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UK Grocery Alcohol Data

A UK alcohol price series without a postcode quietly mixes three different legal regimes.

UK grocery alcohol is postcode resolved: prices and availability depend on the delivery address. Scotland has applied minimum unit pricing at 65p per unit since 30 September 2024, and Wales, which has applied a 50p floor, is set to move to 65p from 1 October 2026 following a Senedd vote in February 2026. A floor is not a tax: it truncates the bottom of the price distribution, so the same SKU can legitimately carry different prices in England, Scotland and Wales. Jurisdiction, channel and the price surface sit on every record, the SKU key carries vintage or age statement, format and ABV, and no age gate is passed by misrepresenting who is asking.

Loyalty pricing adds a second price on the same page, so one price field is already ambiguous.

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uk_grocery_alcohol_sample.jsonl LIVE FEED

{"nation":"england","postcode_context":"as resolved","price_standard":14.00,"mup_applies":false} {"nation":"scotland","price_standard":16.38,"mup_applies":true,"mup_rate":0.65} {"price_loyalty":12.00,"units_alcohol":28.0,"abv_pct":40.0}

illustrative sample rows · GBone SKU, three regimes · schema v1.0

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Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol at a glance

How we handle Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol specifically

Platform-specific handling, not a generic retail template pointed at a different domain.

Resolution: By delivery postcode
Scotland: 65p per unit since 30 Sep 2024
Wales: 50p, moving to 65p from 1 Oct 2026
England: No minimum unit price
Floor: Not a tax; truncates the low end
Loyalty: Member price shown beside standard
Units: ABV and units as labelled
Refresh: Daily by postcode group

Platform specifics

Postcodes and the unit floor

These are the reasons a Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol dataset needs its own handling rather than a shared retail schema.

Jurisdiction fields

Because the floor applies per unit of alcohol, its effect depends on ABV and volume, so those fields have to be clean before any floor analysis is possible.

postcode_context on every price.
nation — england, scotland, wales, northern_ireland.
mup_applies and mup_rate where a floor is in force.
price_loyalty and price_standard kept separate.

Loyalty pricing, and what we do not do

Loyalty pricing

Loyalty prices are collected where the page shows them to any visitor; nothing behind a sign-in is taken, and the two prices never merge. See our Waitrose Cellar page.

Price surfaces

Per-litre normalisation is carried beside the observed price rather than replacing it, and the jurisdiction that produced the price stays on the record, as the wine, spirits and liquor hub describes.

What we do not do

Sign in, book a slot, place an order, present a loyalty price as the shelf price, or state a scheduled rule change as already in force.

Scope

What we collect on Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol, and what we do not

The right column matters more than the left. Anyone can list fields; the limits are what tell you whether the dataset will hold up.

✅ What we collect

Postcode on every price
Nation as a separate field
Floor status recorded per nation
ABV and units kept clean
Loyalty and standard prices apart
Scheduled changes dated, not assumed live
Per-litre beside observed price
Availability by postcode
Daily refresh

❌ What we do not, and why

Prices without postcodes
Loyalty price as shelf price
Sign-ins or orders
Slot bookings
Scheduled rules stated as in force

Core Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol fields

The full dictionary is agreed during scoping. These are the fields specific to this platform.

Field	What it is on this platform
sku_key	Brand, expression, vintage, format, ABV
postcode_context	Resolution address
nation	england, scotland, wales, ni
mup_applies / mup_rate	Where in force
price_standard / price_loyalty	Kept apart
units_alcohol	As labelled
abv_pct / volume_ml	As labelled
price_per_litre	Derived
multibuy / promo_price	Where shown
availability	Per postcode
source / captured_at	Per record

Use cases

What teams do with Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol data

Floor analysis

Where the minimum bites by ABV and format.

Cross-nation pricing

Same SKU across three regimes.

Loyalty tracking

Member pricing depth and frequency.

Availability audits

What a postcode can actually buy.

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Real extraction from your actual sources
Returned within 24 hours
Coverage and QA note included
You keep the data either way
No card, no trial clock
Named engineer on the call

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How we engage

Three ways to engage us

Same collection pipeline and QA underneath. The difference is who holds the schedule and how the data reaches you.

Managed service (most common)

We own the collection, the QA and the delivery. You receive clean data on a schedule and never touch a scraper.

Dedicated engineer assigned to your account
Site changes fixed by us, not reported to you
Scheduled delivery to your warehouse or S3
Named contact on Slack or email

Best fit: Teams who need the data, not the infrastructure.

API access

The same collection pipeline exposed as an authenticated REST endpoint your systems query directly.

On-demand and scheduled endpoints
Rate limits agreed to your load profile
Sandbox keys for integration testing
Versioned schema with deprecation notice

Best fit: Product and engineering teams building on live data.

One-time or project extraction

A defined pull for a specific question — market sizing, diligence, a pitch, a one-off audit.

Fixed scope agreed in writing upfront
Single delivery with full QA report
Methodology documented for your records
Converts to managed if you want continuity

Best fit: Research, strategy and diligence work with a deadline.

Pricing

Every engagement is quoted individually, because the honest answer depends on your scope: how many sources, how many records, how often, and how the data reaches you. We scope it with you, run a free pilot on your own sources, and then quote a fixed monthly figure — no per-request metering and no overage billing when volumes move. Request a quote and you will have a number after one call.

Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol is usually collected alongside its competitors

Almost nobody buys a single platform in isolation. Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol data becomes useful when it sits next to the competitor set on one schema, refreshed on one schedule, so a price index or availability comparison is genuinely like-for-like.

That is what wine, spirits & liquor data covers, and a Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol-only engagement can be expanded into it without rebuilding. If you already know you need several platforms, start there instead — it is the same pipeline and usually the better scoping conversation.

FAQ

Tesco and Sainsbury's alcohol data scraping: frequently asked questions

Platform-specific questions, including what cannot be collected here.

Price, availability and the legal floor all depend on it.

It has applied 50p, with 65p scheduled from 1 October 2026. We record the date.

No. It sets a minimum price per unit of alcohol, which truncates the cheap end.

Where they are shown publicly, as a separate field.

No. Nothing is reserved or ordered.

It depends on postcode groups and range.

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