Asda Milk Rip-off

uganda

Well, honeyD, there may or may not be a good reason for that. We have to accept that Asda can charge what they like - but I would suggest that you look locally to see if you can get your milk more cheaply. You probably can. I certainly hope you can anyway! Are there any small dairy farms locally? Give them a ring and ask where you can buy their milk, it'll probably be in local corner shops and cost less than Asda. I wouldn't do the rest of your shopping in the local corner-shop though! Just things produced by local suppliers are likely to be cheaper in these outlets.

Sagz_2

I think 'Rip Off' should be on the banned words list and get automatically !!!!'ed out.

OP: it's not a rip off, it's a price increase.

mymatebob

uganda wrote: »

Well, honeyD, there may or may not be a good reason for that. We have to accept that Asda can charge what they like - but I would suggest that you look locally to see if you can get your milk more cheaply. You probably can. I certainly hope you can anyway! Are there any small dairy farms locally? Give them a ring and ask where you can buy their milk, it'll probably be in local corner shops and cost less than Asda. I wouldn't do the rest of your shopping in the local corner-shop though! Just things produced by local suppliers are likely to be cheaper in these outlets.

As I said you must be lucky or I am very unlucky.

I like to buy semi-skimmed organic milk.

I cannot buy it locally in many places and those that do charge more than 10 pence more that my local supermarkets. (I have Tesco Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield within walking distance)

deanos

Iceland is one of the cheapest for milk 1.25 for 4 pints at the moment

uktim29

mymatebob wrote: »

As I said you must be lucky or I am very unlucky.

I like to buy semi-skimmed organic milk.

I cannot buy it locally in many places and those that do charge more than 10 pence more that my local supermarkets. (I have Tesco Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield within walking distance)

I'd love to know which part of the country has all this cheap stuff in Farm Shops, everywhere I've been they're always more expensive.

muggleian

mymatebob wrote: »

As I said you must be lucky or I am very unlucky.

I like to buy semi-skimmed organic milk.

I cannot buy it locally in many places and those that do charge more than 10 pence more that my local supermarkets. (I have Tesco Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield within walking distance)

:money:This might sound tight fisted but we are a big family and tend to buy a 6 pinter then dilute the milk with tap water, best results are 3 parts milk and 1 part water ie 6 pints to 8, same as semi skimmed in taste

Jo_Mc_2

deanos wrote: »

Iceland is one of the cheapest for milk 1.25 for 4 pints at the moment

I've been getting the 4 pints from Iceland for sometime now - last week it had gone up from £1.20 to £1.25 but it's still much cheaper than any of the local supermarkets.

uganda

The Iceland price is about what I pay in my local shop, so it's about as good as you're going to get. But my milk comes from a local farm. Not saying that makes it better, but I'm just saying it in case that's important.

But, uktim, it does NOT come from a farm shop! Anyway, as I said before not all farm shops charge boutique prices for gullible chattering-class idiots. The ones you've been to are probably in touristy areas. Try going to my local farm, then tell me the meat there isn't better and cheaper than in the supermarket.

Not that I'm saying don't ever use supermarkets! That's a quite different discussion. Personally I use them when they're cheaper, or otherwise better value (yes there is a distinction).

uktim29

uganda wrote: »

But, uktim, it does NOT come from a farm shop! Anyway, as I said before not all farm shops charge boutique prices for gullible chattering-class idiots. The ones you've been to are probably in touristy areas.

If it's not a farm shop, a farmers market, butchers what on earth is it then?

The prices I've seen are the same in all other parts of the country, not just where I live. Every other post about farm shops on this site (obviously from all over the country) apart from yours confirms this, so I think that means we can rule out your "touristy area" theory!

moggylover

uktim29 wrote: »

If it's not a farm shop, a farmers market, butchers what on earth is it then?

The prices I've seen are the same in all other parts of the country, not just where I live. Every other post about farm shops on this site (obviously from all over the country) apart from yours confirms this, so I think that means we can rule out your "touristy area" theory!

It is just "from the farm"!:rolleyes:

Many farms do not run shops, but will sell you their produce if you go up and ask! I can order and buy whole lambs, butchered and ready packed for the freezer (for around £35/40) a single leg is around £20 in most supermarkets! I can buy a side of beef (or a quarter) at £1.00 per pound and about the same (sometimes a little less) for half a piggy!

My eggs cost 60p for half a dozen (although some size differences - not always all large) and £1.00 for a dozen from the smallholding at the top of my road, I can get some veg and also jams and chutneys from there.

Milk, fresh and unpasteurised, I can buy from the organic farm around the corner. I take my 6 pinter container with me (all washed and clean) and they will fill it from their chiller tank, and charge me a few pence less than the supermarket. I can also get single cream from them for a few pence less than the supermarket price.

Vegetables are available in odds and sods from many smallholding gateways at non Farm Shop prices, and far fresher and cheaper than supermarket. If that fails, we have one market stall at the animal mart each week - and that supplies the rest of vegetables and fruit and salad (although I admit to a non OS taste for the delightful salad bags from Mr T:o ) at VERY much lower prices than the supermarkets.

There are two or three small farms that produce cheese on the premises, and you can ring up and buy direct from them: although this does generally mean taking a whole small cheese (not a massive great cheddar, these are smaller specialities) at a time.

We do notice that prices on the gate do go up a bit in the Summer as we are a touristy area: however, most of the sellers knock it down again a bit when you have filled your bag cos you are a local and a regular customer.:D