Buying cheese? Bring ID

Jan 6 2009 by Neil Atkinson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A STUNNED supermarket shopper was left seriously cheesed off after she was stopped and asked for ID before she could buy a whisky-flavoured cheddar.

Hannah Craig, 30, thought the checkout girl at Morrisons was having a laugh when she told her she needed to prove she was 18 before she could leave with the booze-flavoured cheese.

The gobsmacked researcher at Leeds University said: “When she put the cheese through the scanner it made a bleeping sound.

“The assistant said she needed to see my ID to prove I was 18 to buy it. I thought it was a practical joke.

“She was quite embarrassed about it but insisted. Luckily I had my passport with me.”

Amazed Hannah finally managed to leave the Leeds store with her one-pound piece of cheese but was confounded by Morrisons extreme attitude.

“It didn’t even taste of whisky. I’ve no idea how many you’d have to eat to even get slightly tipsy,” she said.

“I can’t believe Morrisons are taking their approach to underage drinking to these extremes.”

A store spokesman said the cheese’s barcode flagged up its alcohol content, adding: “We take our responsibilities very seriously.”