Milkmen - They can be cheaper

mama67

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

Anyone here have a milkman from Dairy Crest, we had a guy last night wanting o know if we wold be interested in having milk delivered, we're gonna give it a try and see what its like

I have a delivery 3 days a week, Mon, Wed, Fri from a Dairy Crest milkman, "he a lovely chap".

I have 2 pints organic in glass bottles nice thick cream on top each day, and then a pat of butter on a Fri. Have never had a problem with freshness, even if I haven't been there to bring it in straight away.

This is £5.80 per week.

The organic milk is 75p/pint.

I know Tesco etc is cheaper and I do buy and freeze organic milk from Sainsbugs, but this is to me the price I pay for the convenience of having the milk delivered.

I have had this delivery for the last 6 years although only changed to organic 2 years ago. I used to have a delivery in the old house as well and had that for at least 10 years, and my mum always had a milk delivery.

If we run out of milk it is a 3 mile round trip to the nearest shop/PO and Tesco etc is a 25 mile round trip.

I also have an organic veg box delivered (diff company) and enjoy the convenience of this also.

DS2 school have the little 1/3 pint cartons of milk in school now and these cost 25p/ea.

I have not chosen to do this because I am flush with money but as I said earlier for the convenience and to support the local farmers and a small business (milkman is franchised, so he sets alot of his own prices, to the extent that the last time prices went up he didn't and absorbed them himself hoping to keep the people he delivers to)

kingofclare

KittyBoo wrote: »

I asked our local milkman how much for a price of semi skimmed and it has just gone up to 60p a pint.
I would love to support him and buy from him but am living on such a tight budget at the moment that I am buying 4 pints from Iceland at £1.20.

perhaps that price is why they are in so much financial trouble

Caterina

I found that the price of organic eggs is cheaper if delivered by the milkman (£1.67 for half a dozen from www.milkandmore.co.uk - the internet service from Dairy Crest) than bought at Tesco (1/2 dozen organic medium £1.80something).

Organic yogurt, though, is usually much more expensive.

Overall I do not mind paying the milkman a small premium compared to local supermarket prices, because it keeps this very valuable service in the community for people who needs it much more than I do. So I keep buying a few items even if they would be cheaper elsewhere.

Caterina

Caterina

maman

Caterina wrote: »

Overall I do not mind paying the milkman a small premium compared to local supermarket prices, because it keeps this very valuable service in the community for people who needs it much more than I do. So I keep buying a few items even if they would be cheaper elsewhere.

Totally agree. I have lots of elderly neighbours so I'm sticking with my milkman at £1 litre for semi-skimmed at the moment.

princess_loki

hello!

been getting milk delivered for a couple of months by my dairycrest milkman. he is a lovely man and even brings my recycling bins up the drive for me!

when my dad was a milkman and he collected the cash on a friday night people would give him a tip or present for us kids at christmas.

just wondered what i should give him... we pay by cheque every month and i am not sure about giving just £3 or so as a tip...

i suggested getting a bottle of wine but oh said what if he doesn't or can't drink due to medication or something... then we thought about chocolates but dairycrest sell stuff like that at christmas... he is too old to have young children so a gifts like my dad brought home for us are out of the question..

any ideas guys???

cheers, loki x

Bella79

how about some hm biscuits (twinks hobnobs) put them in a little cellophane bag with ribon ?

a plant ?

ermmm soz thats all i can think of now

taplady

Caterina wrote: »

Overall I do not mind paying the milkman a small premium compared to local supermarket prices, because it keeps this very valuable service in the community for people who needs it much more than I do. So I keep buying a few items even if they would be cheaper elsewhere.

Caterina

Caterina

well said caterina!:T I have mentioned before that my DH is a milkman and he delivers a lot in rural areas where the nearest supermarket can be 10 miles away! He works for a small dairy and they deliver just about anything from kitchen supplies such as kitchen roll to food such as cheescakes, eggs, cakes, organic veggies, plants, birdseed and growbags too.
The milk is stored at the correct temperature and although the vans aren't refrigerated neither is your car when you go to the supermarket! A lot of customers on the country leave a small cool box outside for their milk.
We need to support services such as these because once they are gone they will never come back and some people depend on them.

rh1_3

Wow !

I can't believe the post I started 2 years ago is still going strong.

Thankfully so is my milkman.

Unlike plenty others who customer choice (i.e. shopping at Tescopoly) has killed off

I really hope the 2009 recession doesn't see our local suppliers biting the dust.

Have a lovely New Year.

xx

mama67

My milkman is still delivering as well and I have even added in ½ pint cream weeakly as well.

For Christmas I also added in clotted cream and some cheese.Even loo rolls which were actually cheaper than Mr T for an equivalent product.

The organic milk has gone down 2p per pint during the last month and is now 73p.

I will add again that this is a convenience factor, and although I do buy milk in Mr T or Mr S and freeze it is not the same as having the glass bottles.

In any given week I get
milk & dairy from the milkman
eggs from the farm
organic veg box delivered
meat from a good butchers delivered to local PO (new franchise system can order what want and save the 25 mile round trip.)

then I just do a 2 weekly shop at a supermarket often Co-op for tins and packets etc.

nikki1306

Hi, I currently get my milk from the supermarket but i am considering supporting my local milkman. Where do you get your milk from and what do think is better? Do you think there is a difference in the quality of milk and is it worth paying a little bit more to have it delivered?