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Whole Milk Bags 2pint now in 100 Sainsbury's stores!

thatguy1
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edited 11 August 2010 at 11:57AM in Food shopping & groceries
Sainsbury's have today launched their Whole Milk bags in 100 stores!
When on Sainsbury's online search for '6778443'

A bit of extra info: skimmed and 1% fat milk bags will be launched in June 2011

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  • thsths
    thsths Posts: 75 Forumite
    thatguy1 wrote: »
    Sainsbury's have today launched their Whole Milk bags in 100 stores!
    What is the point of these bags anyway? It seems that you pay for the bag holder, and then you also pay more for the bags. If this is actually saving packaging material, I think Sainsbury's should pass on some of those savings...
  • camaj
    camaj Posts: 505 Forumite
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    I think originally the bags were more expensive but the last time I looked they were cheaper. However I only drink whole milk so I've avoided them until now. They were giving the jug's away free last year (or earlier this year).

    I've just checked mysupermarket, they have the bags down as 6p cheaper than the bottles and also in a 2 for £1.50 deal which makes them 11p cheaper per bag. That makes it the same price per litre as the 6 pint bottle!
  • Billie31
    Billie31 Posts: 30 Forumite
    Thanks thatguy1 for the information. I have been waiting for this for a long time as I always use the bags but much prefer whole milk. Off to Sainsburys I go :beer:
  • SailorSam
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    We haven't got a Sainsbury near us but when i read about the bags of milk i thought they may be easier to store in the freezer than bottles, But as i say i've not seen them.
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  • SailorSam wrote: »
    We haven't got a Sainsbury near us but when i read about the bags of milk i thought they may be easier to store in the freezer than bottles, But as i say i've not seen them.

    I first purchased these a couple of years ago when they were trialled in our area. Although it said the bags were freezable, they split in my freezer and when I next opened it up there was frozen milk over everything where the bags had split, dripped out and hence frozen. So I'd be interested to hear if they have improved the freezability of the bags!!!
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  • we buy the countrylife bagged milk from tescos (when they actually have any on the shelf) as the 2 for £1.50 and freeze 1 every week. Had no issues with it yet and they defrost a lot faster than a carton does. If you get the jug it jug they have for them it pierces the bag in the jug and avoids any mess or hassle, all that needs cleaning regularly is the spout
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