New Mexico employees undergo similar training programs approved by the New Mexico Alcohol and Gaming Division of the Regulation and Licensing Department, as required by state law. Employees at United Supermarkets undergo similar training. United's standard practice is that anyone under 30 is carded, or anytime there is any doubt of age. Allsup's policy is that everyone is carded. Both companies use technology to help prevent sales to minors.
Registers automatically request a birthdate when alcohol is scanned in.
If the birthdate entered doesn't indicate the buyer is 21 or older, the register refuses the sale. We do patrols looking for minors drinking alcohol. We do sting operations to try to catch clerks that are selling alcohol to minors. Short offered one piece of advice to clerks thinking of selling or kids thinking of buying. Allsup's conducts its own internal checks from time to time, Smith said.