Milkmen - They can be cheaper

lex

We have a milk man as well, but I get some from Sainsburys as well. Don't really know why, partly because suddenly started using more milk, but Sainsburys is prob cheaper, and longer life, although I still prefer having my milk in glass bottles.

Our milkman doesn't come until about 9am (grrr).

He also only comes and asks for money about 3 times a year!! :j

lex

TOBRUK

He also only comes and asks for money about 3 times a year!

Crumbs! I couldn't have that - my milkman collects money every fortnight which is great.
9am is a bit late, you must be one of the last calls. Mine delivers before 7am which is great and in glass bottles. Semi skimmed is 49p I don't know if other milk is priced the same.
I enjoy having milk delivered to the door, and there is something comforting in that, perhaps comforting is the wrong word, but it's nice anyway.

Stompa

Mine gets delivered at around 2am - I've not actually seen the milkman for 9 years now!

mehefin

Our milkman was my cousin and delivered at 6.30am everymorning - always woke us when the bottles hit the step!! He's retired and a local young farmer has taken over - we never hear him, but the milk is on the step every morning without fail. If snow is forecast he will deliver the night before. He looks after all the old dears, delivering newspapers and all sorts of other goodies as mentioned by one of the previous posters.
He puts a bill under the bottel once a month, and gets a cheque by return in the morning . Don't think we've said two words in all the time hes been doing it, but i know he is reliable, and we are doing our bit with keeping local business going, and of course recycling all those lovely glass bottles!
If you can - go for it. those few extra coppers do make a difference

kit

Well I am 2 weeks in to having the milkman deliver my milk and its GREAT! :j

He arrives early.... around 5 ish so milk is ready for breakfast. I get charged 49p a pint (my corner shop sells it for 51p a pint) but its saving me loads.... no more popping to the shop for milk and ending up buying £20 worth of stuff i dont need.

I highly recommend trying it for a while... if you dont get on with it, you can always cancel him/her.

ajmoraal

I would love to use a milk man, even pay a few pennies more. But the price difference is just too big. Sainsbury's around the corner sells their own brand organic milk for 1.40 per 4 pints (35p per pint), while Rachel's Organic from the milk man is 64p per pint. That's almost double!

benedictadams

Have had my milk delivered for 18 months now

my parents always had theirs delivered when i was growing up so when i saw that the neighbour had theirs delivered by 7am I phoned up the Co-Op (now its Dairy Crest) and a week later the lovely milkman arrived

I rarely see him (like most people on here) cos 5.30 is a little early in the morning to be up, but the few times i have paid cash not left the cheque in the bottle he seems a really nice bloke.

Never have to remember to pop into the supermarket every few days to pick up a pint (only have milk in cereal so a pint lasts four days)

In Birmingham the milk seems to be 49p a pint (16p more than the supermarket) but as others have said no tempations and some of the butter and spreads are a couple of pence cheaper than the major supermarkets.

And unlike some parts of the country i could either have Dairy Crest or Express Dairies bringing me my pint, so there must still be a large market for the milkman

Major reason wasn't cost and money saving but he fact that my pint bottle can be reused hundreds of times and it don't fill up landfill

Caterina

We pay 64 pence for a pint of Rachel's Organic delivered by a Dairy Crest milkman.

I am undecided on whether it is better ethically:

1 - to keep ordering from the milkman, thus supporting a local small business (franchise), but getting milk that's sold by a large American firm (Rachel's Organic used to be a Welsh business but it has been bought out)

2 - ordering from my usual organic veg box delivery scheme and receiving milk produced in a family run farm in Yorkshire

Decisions, decisions....Opinions would be welcomed!

Caterina

benedictadams

Caterina wrote:

We pay 64 pence for a pint of Rachel's Organic delivered by a Dairy Crest milkman.

I am undecided on whether it is better ethically:

1 - to keep ordering from the milkman, thus supporting a local small business (franchise), but getting milk that's sold by a large American firm (Rachel's Organic used to be a Welsh business but it has been bought out)

2 - ordering from my usual organic veg box delivery scheme and receiving milk produced in a family run farm in Yorkshire

Decisions, decisions....Opinions would be welcomed!

Caterina

Caterina

If you brought the veg box would you be supporting two businesses or is the veg from the same farm as the milk?

If its one farm for the veg and another for the milk then i'd go with the second option

If its the same farm for the veg and the milk i would be tempted to keep the milkman.

But then the farmers in the Rachaels Organic may be recieving a better price per litre than the local farm (although this is unlikely)

and is the price of the milk the same?

or could you get some milk from the milk man and through the organic farm?

Caterina

I am sure it is two separate businesses,I have decided to keep the milkman after thinking it over, because milkmen are a disappearing breed, while organic boxes are thriving (it is always good to put things in writing, it helps clarify one's ideas). Thank you for helping!

Caterina