![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-run-uks-most-expensive-newsagents-customers-travel-hours-to-shop-here/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newspress-collage-20254274-1666969140298.jpg&description=CUSTOMERS have travelled up to TWO hours for a soft drink from the 'UK's most expensive newsagent's' but they aren't complaining. Controversial corner shop, Wakefield Wines, West Yorkshire, has garnered a lot of attention after selling soft drinks at £20 a bottle. Millie Hazelgrave bought six bottles of PRIME for £145Credit: TikTok/@wakey_wines01924724141 Wakefield Wines corner shop in West Yorkshire has gone viral on TikTok for its pricesCredit: Google The extortionately priced Prime Hydration has created a social media frenzy amongst youngsters following the launch of the brand earlier this year by YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul. Despite a retail price of only £2 Millie Hazelgrave travelled from Castleford to buy six bottles of PRIME from Wakey Wines which cost her £145. Two disappointed punters, Danny Booth and David Clempner left empty-handed after they drove all the way from Manchester for the soft drink but were told it had sold out. Other visitors who feature on the owner's TikTok account, @wakey_wines01924724141, have made the journey from Mansfield and Sheffield. The shopkeeper states in his videos that people are only allowed to buy two bottles at a time. TikTok user are stunned but entertained at the steep prices. One person commented: "Wooooow £1.80 a bottle in Asda and you're charging that much." Others posted: "Rip off," "daylight robbery" and "bro has officially lost the plot." 'Wakey Wines' has been contacted for comment. "There's me thinking there was a cost of living crisis," a third added. Another corner shop selling PRIME for £15 is a Nisa Local in Worcester. Shopkeeper Ameer Khan said: "Nobody has complained about the price. "People leave their phone numbers with me so I can let them know we have some in stock." One punter paid £80 for a crate while another shelled out £15 just to keep a bottle behind the counter so no one else could buy it. He added how some people come every 10 minutes on a Friday to ask if the bottles have been delivered yet, t){kind=link}
CUSTOMERS have travelled up to TWO hours for a soft drink from the ‘UK’s most expensive newsagent’s’ but they aren’t complaining.
Controversial corner shop, Wakefield Wines, West Yorkshire, has garnered a lot of attention after selling soft drinks at £20 a bottle.
The extortionately priced Prime Hydration has created a social media frenzy amongst youngsters following the launch of the brand earlier this year by YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul.
Despite a retail price of only £2 Millie Hazelgrave travelled from Castleford to buy six bottles of PRIME from Wakey Wines which cost her £145.
Two disappointed punters, Danny Booth and David Clempner left empty-handed after they drove all the way from Manchester for the soft drink but were told it had sold out.