Tesco faced a backlash yesterday over its decision to stop selling Ribena drinks aimed at children.
The move affects small, lunchbox-sized cartons of juice with added sugar and comes amid concerns about childhood obesity.
The supermarket giant says it is aimed at helping customers ‘make healthier choices’ and will ‘make a positive difference to children’s health’, but many responded online with derision, challenging Tesco to stop selling Coca-Cola or cigarettes.

The ban, which comes into effect at the start of the new school term in September, will only hit added-sugar versions of the drinks in small carton.


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It is quite ironic that they stopped selling ribena but won't stop selling **** and coke .. I don't use tesco hardly ever so i'm not worried about my cigs lol

Tesco are acting like this is a move aimed at improving health of children, when one looks at their aisles will tell you that that's unlikely to be the motivating factor in this:



A Tesco own brand item, filled with fat and sugar, clearly aimed at children.

If they themselves target children with these type of products, it's hypocritical of them to be dragging brands like Ribena and Capri-Sun for the same.

Mm I have never seen that before, lemme ask my mum to get them for me.

dd

Tesco is one of the unhealthiest supermarkets. Like, nip in to any metro and it's shelves packed with processed/convenience food. They're losing custom to the budgets and higher ends, anyway.

This was probably a PR move to paint themselves as healthy after recent criticisms.

Meanwhile, American supermarkets remain unbotheredt.

I wonder if British supermarkets have separate natural foods sections like American supermarkets do.