Waitrose is going to end sales of high caffeine energy drinks to under-16s

@pixlexia You can't tell me you don't think parents have control over their kids. Parents that care enough to not want their kids drinking such drinks have put in the work with their kids. Their kids will understand why their parents don't want them drinking them.
But I ask you this: A fluid ounce of typical filter coffee has 18mg of caffeine. A fluid ounce of a typical Rockstar or Monster has 10mg of caffeine. Starbucks coffee, a fluid ounce of their coffee has 22.5mg of caffeine. How are energy drinks a problem? Like I said, it's a group of misinformed people making a whole lot of noise. In some cases their spineless politicians are crumbling to them. It's really quite sad.

@AcidBurn energy drinks themselves aren’t the problem. The problem comes with secondary school children skipping meals and relying on cheap energy drinks instead, which is obviously not healthy. Children do not need that much sugar or caffeine especially at 8 in the morning. If parents are at work, and their 14-15 year olds are walking to school, with their friends who do the same thing, then what can they do to stop it? They’re not there to stop them and even taking money away won’t make any difference, the super cheap ones only cost 35p.
It is a problem - I live near a secondary school and see it all the time. I remember so many people doing that when I was in secondary school and I used to do it myself sometimes, but it’s not healthy and not necessary. It makes them hyper until they crash, and either of those is not helpful for good behaviour. Yeah, maybe it isn’t the biggest problem in the world that they could be dealing with, but it’s a step in the right direction and it won’t be that hard to put in place.

@pixlexia You can pass the parent's responsibility all you want. Not letting them have an energy drink is not going to get them to eat breakfast. They'll stop at that same store and just load up on sugary junk food instead of caffeine and B vitamins.
By the way, I've been drinking several sugar free energy drinks a day for years and I'm quite healthy.

@Peppa I agree

@pixlexia red bull has been banned in many European countries I thought it would have affected us due to being apart of the union. But nope. You have a nation of zombies. I don't think they should sell them at all.
I'm sure they rot your brain cells

@Pitchblue why Britain is more forward thinking and trump is a waste of time

@Pitchblue this is in Britain 😄 unless Waitrose is in America too which I don’t know about.

@pixlexia Did not know Waitrose was British I'm not in either country.

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout this isn’t the government - it’s just one supermarket putting this rule in place and encouraging others to do the same.

Lucky. They try all the time to stop kids getting access to sugar products. School canteen is the biggest joke.. may as well just chew on wheat bars all day

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout yeah aha they could make school food more interesting. But they shouldn’t need energy drinks to get through school