Monkeys in the retreat, they were destroyed by the sugar tax in Poland

The sugar tax caused the sale of cheap vodkas in the smallest bottles (the so-called monkeys) to drop by almost one third - we read in the Monday edition of "Rzeczpospolita". "According to the data of CMR, which is published by Rzeczpospolita as the first, in the first half of 2021 Poles bought less alcohol in packages up to 200 ml, i.e. in the so-called monkeys. The cheapest, pure vodkas recorded the biggest drops - almost 30 percent . quantitatively year on year. Less flavored vodkas were sold as well, "Rzeczpospolita" writes. "The sales value of all vodkas has dropped by about 6% since the beginning of the year." - says the newspaper Arleta Charkot, CMR analyst. The data applies to stores with an area of up to 300 sq m, which have the majority of the market, mainly where alcohol is purchased. Read also: Mentzen Brewery accused of racism, i.e. nonsense that is not enough According to the daily, the tax also hit the beverage market. For those carbonated, the decrease in ...