Milk in pint bottles @98p

No I wouldn't pay that price, simply because I could not afford to. My gss arrive a few times a week, one sleeps over, so it's glass of milk times after time, milkshakes and then of course Cereal.

We buy our milk on draught from the local farm shop. You buy the glass bottles and then take them in and refill them yourself. It's not as expensive as the milkman and is produced locally and reduces plastic.

Occasionally I also buy milk from the Morrisons 'For Farmers' range (they do cheese and stuff too) where you pay a little bit more than the standard price of stuff but the difference goes straight back to the farmer.

my milk is delivered together with my organic veg. Organic unhomogenised from pasture-fed cows from a farm in my county. 1 litre is £1.25 in a recyclable container. I never buy milk from anywhere else. I never use much dairy milk, 1 litre lasts me a week. I supplement with organic non dairy, soya, almond etc

We had doorstep deliveries for years. It was difficult in the summer months. The milk was often 'on the turn' by the time it arrived mid morning. We had six DC and got through 8+ pints a day so cost was certainly a consideration when we switched to plastic bottles from the supermarket.

The adult DC all have some milk from the milkman. Not everyday I think it comes every other day, and is delivered in the middle of the night.. They also top up from the supermarket because it's cheaper. For most people the price does matter.

Would I switch back? Maybe, but as far as I know we are not on a milkman's round.

The milkman who delivers two doors away very often arrives at about 2 or 3 am in the morning. He makes a right racket. I think sometimes he is making a point to those of us he doesn't deliver to ?

I couldn't afford those prices now Mollygo - much as I would like to support a local business and we try to be as ethical as possible.

Paying a premium price for something you can get half price in the supermarket is a question for the Moral Maze.

Rather like small independent bookshops that sell a new blockbuster for £20 but Tesco sells it for £12.

And to save on resources all books could be on e-readers, couldn't they

No, I wouldn't pay that price. I am sure the farmers won't be seeing any of the increase.

Oh yes. I hadn’t thought about the reuse bit?

I was thinking well, it’s manufactured from raw materials, can be recycled and is there for ever once you’ve made it, what’s the difference?

And eventually glass will be recycled.

Glass is washed and reused, time and time again. plastic isn’t. Or am I missing something?

How is glass more environmentally friendly than plastic?

If the milk was premium e.g. organic or specifically from a small local farm then yes I would, just as I buy organic/free range chicken & meat. Whether it's more environmentally friendly I don't know. But if it's just ordinary milk in a bottle from a major producer then no I wouldn't.

In a previous life we had a milkman for a number of years who worked for Unigate or similar and then became one of their franchisees - to support him in his new venture we bought extras such as butter & bottled water. He'd been a reliable milkman and even delivered on the day of the 1987 storm!

We don’t have a local milkman but if we did, and the milk came in glass bottles, I’d definitely go for it rather than getting it in cartons with my Tesco shop. Supporting local business and helping the environment. I’m fortunate not to have to worry about the monetary cost of my milk but I realise not everyone is in that position.

Yes I would pay it, provided I could pay the bill online. We use approximately 6 pints a week plus almond milk and pay 75p a pint for Organic Duchy milk already.

We haven’t heard our milkman once since we started having deliveries from him 2 years ago, yet it arrives just before 6. I don’t know how he manages it! The previous milkwoman had sometimes delivered before we went to bed.

Our daughter ‘splits the kipper’ re this. She orders milk on her Tesco weekly delivery but Fridays & Saturdays has doorstep milk in bottles and creamy milkshakes for the children which they love. As she says “I won’t keep the milkman in business but every little adds up”. A fair compromise I think.

We started having milk and other things delivered by the milkman at the beginning of the first lockdown. We were so grateful that he could fit us in. At that time on one knew what the future held.
We will continue with the orders, I’d forgotten how convenient it is, especially as payment is on line.

No, I wouldn’t at that price Mollygo.

No, I wouldn’t Mollygo.

I buy between 12-16 pints a week on my weekly Tesco shop. I freeze what I don’t use straightaway.

I stopped having doorstep deliveries years ago, it wasn’t delivered until later in the day, not everyone gets their milk before breakfast, and was left in the sun when I was at work.

Some on here sound very righteous about their shopping, not difficult if you can afford to be.

We used to have the Milkman deliver, but he would arrive at around 1am and set the dogs off with his bright LED lights on his hat. In the Winter the milk had frozen by the time we got up and in the Summer it had turned by lunchtime.
I put a cold box on the doorstep, which he made a great noise getting the lid on and off, but none of the milk lasted more than 2 days before it went sour and to cap it all it wasn’t local.
It was very difficult to get hold of their central office to alter the order. So we stopped it.
Sadly even though we live in Rural Oxfordshire there are no ‘local’ milk deliveries to our village.

It's a big difference Mollygo and I am wondering about this too. There is a local milkman here that neighbours say is very good. I only use a few pints a week and usually have Moo Milk with the Ocado delivery so I might change to support a more local business.

I signed up for “doorstep milk” before the first lockdown. That and a veg box delivery ment I only had to venture out to the shops every 3 weeks. It’s more expensive, but it feels like a fair price in every way. Refillable glass and locally scorched.
I can afford it, I know that I’m lucky I can, so I’ll continue. It feels right.

Mollygo

I’ve just checked and the milk I buy is evidently processed/packed on the farm mentioned on the label.
I’m glad to hear that some people have enough money to pay nearly 4 times as much as it costs from the supermarket. I might not mention that supermarket milk is less ethical whilst I’m doing a shift at the food bank.
At this time of rising heating costs I’ll have to turn down the milk offer.

I totally understand you not wanting to pay so much more. I think one of the reasons why I stopped using the milkman years ago was when he stopped coming round on a Friday night to be paid. I used to enjoy having a small chat with him. However, during the pandemic, even though I didn’t chat with my postie or milkman there was something reassuring about having a proper person with a name I knew delivering stuff to my house. Same with the local indie fruit and veggie shop. And the quality of the food was good as well.

Well you did ask, Mollygo!

I’ve just checked and the milk I buy is evidently processed/packed on the farm mentioned on the label.
I’m glad to hear that some people have enough money to pay nearly 4 times as much as it costs from the supermarket. I might not mention that supermarket milk is less ethical whilst I’m doing a shift at the food bank.
At this time of rising heating costs I’ll have to turn down the milk offer.