{"id":26534,"date":"2022-02-01T14:15:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/?p=26534"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T09:17:48","slug":"alcohol-duty-proposal-to-disproportionately-affect-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grocerygazette.co.uk\/2022\/02\/01\/alcohol-duty-proposal-to-disproportionately-affect-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol duty proposal to \u201cdisproportionately affect women\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chancellor\u2019s plan to increase duties on wines over 11.5% ABV will affect beverages that women generally favour.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Research carried out by Wine Drinkers UK has revealed that 43% of women drinkers list wine as their favourite alcoholic drink compared to 21% of men.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Additionally, only 7% of women prefer beer whereas 44% of men listed beer as their favourite alcoholic beverage respectfully.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Government alcohol duty change will lead to rising wine costs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This raises the concern that the 38p increase on wine bottles will hit women harder than men as beer, along with the cost-of-living crisis will further squeeze household budgets.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Since 2010, it has been estimated that wine drinkers have paid \u00a35.9 billion more in duty compared to beer drinkers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Additionally, women are twice as likely to choose wine than men at 58% compared to 31%, respectively.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Although drinking preference cannot be homogenised by gender, Sunak\u2019s plan to cut taxes on beer and cider but raise them on wine will create noticeable disparities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nChancellor Rishi Sunak\u2019s proposals to change alcohol duty will \u201cdisproportionately affect women\u201d, Wine Drinkers UK<\/a> has warned.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n