Sainsburys milk bags and the Jugit!

Claire_Bear

My OH works at Sainsburys and has just come back from a staff meeting with a free Jugit and information about their plan to intorduce milk bags in stores soon. From what I can see they're going to be like the foil bags you get inside a box of wine, they have 75% less packaging than plastic milk bottles do currently and they're going to be the same price/cheaper than normal bottles.

More info here http://www.jugit.co.uk/

NEH

Claire_Bear wrote: »

My OH works at Sainsburys and has just come back from a staff meeting with a free Jugit and information about their plan to intorduce milk bags in stores soon. From what I can see they're going to be like the foil bags you get inside a box of wine, they have 75% less packaging than plastic milk bottles do currently and they're going to be the same price/cheaper than normal bottles.

More info here http://www.jugit.co.uk/

There was a discussion on the grabit forum last week. It's a good idea in principle but unfortuantely they are more expensive and not all councils can recycle them defeating the object...

I buy my milk from Lidl for £1.09 at the moment Sainsburys are doing the 2 for £1.50 so it does work out more expensive even more so if you shop for milk at Farm Foods..

bigblackdog

er? i have had these things for about a year , think i got the juggits free with the milk bags , sometimes the prong doesnt go through the plastic bag correctly and you end up with a right mess as when you pour it out the milk goes everywhere

Claire_Bear

Ah, looking at the website it's been on trial in the South for a while, and is only just being rolled out through the rest of the country. I'll check out the thread on the Grabbit board, thanks NEH.

NEH

Claire_Bear wrote: »

Ah, looking at the website it's been on trial in the South for a while, and is only just being rolled out through the rest of the country. I'll check out the thread on the Grabbit board, thanks NEH.

It's available in a lot of palces now apprently according to staff members...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2322765

sorry should have put that link in the first place...

Claire_Bear

I see, was just going off what OH said, and assumed that because they were just showing it to staff that it wasn't available to the public yet Should have done a search first! Still think it's a good idea though, as said in the other thread hopefully other supermarkets will start stocking the bags and drive the price down a bit!

chocdonuty

They have them in my sainsburys, I think 4pts ( 2x2pt) for £1.50, so more expensive and a lot more faff, not worth it really!

MrsBartolozzi

I was going to mention these bags of milk as I saw them in Sains yesterday, but you lot got here before me:p! I do find them very expensive - 4pts of Sains own Organic milk is £1.50 when you buy 2, and there's no organic option from juggit! You'd think with less packaging they could afford to charge much less. Not a great deal IMO. I'd also be concerned carrying them home in the boot of the car in case they burst - images of opening the boot to see it awash with milk .

chocsessential

I think maybe the best method is the old one with the milkman bringing glass bottles that can be washed and reused. The trouble is I can't afford to have a milkman deliver to me when the supermarkets sell milk at a fraction of the price. Maybe if they created large glass bottles similar in shape to the 4 and 6 pint supermarket plastic bottles they'd be able to bring the price of the milk down.

richardw

Doubt they will catch on.
Downsides are spillage risk, washing the jug, some members of the family may find the jug difficult to use.

The_Old_Bag

Waitrose have had the Jugs and bags of milk for quite a while now.
I have tried them, but I was not impressed.
Too easy to damage/leak
Spares will take up more room in fridge than a conventional bottle or tetra pac