Non-alcoholic drink for kids in liquor stores
 

From CBC.CA

Looks like this stuff is for real, but it doesn't look like it will last long.
Your thoughts?

Is this a new development or something? I remember buying soda in a champagne bottle like... ten years ago. Only once though, because seriously, what a waste of money, it cost thrice as much as a plastic bottle of the same volume.

Their slogan is, of course, powerfully retarded.

Ah, to me it seems like another pathetic way to try and advertise alcohol just looking towards the long term of it.(which i agree with Chibi, doubt it will last long)

1) Sparkling cider isn't a new product. It's easy to find it around here, it's just that it's not marketed to kids specifically. Which brings me to my second point.

2) This is being sold in liquor stores only right now. How many kids are perusing the aisles of liquor stores, anyway? It's no wonder this product isn't selling well.

What's the point of selling it in a liquor store if kid's can get in the store? It's not even alcoholic, so why put it in a liquor store? Massive fail of German product.

Not good.
 

Why sell something aimed towards children in a store that sells products illegal for children? Doesn't make sense.

I also don't like the message it sends but am glad it won't get much sales anyways since only parents would be allowed to run freely in liquor stores. Also, unless the parents think their children are so deprived of being able to celebrate they way they see mommy and daddy doing all the time and want them to experience the same feeling, I think this product will reach the decline stage in less than a year.

Martinelli's has been selling their apple cider in champagne-style bottles for a very long time and I don't see people complaining about that. It's just something so the kids can feel like they have a special drink. Lighten the hell up.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...llisBottle.jpg

It's a BOTTLE. I could understand if they were using condoms to store this fruit juice with a slogan like "BURSTING WITH FUN" but no! No it's a bottle. How dare they sell liquid in bottles! Kids should only drink water from muddy ditches!

Why even market this shit to kids? Seriously. Like we need to give more young adults a push down the road to being an alcoholic and saying it's all OK. It's nice to know that the stuff is only sold in liquor stores, because that means their parents have to buy it for them.

And I'm pretty sure that selling plastic guns to kids will cause them all to grow up to be mass murderers or something to that extent right? :rolleyes:

I guess this also means that my life in the horrible, horrible dealings of video games started when I drank that Nintendo Pop they sold about oh, 12 years back...cause ultimately that influenced everything.

On a serious note, I do agree with the stupidity of selling a non-alcoholic beverage in a liquor store, but also it goes to show you how uptight we've become as a society.

Back in the day, kids use to go around neighbor hoods playing cops and robbers, cowboys and indians so on and so forth and now they still do...cept they get shot by real cops. Whiskey used to be a cure for toothaches and such, but now fuck me runnin, that turns EVERYBODY into an alcoholic.

Let the kids have their damn fun...it's not like they have much to look foward to being a kid anymore.

This won't last long, these cunts won't let it. I know the majority have lost loved ones to drunk drivers but they need to fucking stick to that point and leave this shit alone.

What I would GIVE for a cigarette that contains bubble gum again.

I've saw this shit the last time I was in a liqour store buying some beer. At first it did prompt a "WTF" look. However I can understand the appeal. Lots of people have kids. Lots of people that throw parties have kids. Kids have a tendancy to want to act like adults. So you pick up what is essentially a soda and tell the kids that it's "Champagne just for kids". He shuts up, gets to have some fun and think he's a grown up. No one is hurt.

I remember doing the same thing as a kid. Drinking ginger ale out of a champagne glass with my cousins on New Years ever when we were 8. Hell, we just wanted to pretend to be adults.

It's not marketed towards children. Children can't fucking buy it. It's marketed for parents, who have the ability to determine if it is appropriate or not, to purchase a treat for children.

MADD went from Mother's Against Drunk Driving to Mother's Against Fucking Everything Because Maybe Making Sure No One Else Has a Good Time Will Ease the Pain.

Fucking MAFEBMMSNOEHGTWEP.

I think its kind of a waste of time for the company and the stores to even sell. I mean they already sell cool non-alcoholic bottles at the local grocery store that anyone can pick up. Why go into the liquor store and get that?

I don't know why we're the only people that think it's a great idea acid. :(

If I was a parent and was having a celebration of some sort at my house I think it would be cool to give my kid something special to drink for the occasion. I know when I was little my parents would always give me sparkling cider.

And, seriously, who the hell becomes an alcoholic off of champagne.

Martinelli's is a gateway drink, RacinReaver.

I don't understand this mentality.

Why not just give them a small amount of champagne? I'm not talking about a dozen flutes worth - just maybe a quarter of a flute.

You teach them to respect alcohol, and that it's not a fucking demon.

I dunno. I was always raised with a little wine or champagne on a special occasion. I'm not a raging alcoholic. In fact, I STILL only drink (in small amounts) on special occasions.

Treating alcohol like the fucking DEVIL will not help ANYONE.

I agree that you shouldn't demonize alcohol, but there are several practical applications for having something like sparkling cider on hand for the kids.

1) Many kids don't like the taste of alcohol. It's one of those things you grow into (at least it was for me), and if they know they don't like it, then it would be nice to have something on hand that they will drink.

2) Kids can't grasp the concept of moderation. Once they've drunk a little champagne, they'll want more to drink, and you can't keep pouring the liquor.

Quoted for truth.

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hWnA2dgE-M

Doesn't seem like MADD has a place arguing about this stuff, since I've never once seen a drunk toddler flying down the highway.

I remember when my parents would give me that sparkling cider stuff at celebrations. Pretty much the greatest shit ever. I don't see what these moms have against it. OMG IM DRINKING JUICE IN A COOL BOTTLE IMA GONNA GO KEEL U WITH MY CAR!!!!11!

Also, Candy Cigarettes are the bomb--they don't sell 'em where I live, but they do have sticks of sugar candy shaped pretty close to it, and it's pretty fun to act like a dumbass and walk around with them in your mouth.

Fake guns ftw!

Actually, it's the only type of bottle that can withstand the pressure that it's content is under. Well, that according to the one episode I saw of it's bottling on Unwrapped, the Food Network show...

Though still, it doesn't matter one bit, it's just a bottle. That said, the other makes no sense whatsoever however. :rolleyes: