The variety is never ending from high class specialised delis, supermarkets with a wide selection of reasonably priced food to the standard fish and chips, Indian and Chinese take aways and of course, after a lengthy evening inspecting the bottom of your glass, a kebab may be in order. Off licenses in Britain stock a huge range of both alcohol, mixers such as Red Bull and soft drinks. This will include red wine, white wine and the now very fashionable rose wines. Spirits of all descriptions are sold from the customary vodka, gin and whisky to cocktail mixers such as grenadine and sirop de gomme and occasionally the more bizarre Absinthe.
Pub and bar culture in Britain means that drinking can be a pricey business, a trip to your friendly neighbourhood off license can ensure a night in with your friends or even a dinner party may be gentler on the budget. Popular chains in Britain are Threshers, The Wine Rack and Oddbins. With the increasing trend to ‘go back to a friends house’ after the pub there are all hours alcohol delivery services springing up all over the country for example the aptly named ‘The Booze Brothers’ in Brighton on the South Coast of England. |
