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In the 19th century, pharmacies were jokingly called "juice shops," due to the rows of bottles and icky-tasting concoctions mixed by the pharmacist himself. The term "juice shops" was later used to describe stores that sold different kinds of less-medicinal (but not necessarily better tasting) liquids: Liquor stores. Since they didn't have a particularly good reputation, the phrase "juice shop" also took on a negative connotation. Nowadays, any disreputable business can be called a "Saftladen," regardless of whether or not it's a juice shop.