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Burgerville wants to sell alcohol – good or bad for our health?

By: CHP | Posted on: February 5th, 2009. | 4 comments |
Categories: Policies and Laws • Nutrition • Polls • Public Health

Burgerville officials have applied for a beer and wine license at the new Salmon Creek restaurant in Vancouver, Washington, with the ultimate intention of selling these beverages at all of the the chain’s 39 stores around the Northwest.

A KGW news report quoted customer Jane Yii as saying “It’s the best food in the area up here and to be able to eat here and have beer or wine and walk back home because I live around the block, it’s great.”

However, Oregon Partnership, a statewide nonprofit promoting drug and alcohol awareness and drug prevention stated that it could lead to trouble, as Burgerville often employs underage workers.

What do you think?

Would the adoption of beer and wine sales by Burgerville – largely considered among the healthiest fast-food chains in the nation – provide a great opportunity to improve social capital in a community by giving families another incentive to enjoy meals together? And might you add that most fast food restaurants in Europe serve beer or wine, without ill-effects? Could this resistence be a case of overly puritan forces stigmatizing beer and wine to kids, thus making it seem more elicit – and maybe even more enticing?

Or do the words of Pete Shulberg, Oregon Partnership’s Communication Director, resonate more with you? In an Oregon Parntership press release on the subject, Shulberg is quoted as saying “As a non-profit involved in the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse, we hope this isn’t the start of a trend. Fast food restaurants are filled with young customers and young employees. That’s a mix you don’t want when you are considering the sale of alcohol.”

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4 Comments:

1  Posted by Jacob on September 5th, 2009 at 03:51 AM

as if our country wasn’t already suffering from increasing number of alcohol addicts that someone has to come up with this kind of idea? burger and beer sounds good .. but lets keep it to our living rooms for those living alone. having alcohol around the person try to quit the addiction or just out of rehab, makes it difficult for them to stay sober. Read the testimonials of the people out of malibu alcohol rehabilitation and appreciate the effort people are putting in to stay sober.

2  Posted by Tracey Humbird on May 8th, 2009 at 01:50 PM

I think we need LESS alcohol in this society, not more. And to bring it in to a family fast food restaurant in ludicris. If you want beer with your burger, go somewhere else.

3  Posted by Donna on April 14th, 2009 at 10:44 AM

I always associated fast foods with sodas and now I learn about alcohol… I don’t think it will be easy for me to get used to this idea and I don’t think it’s such a great idea, we deal with enough alcohol problems already.
http://articlenexus.com/Article/Utter-Frustration-drives-you-to-alcohol-rehab-center/119933

4  Posted by Vinh Nguyen on February 20th, 2009 at 02:51 PM

I think that this is a bad decision for us because as mentioned Burgerville often employees underage workers. So having them being expose to alcohol could lead to a big problem. Not only employees, but also a lot of minor customer will get impact by this as well. This is a very poor decision in regards with people that are underage and could lead them to doing alcohol. As an alternative, I think that Burgerville should drop this idea or it should have a policy that forbids minor since they want to serve alcohol.



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