Majority Finns for mild wine sale at grocery shops: survey
Published : 14 Jul 2022, 01:05
About 59 percent of people in Finland said that mild wine with up to 15 percent alcohol should be sold in grocery shops, according to a survey commissioned by the Finnish Grocery Trade Association (PTY) and carried out by Taloustutkimus, said PTY in a press release on Wednesday.
About 21% of the respondents, however, expressed neutral opinion on the issue while 20 percent said that grocery shops should not sell wine.
The PTY said that the recent survey showed an increase of support for selling wine in grocery shop increased by 17% than the previous survey took place in 2012.
Finland reformed alcohol laws in 2018 allowing grocery stores to sell beer containing 5.5% alcohol from the previous 4.7 percent alcohol.
