As per title. I very, very rarely drink, and I generally just want to buy a single of something for a rare treat, however most beers/ciders/etc are sold in multipacks.
The pricing on the shelf is usually per-pack only, yet sometimes I see random products with single cans/bottles missing, and sometimes random products will have a little section of unpackaged singles, despite not having a separate price showing.
Is it generally OK to split an unopened 4- or 6-pack, or is that as weird and inappropriate as doing the equivalent in a supermarket? What even are the rules around this?
In the US, it’s usually clear which you can split if you’re at a beer distributor. There’s usually a 6-pack price and a per bottle price (sometimes you do have to look around for the tags).
Many grocery stores have a section specifically for singles, often with a “make your own 6 pack” that is cheaper than 6 singles.
Often you can get larger cans (24ish oz) that are explicitly sold as singles (pounders, tall boys, lots of slang for these). These are typically the cheap stuff like Bud light or Foster’s