42 +0000 https://forecourtretailer.com/?p=21497 Harrington’s Mace in Ardgroom, West Cork, has just undergone a well deserved revamp. The post office, filling station and grocery store recently held a family

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The post office, filling station and grocery store recently held a family fun day to celebrate the launch of the new-look premises at the start of the year and also hosted a Tour de Mace cycling fundraising day.

The shop has been at the heart of the Ardgroom community on the Beara peninsula in West Cork for more than 100 years and has branched out into a myriad of services over that time, offering everything from fuel, a cafe and home-made bread and cakes to hardware and local arts and crafts.

Owner Noralene Harrington and her husband John say the store was the first Post Office in Ardgroom.

“It’s been in our family since 1907 – it was set up by my great grandparents in 1907 and my grandparents had the post office.

“My mother and father took it over in 1950, Mary and Dan R Harrington.”

The current premises were set up in 1950 and a makeover was carried out in 1968, Noralene says.

“It was developed further in 1985 and 2005,” she says.

The most recent makeover began in October last year and was completed by the end of October, following negotiation with Mace who were amazing in their support and in their awareness of community and core to the development was the ethos of family business which they were totally supportive of, Noralene says.

“We have new shelving, a new shop floor, new fridges, a new off licence section – we have a full range of beers, spirits and wines.

“It’s very modern and people are very pleased with the revamp.”

During the pandemic, Harrington’s was also quick to spot the potential in foodservice and offers a 30-seater cafe with home-cooked food.

“We have seating outside which we wouldn’t have thought of before the pandemic. The seating outside is lovely with a canopy,” Noralene says.

“We offer soup and sandwiches, light food really – sweets, pastries, cakes etc. Outside catering is probably an area we could develop in but at the moment we offer light food –  sandwiches and small bites.”

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]]> 21497 Minimum pricing on alcohol comes into force across Ireland https://forecourtretailer.com/minimum-pricing-on-alcohol-comes-into-force-across-ireland/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 10:09:50 +0000 https://forecourtretailer.com/?p=19057 The introduction of minimum pricing on alcohol has come into effect across Ireland. The law will mainly affect alcohol sold in off licences, shops and

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The law will mainly affect alcohol sold in off licences, shops and supermarkets and means a standard bottle of win cannot be sold for less than €7.40 and a can of beer for less than €1.70.
Spirits like gin or vodka with 40% alcohol content cannot be sold for less than €20.70 and a 700ml bottle of whiskey for less than €22.
The new law is expected to lead to an upsurge of cross-border sales at off-licences and supermarkets in Northern Ireland.
The Stormont Executive has been urged to introduce similar legislation, but work on a public consultation on the issue has not been completed.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Well Being and the National Drugs Strategy Frank Feighan have welcomed the move, saying Ireland is now one of only a small number of countries in the world to introduce minimum pricing.
Scotland was the first in Europe to introduce it in 2018, followed by Wales in 2020.
Other countries and territories that already have a legal minimum price include the Russian Federation and regions in Australia and Canada.
A minimum unit price of 10c per gram of alcohol is provided for in Section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018.
Minimum unit pricing will set a floor price beneath which alcohol cannot legally be sold and will target products that are cheap relative to their strength. The minimum price is determined by and is directly proportionate to the amount of pure alcohol in the drink, the statement added.
Minister Donnelly said: “This measure is designed to reduce serious illness and death from alcohol consumption and to reduce the pressure on our health services from alcohol related conditions. It worked in Scotland and I look forward to it working here.”
Minister Feighan said: “We are taking this action to ensure that cheap strong alcohol is not available to children and young people at ‘pocket money’ prices and to help those who drink to harmful levels to reduce their intake.
“I am proud that Ireland is among the first countries in the world to introduce this measure and to take real action to help those who need it the most.”

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