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On-demand food delivery apps are letting minors order alcohol, regulators say
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2156" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/8/21252468/uber-eats-doordash-postmates-alcohol-delivery-coronavirus-underage-minors" target="_blank"><strong>On-demand food delivery apps are letting minors order alcohol, regulators say - The Verge</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>California officials say COVID-19 is spurring underage alcohol purchasing </strong></p><p></p><p>Food and beverage delivery services like DoorDash, Postmates, and Uber Eats aided in a surge of alcohol deliveries to underage minors in California last month, the state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) found in a new investigation. And because of <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/wine/article/California-you-can-now-get-cocktails-delivered-15146289.php" target="_blank">relaxed restrictions</a> around alcohol takeout and delivery during COVID-19, the issue is getting worse, regulators say.</p><p></p><p>The investigation’s findings, <a href="https://www.abc.ca.gov/delivery-of-alcoholic-beverages/" target="_blank">posted as an industry advisory</a> to the ABC’s website, say “the Department’s recent enforcement actions have revealed that third-party delivery services are routinely delivering alcoholic beverages to minors,” and that “many licensees, and the delivery services they use, are failing to adhere to a variety of other legal obligations.” The situation is being exacerbated by the pandemic because of “a marked increase in deliveries” once the state began allowing the sale and delivery of to-go cocktails and other forms of liquor in March.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2156, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/8/21252468/uber-eats-doordash-postmates-alcohol-delivery-coronavirus-underage-minors'][B]On-demand food delivery apps are letting minors order alcohol, regulators say - The Verge[/B][/URL] [B] California officials say COVID-19 is spurring underage alcohol purchasing [/B] Food and beverage delivery services like DoorDash, Postmates, and Uber Eats aided in a surge of alcohol deliveries to underage minors in California last month, the state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) found in a new investigation. And because of [URL='https://www.sfchronicle.com/wine/article/California-you-can-now-get-cocktails-delivered-15146289.php']relaxed restrictions[/URL] around alcohol takeout and delivery during COVID-19, the issue is getting worse, regulators say. The investigation’s findings, [URL='https://www.abc.ca.gov/delivery-of-alcoholic-beverages/']posted as an industry advisory[/URL] to the ABC’s website, say “the Department’s recent enforcement actions have revealed that third-party delivery services are routinely delivering alcoholic beverages to minors,” and that “many licensees, and the delivery services they use, are failing to adhere to a variety of other legal obligations.” The situation is being exacerbated by the pandemic because of “a marked increase in deliveries” once the state began allowing the sale and delivery of to-go cocktails and other forms of liquor in March. [/QUOTE]
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