However, new compliance data from Serve Legal suggests festive trading in 2025 doesn’t affect all areas of retail equally. In reality, alcohol compliance tends to hold up when it’s treated as part of the transaction, not an optional add-on. One of the more interesting findings was that managed pubs outperformed supermarkets on alcohol compliance during December. Allergens: festive pressure exposes a critical weaknessThe picture is very different when it comes to allergens. Where processes rely heavily on individual knowledge or verbal handovers, festive pressure quickly exposes gaps.