“Shame on you” – Tesco bans Ribena and Capri-Sun, Twitter erupts in disappointment

Tesco is to stop selling sugary drinks in a bid to prevent childhood obesity.

First drinks to get the axe? No, not Coca-Cola. It’s Ribena and Capri-Sun.

From 7 September, Tesco will replace these drinks with no-added-sugar alternatives.

Tesco’s soft drinks buying manager David Beardmore told trade The Grocer: “This is part of our 10-point plan against obesity and we have decided that from September we will only sell no-added-sugar drinks in the kids’ juice category.

“Most of the suppliers are supportive of it and understand what we are doing.”

Twitter has erupted with tweets berating Tesco’s decision:

I was gonna buy a Ribena but Tesco don’t sell it cos it causes obesity so I guess I’ll have a coke, fags and wotsits cos they must be fine

— Lily Bailey (@LilyBaileyUK) July 28, 2015

 

 

So Tesco is banning Ribena:they can’t assume everyone has no self control or parents can’t control their kids intake pic.twitter.com/ppFN5132YZ

— Dan Dan (@dannyairways) July 28, 2015

 

You can sell me horse meat all day long but if you take my Ribena you’re taking my heart @Tesco

— Alfie (@alfie_whitmore) July 27, 2015

 

We should all post photos of ourselves shovelling heaped tablespoons of caster sugar into our mouths as a show of solidarity for Ribena.

— Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage) July 28, 2015

 

Tesco has banned ribena to ‘tackle childhood obesity’ but still sells jars of crushed, spreadable custard creams

— tom (@th0m4sd4v1d) July 28, 2015

 

How dare anyone ban Ribena. Shame on you, Tesco. Shame on you.

— Tommy Smith (@tommyXcore) July 28, 2015

 

 

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