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Amy Fenton & Lyell Tweed

Prime energy drink spotted being sold in shop for £8.50

Bottles of the much fought over Prime drink have been spotted in a shop close to Greater Manchester selling for £8.50. The drink, marketed by YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul, is very popular among children with queues of shoppers seen fighting over the drink when it went on sale in Aldi late last year.

It's so popular people are limited to how many they can buy at once and there have been instances of parents queuing outside shops selling the drink in the early hours of the morning to get their hands on one for their children. It comes in many different flavours including ice pop, blue raspberry, grape and lemon lime with limited varieties on sale at Aldi for £1.99 a bottle.

Unfortunately its popularity and the fact it can be so difficult to acquire has led to bottles being marketed online for many times the retail price. However, one shop in Darwen was also caught doing this this week, LancsLive reports.

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At the Ministry of Vapes shop on Duckworth Street, bottles of the drink were spotted on sale for £8.50. It led to one shopper joking that he was going to "buy the lot and sell them for £25 each".

Many similar jokes can be found on social media, with some offering to exchange crates of the drink for things such as a deposit for a house, or paying off their energy bills.

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