'Too few checks' on online drink orders
Not enough is being done to stop teenagers buying alcohol through supermarket online delivery services, according to a report.
Supermarkets are not as stringent about asking for ID when delivering alcohol to people's homes as they are at the checkout, a study by test purchase company Serve Legal found.
Serve Legal director Charlie Mowat said that test purchases on online operations this year found the percentage of those failing was "significantly higher" than the 22 per cent in stores.
It said it had carried out 345 home delivery test purchases this year involving 18- or 19-year-olds ordering groceries to the value of at least 40, including alcohol. The test was judged a pass if the delivery driver asked to see ID and a fail if the order was handed over without the recipient being asked.
A Tesco spokesman claimed that its systems were as secure, if not more so, for home delivery as in-store.
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