Milkmen - They can be cheaper

domestic_goddess

Does anyone know where I can find out who delivers to my area?
Thanks

whistler-alison

Debt_Free_Chick wrote:

Try the Deliver Milk website.

Try this link from further up the thread

TKP_3

We have our milk delivered. Terry delivers about 5:30am. We have 3 deliveries a week (plenty IMO), Monday 2 pints, Wednesday 1 pint and Fridays 2 pints. Semi-skimmed milk 50p/pint (Dairycrest). I pay via Direct Debit, and we get glass bottles so they are recycled.
Works brilliantly for us! I have not bought milk anywhere else for about 2 years
They are so flexable (and friendly) that I can ring them up at any time to adjust my delivery (add extra when people come to stay, cancel when we have too much, or are away), it is never a problem.
And of course, they do boxes of broken biscuits... or Jaffa Cake mishapes...

V.Lucky

I must confess I use UHT longlife milk and buy it from Aldi at 35p for skimmed. We don't use that much milk and it saves running out, also dh swears it's creamier and nicer tasting than fresh.

I do use my local milkman for my bread. He deliver me 4 loaves on a Saturday and I freeze some for use in the week. It's convenient, cheaper and nicer than the local shops and if I want extra a quick phone call means he drops one in on the way around.

spiddy100

I've been watching the 'Shopping the Supermarkets' programme about dairy farmers and just wondered if you buy your milk from a milkman, whether more of the price you pay goes back to the farmer? Or are their costs just that bit higher because of higher overheads/less bargaining power than the supermarkets?

I am happy not to buy from Tesco after what I saw about the way milk prices have been pushed down, but just wondered what is the most farmer-friendly way of buying milk?

spiddy100

whistler-alison wrote:

Does anyone know where to get the plastic tops to go on top of milk bottles? I have been looking everywhere for them.

They have them in our local pound shop, I can pick some up for you if that would be useful - PM me

whistler-alison

thanks - I'll have a look in our pound shop. I didn't think to look in there! I think it is a Poundland

whistler-alison

spiddy100 wrote:

I am happy not to buy from Tesco after what I saw about the way milk prices have been pushed down, but just wondered what is the most farmer-friendly way of buying milk?

I read in Private Eye that the milk company which buys milk on behalf of the milk delivery companies were just as bad as the supermarkets, but the article was a while ago and I can't remember the exact ins and outs and who exactly was involved. But I think we cannot just naturally assume that the delivery companies give the farmers a better deal.

whistler-alison

From what I can work out Dairy Crest is a big middleman between the farmers and and the supermarkets:

http://www.dairycrest.co.uk/ourbusiness/farmingrelations.asp

They clearly have a part to play in the price farmers are paid for their milk from this article from the NFU,

http://www.nfuonline.com/x11368.xml

So, yes, I don't think we CAN assume that the delivery companies are better. It would seem to me that the delivery side of the business is just a part of it for Dairy crest. For example, they own Cathedral City which is the best selling brand. Though the article above is saying that Dairy Crest are making a step in the right direction.

I have dropped an email to these people to ask them:

http://www.thegreatmilkrobbery.co.uk/index.html

MrsTinks

Well i managed to find myself a milkman! Nice chap whom I happened to stumble across whilst walking the dog this morning... took a slightly longer route with the pooch as didn't feel like going to work and was secretly hoping to break my ankle or at least sprain it or something... however I will now be getting 1 pint of skimmed and 1 of semi skimmed every tues/thurs and saturday and he'll drop off a price list of all the things they can deliver
And they use glass bottles! I have always loved the glass bottles because they are reused - plastic being recycled is just not the same to me... don't know why...
Anyway it's one more thing to add to my list of OS things as complete